On a morning in late spring, my husband and I are canoeing a section of the Manistee River. Close to shore a merganser duck is swimming with ten ducklings in a row behind her. Ten.
Trump tariffs poised to hammer Canada’s auto industry could slash the London region automotive workforce by half, as the cost of exports to the U.S. will spike, industry observers say. With more than 20,000 employed in the automotive sector here, about 10,000 jobs may be lost within weeks of tariffs being imposed, they said. That […]
A Free Press reader has been increasingly concerned that "downtown has been left to rot and has been taken over by the homeless."
Odd Burger is walking back plans to expand into America, citing worsening Canada-U.S. relations as a key factor.
If it hadn’t been for the trees, Grant Norton’s body might have been lost in the Forest City.
With a federal election campaign set to kick off Sunday, a Liberal candidate in a London-area riding held by the Conservatives says U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs motivated him to run. David Goodwin, a first-time candidate who spent a decade as a member of the Liberal riding association including an eight-year stint as chair, said […]
One of Ontario’s largest working farms for sale has hit the market just outside London for $72.1 million, only to be met with a chilly response from potential buyers due to tariff threats on agriculture exports to the U.S. The 930-hectare (2,300-acre) farm is located about 1.5 kilometres from Lake Erie in Malahide Townshp and […]
Home construction in London fell off a cliff to start the year, with housing starts down by 64 per cent in February.
The bankruptcy of a Volkswagen partner in electric vehicle battery production will not threaten the automaker’s St. Thomas investment, industry experts say. The development does, however, demonstrate increasing volatility in the EV sector during this high-tariff automotive environment, and the $7-billion PowerCo EV battery plant in Southwestern Ontario may face future delays, they said. Northvolt, […]