The emptying of office space in London’s downtown may be levelling off, one commercial realtor says, as the latest commercial vacancy rate hit a new high in the first quarter of this year. London’s downtown now has 32 per cent of its office space vacant, up from 31.7 per cent at the end of 2024, […]
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Many Londoners have opinions about the state of the core. One reader would like to add her voice, as someone who still lives downtown, and loves it.
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One was an old factory, the other an overlooked area downtown. Both are now go-tos. This is Part Five of Postmedia's How Canada Wins series.
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A Free Press reader has been increasingly concerned that "downtown has been left to rot and has been taken over by the homeless."
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City hall has come up with a list of quick-start fixes to support downtown London, an interim step as a long-term plan for the core takes shape.
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A group of grown men engaged in a brief but heated brawl outside a Southwestern Ontario Costco store. Believe it or not, the fight Sunday morning at the Brantford Costco was allegedly over Pokémon cards. A 42-second-long video of the altercation was posted on Reddit and a private Facebook group called Costco Brantford Fan Club […]
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The arrest of a man sought in a London break-in nearly a year ago led to the seizure of drugs valued at nearly $130,000 and the recovery of high-end purses, watches and jewelry, London police say. An OPP unit that tracks down people who have violated their parole notified London police on Monday they had […]
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The mother of a woman who was beaten more than a decade ago is outraged after discovering her daughter’s attacker has a social media account
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A police probe into a “non-suspicious death” resulted in closing down a downtown London street during the morning rush hour on Tuesday.
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U.S. President Donald Trump took aim at Canada’s dairy industry Friday, signaling he will implement steep tariffs on Canadian dairy. Though the dairy tariff threat is “noise” from the Oval Office, it’s a sign U.S. access to the Canadian market will be a battleground for the Trump in the future, one Canadian agri-food expert says. […]
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Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre vowed to put Canada first again as he addressed a roaring crowd of supporters at downtown London’s convention centre on Sunday. Poilievre held the rally at RBC Place London just hours before he was to learn who he’ll be facing in the next federal election, which could be called as early […]
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One of London's historic watering holes is supporting the Buy Canadian movement in its own way, purging American booze from its menu.