London’s unemployment rate jumped by half a percentage point in April as the local economy shed nearly 2,000 jobs and the toll of the U.S.-Canada trade war came into sharper focus. Statistics Canada reported Friday the jobless rate for the region, which includes St. Thomas, Strathroy and portions of Elgin and Middlesex counties, hit […]
London Free Press
Volkswagen has dodged the tariff and trade dispute between Canada and the U.S. and its manufacturing plant being built in St. Thomas will proceed full speed ahead, the city’s economic development boss says. Electric-vehicle batteries made in St. Thomas will be tariff-free under recent changes to the trade policy announced by the U.S., auto industry […]
London Free Press
More than two years after a reported theft of 45,000 chicks from a Huron County farm, OPP have laid charges – against the farmer who reported the theft. Huron OPP said Wednesday a 41-year-old South Huron man is charged with fraud over $5,000 and public mischief in a case one farmer described as “mind-boggling” when […]
Central Elgin has taken the first step toward building the equivalent of a distinct new town that will nearly double its population.
London Free Press
A wave of "fandemonium" complete with green lightsabers and next-level excitement is set to crash into Canada Life Place
York Developments has sent its massive $500-million twin tower project at the fork of the Thames back to the drawing board.
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A Michigan Department of Corrections employee is suing the department and its former communications director on allegations of sexual harassment and workplace retaliation.
From speakeasies and cocktail bars to independent breweries and restaurants, London has no shortage of spots to grab a drink far outside downtown's cluster of watering holes.
A Southwestern Ontario retirement home which closed and its former manager charged after a $200,000 fraud investigation, has new ownership.
The provincial takeover of the embattled London-area public school board is starting to cascade to its board of directors, wiping out nine of their meetings in one month.
The chair of the London police board has resigned, citing personal health reasons.