A local ice cream producer is celebrating 30 years of sweet success. It’s been three decades since the London Ice Cream Company opened its doors in a small pink building on Base Line Road. Founded by Alan Sagent in 1995 and taken over by Cyril Chalykoff in 2006, the business has seen a lot of […]
Two London startup businesses have each won $500,000 from the Ontario government to commercialize their technology.
Becky Prime didn’t just launch a food business. She bet her life insurance, RRSPs and her reputation on brone broth hot chocolate.
What began as a storefront gelato parlour in London has grown into a food business shipping the Italian desserts across Ontario. Coppa Inc. now sells its London-made gelato and sorbet across the province and it manufactures other frozen treats that ship as far as British Columbia, said chief executive Matt Swann. “We want to be […]
Toyota Canada will be making a new vehicle at its Southwestern Ontario plants, but with a very familiar look. The RAV4 vehicles now assembled at Canada’s largest automotive manufacturer in Woodstock and Cambridge will be hybrid-only beginning early in 2026, the automaker announced. It now assembles both gasoline-powered and hybrid RAV4s as well as Lexus […]