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Another spring, another flock of ticks to avoid—and dealing with them is a common challenge for cottagers. While synthetic repellents such as DEET are a go-to for many, concerns over side … Continued

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Voter suppression

The federal election campaign came to London Friday night, with Liberal Leader Mark Carney and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh holding separate rallies within five kilometres of each other. Facing the prospect of losing some of the 24 seats the party had in the last Parliament, Singh carved out time in the crucial home stretch of […]

A major academic building at Western University is closed while London police investigate a suspicious fire that has forced the university to move some exams. London firefighters responded at 2:30 p.m. Thursday to the Social Sciences Centre. Firefighters quickly extinguished the blaze but damage was significant and fire investigators were called in, the department said […]

A U.S. subsidiary of the Swedish defense company Saab announced its plans to build last year. The facility will take up about 60 acres in an industrial park south of Grayling.

Workers first discovered the spill last week. Remediation work is ongoing.

Do research

Measles cases have surged again for the Southwestern Ontario public health office at the centre of a provincewide outbreak, after a dip in reported cases.

The South Bruce Grey Health Centre (SBGHC) Kincardine Hospital Auxiliary was excited to receive a cheque for $5,217.98 from our Art Easel fundraising consultant Adam Kooistra at Sobeys on April 17. Jeanne Lindsay, our auxiliary president, accepted the cheque which represents our portion of the proceeds from the sale of the prints for the year […]

Charity change

First was former New Jersey Devils forward Michael McLeod. “Not guilty,” he said twice, once after hearing the charge of sexual assault and again after hearing his second charge of sexual assault as a party to the offence. Ready for his trial. He sat down. Next was former Philadelphia Flyers goaltender Carter Hart. “Not guilty.” […]

When Ryan Teschner was appointed as Ontario’s first inspector general of policing, he vowed to visit all of the province’s 43 police forces and meet with the boards overseeing them.