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High school teachers expanding job action Nov. 7

Ontario high school teachers will begin sweeping job-action Nov. 7, when many union locals are in a legal strike position.

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Scare delays London Via traffic

Train traffic in and out of London was delayed for about an hour Friday night after a bomb threat.

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Drugstore dust-up: Rookie MPP breaks silence to Free Press

Rookie MPP Teresa Armstrong is addressing community questions about the east-end pharmacy that stopped serving methadone patients shortly after she opened her London-Fanshawe riding office next door.

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December until killer learns of sentencing

Sentencing for a man convicted twice of stabbing his girlfriend to death has been delayed until December.

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London activist bills event as a ‘masked Halloween party’ to protest...

A London activist with a bizarre tale of arranging a beating by inmates to keep a guard happy is launching a second protest about conditions at London’s provincial jail.

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New FreshCo opening

Supermarket giant Sobeys is expanding in London with the construction of a fourth FreshCo store in the Westmount area.

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Nestor Moran robbed a 16-year-old of his cellphone and hit him in the head...

After hearing how Nestor Moran had robbed a teenager of his cellphone, a judge had serious words of advice.

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Matthews undeterred by scandal, but undecided

In a leadership pool that’s getting shallower by the day, Ontario Health Minister Deb Matthews sounded like a candidate Friday, though she hasn’t decided yet to dive in.

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Probe of gas plant cancellation begins

Ontario’s auditor general began this week his probe into the scandal that left Premier Dalton McGuinty and some of his top lieutenants heading to the exit.

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How, London? Enter the experts

The London Free Press is wrapping up its multi-year project aimed at re-inventing and re-invigorating the city, creating an identity that makes London stand out, developing a city that attracts and...

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Biker seriously injured after striking cart left in road in London

A 33-year-old man suffered serious injuries after his motorcycle struck a shopping cart left in a west London street Saturday morning.

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Environment Canada forecasting London will feel remnants of Hurricane Sandy

Remnants of Hurricane Sandy could be felt as far away as London beginning Sunday night, warns Environment Canada.

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Around 400 educators from Thames Valley District school board participate in...

Tweeting principals, pizza days announced on Facebook, students doing homework on iPads.

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Twenty-five arrested as Halloween revellers take to downtown London

Police arrested 25 people and closed off sections of Richmond St. Saturday as thousands of revellers dressed in Halloween costumes descended on downtown London.

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Enniskillen Township man killed in single-vehicle crash

Jarod Brand, 33, of Enniskillen Township, was killed in a single-vehicle crash in Lambton County Saturday.

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Community came first for Forest hardware store owner Arthur Lochead

Arthur Lochead could always be found at the hardware store that bore his family name.

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Passion for ink, Kipps Lane

When Will Graham opened Neon Crab Tattoos and Piercing in London’s Kipps Lane neighbourhood four years ago, he saw a tight-knit community with potential for growth.

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City staff seek the increase, separate from the new funding model

Londoners face a 7.4% hike in water and sewer rates.

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'She was my everything'

Kim Scruton buries his face in his hands.

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CAW says work could move to China

Seventy-five workers at the Wescast Industries plant in Strathroy are on strike to protest a “final offer” from their employer.

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