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London's Four Points Sheraton in top 10%

Stratford hotelier Vic Hayter’s latest acquisition, the Four Points Sheraton in London, Ont., has been recognized with a 2013 Certificate of Excellence from Trip Advisor.

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Late frost wreaks havoc on crops across region

Mike and Cheri Ferguson didn't get much sleep on the weekend.

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London city council debates proposal to license methadone clinics and pharmacies

With complex, carefully crafted rules already governing where methadone can be prescribed and dispensed in London, licensing those locations now is “a step too far,” one politician argued Monday.

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London police crackdown on cab safety flunks 40% of vehicles tested

Forty per cent of London cabs and limos tested in a weekend safety blitz flunked — five so bad they were taken off the road.

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London politicians hit brakes on food trucks – for now

City politicians held off voting on a plan to introduce food trucks in London, instead asking staff to tweak, and potentially expand, the pilot project.

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Mayor says so at public input meeting at Lorne Avenue Elementary school

The city will pay for renovations, leasing and operating costs to open a family centre in a low-enrolment London school that could be closed.

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London's Storybook Gardens tries to find its footing 55 years after opening

Storybook Gardens used to be all about animals and nursery rhymes. But the attraction that opened more than five decades ago is remaking itself as a place for kids to do things.

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Toilet cleaning claim reaches Queen’s Park

A dispute over toilet cleaning in a London hospital reached the floors of Queen’s Park Monday.

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London District Catholic School Board names Linda Staudt director of education

The London District Catholic School Board has named Linda Staudt as its new director of education.

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Community Safety and Correctional Services Minister Madeleine Meilleur...

Ontario’s corrections minister suggested Tuesday someone at London’s troubled provincial jail isn’t doing their job.

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No bike light leads to jail term for London man

A man stopped for not having a headlight on his bicycle has been sentenced to 30 days in jail for resisting police and violating a court-ordered drug ban.

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Parkhill once again invaded by mosquitoes

Clouds of mosquitoes have again settled into a Middlesex County community that hoped it had erased its reputation as Skeeterville, Ont.

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Women’s abuse: London advocate “betrayed” by change of focus

An advocate for abused women says she feels “hugely betrayed” at a proposal to change a mayor-appointed council to end woman abuse into a group to tackle abuse in general.

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Goodwill Industries and Pivotal Services of London will join forces,...

One of the oldest social enterprises in the world is merging with another to expand its reach into St. Thomas.

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Ash trees being cut down faster than replanting effort

The push is on to find more money to plant trees to replace ash trees felled by the emerald ash borer and by city-hired crews.

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World figure skating championships report by tourism boss John Winston offers...

Budweiser Gardens is great — but it could be even better.

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More flashpoints erupt at London’s provincial jail after the minister in...

Another long, hot summer of turmoil looms in Ontario’s jails after the provincial corrections minister poured gasoline over a fire Tuesday, then rejected a chance to stomp the flames out.

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The plan for the former Western Counties Health and Occupational Centre south...

A leafy nook of the city few Londoners know exists is on its way to becoming the city’s first “cultural heritage landscape.”

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Potential test run of food trucks on London streets sparks opposition

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Thames Valley board officials to meet with Stoney Creek parent council members

The furor at a London elementary school over the appointment of a principal whose husband was convicted of possessing child porn hasn’t calmed, even after she met with its parent council.

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