Building permits up more than $7.8 million in London
Building permits rose more than $7.8 million in London this year, but it is too early to celebrate as all eyes are on London's jobless rate to be released Friday, said one economist.
View ArticleComing down the (planning) pipeline
From trees, to more elbow room for growth, a sudden flood of big-ticket issues is coming through the planning mill at London city hall. Reporter Patrick Maloney scopes out what’s coming and what it means.
View ArticleOrnge returning S67 helicopters to service
Ontario's air ambulance provider Ornge is returning its Sikorsky S76 helicopter fleet to service, the company announced Tuesday.
View ArticleSt. Thomas business owner worries railway dumpsite is a hazard
The City of St. Thomas expects workers to remove a pile of old railway ties from a property near the former site of Alma College in the next few days.
View ArticleFor years, a huge lot at Richmond and Victoria streets, site of the former...
For years, a huge lot at Richmond and Victoria streets, site of the former McCormick Home, has sat vacant — save for a huge excavation hole, wild vegetation and discarded mattresses. Finally, relief...
View ArticleProvince takes steps to improve conditions at Elgin-Middlesex Detention Centre
After a week of political turmoil, the province is moving quickly to make some repairs at Elgin-Middlesex Detention Centre (EMDC).
View ArticleSt. Thomas Aquinas student sent home for day
It was just supposed to be a T-shirt to mark a high school ritual — an after-prom party.
View ArticleCentennial Hall chief refuses to apologize as rift grows louder between Swan,...
How’s this for a contrapuntal conflict?
View ArticleSuspicious fire on Pond Mills Road
A suspicious fire at a remote location within the city forced firefighters to fill pools of water to battle the blaze.
View ArticleA celebration that’s been 125 years in the making for the annual Poplar Hill...
Bouncy castles have replaced pillow fights. A lip-synch competition has supplanted an intense baseball rivalry.
View ArticleWorld grapplers have hold on London
Pankration, gi, and no-gi grappling aren’t household terms, but Londoners might want to learn them before the world championships come to town.
View ArticleJackson Smith is not your average Mr. Popular
It’s not every day a prom king wears his crown to school the morning after.
View ArticleHealth Minister Deb Matthews admits ministry failed to carry out annual...
Flip, flop and thud. That sums up Tuesday for Ontario Health Minister Deb Matthews, who began the day backing out of an erroneous claim and ended it trying to explain another.
View ArticleDiscovery made Tuesday in Point Edward
Lambton OPP remain on the scene of a discovery of human remains in Point Edward this morning.
View ArticleWortley Village losing water supply
Londoners in Wortley Village better shower this morning because they’ll be without water this afternoon.
View ArticleHundreds sign up to hear urban planning expert
An urban planning expert will cap several months of the ReThink London discussion Wednesday at 7 p.m. at Wolfe Performance Hall.
View ArticleThe political push to sell London Hydro may be heating up again at city hall.
The political push to sell London Hydro — a $300-million utility that could fetch even more than that — may be heating up again at city hall.
View ArticleWestern University graduate gets caught up in unrest after travelling to...
Arrive on Friday, tear-gassed on Saturday.
View ArticleOntario cutting in half number of teachers that will graduate
Ontario is cutting in half the number of people who will graduate from teachers’ college.
View ArticleStudy using rubber wildlife finds drivers purposely run over snakes, turtles
Conservation efforts need come out of the woods and onto the road this spring.
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