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It turns out birds have a knack for forecasting weather and adapting to...

They don’t have access to Environment Canada’s radar website or even the Farmer’s Almanac.

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City of London asks motorists to show patience

Cleaned up, fixed up and ready to go, the Richmond St. N. span is a Bridge Too Soon.

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London fire department OK’d to bill for needless fires

Despite questions over a plan to allow London’s fire department to potentially recoup “extraordinary costs” racked up through investigations into avoidable blazes, politicians pushed ahead Monday.

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London city council briefs

Council approved without debate a move toward exempting organizers of the New Year’s Eve bash in Victoria Park from what’s essentially a $500 fine for excessive noise.

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London hacking suspect challenges police officer's story

The man on trial wanted to know why a police officer watching him the day of his arrest didn’t take photos of him.

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One in three Canadians wait at least six days to see their doctor, the worst...

Canadians rank last among top Western nations in getting to first base in the health-care system, accessing a family doctor in a timely way.

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Fire department won’t confirm fatality but warn it's never wise to go back...

One woman is believed dead in an afternoon house fire east of London.

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A pre-trial date was set Tuesday for London Mayor Joe Fontana

London Mayor Joe Fontana’s criminal charges moved a little closer to trial Tuesday.

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City of London extended barriers to keep pedestrians off Blackfriars Bridge...

As friends and family mourned a 19-year-old man who plunged to his death, work resumed on the boarded-up London bridge from which he fell.

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Project Play one of four London groups honoured for community-building efforts

Gaming as a force for social good has won an innovation award from Pillar Non-Profit Network.

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Dozens of London and area children travel to Disney World in Florida

Walt Disney once said, “All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them”.

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Florida boy rescued in child pornography investigation by London police

London police helped rescue a 10-year-old abused Florida boy, tracking him down from information they found after a child pornography investigation in the city, they say.

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Oil blending and packing facility to close

Plans to close Imperial Oil's lubricants and specialty products operation in Sarnia by mid-2015 will impact approximately 60 jobs.

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Canadian sells car, flies to the rescue of injured fiancee in Philippines

While hundreds of thousands flee areas ravaged by a typhoon in the Philippines, one Montrealer has sold his car for travel money and has headed into the disaster zone to find his fiancee.

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The red scarf campaign targets the fact one-third of all Canadians who have...

It’s been more than 30 years since the first reported case of AIDS, but nearly one-third of all Canadians who have HIV don’t know it.

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High costs a job loser: Bradley

The cost of electricity, once used as a carrot to lure industry to Ontario, may be scaring it off and shutting the doors of existing plants, warns Sarnia Mayor Mike Bradley.

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Hydro lands’ future has Fontana upbeat

Mayor Joe Fontana remains gung-ho for a potential redevelopment of the London Hydro lands by billionaire Larry Tanenbaum, amid rumblings of apprehension among some senior city hall managers.

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London child pornography raid leads to large marijuana operation

A tip from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security led London police to a child pornography bust and the unexpected discovery of a major pot operation, police say.

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Cherry Hill Rd. community mourns death of Elva Albright

An elderly woman who died after going into her burning home Tuesday had lost a house to a blaze decades earlier, a neighbour said Wednesday.

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A survey uncovers grim numbers in London

London’s drug users are sharing needles and catching hepatitis at alarming rates — data that could be ammo in the battle over whether the city should be home to Canada’s second safe injection site.

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