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Fresh ammo for jail closure opponents

Local leaders fighting to save Sarnia Jail say the cost to retrofit the Sarnia’s courthouse if the jail closes could exceed $1 million.

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St. Thomas Children's Aid notified after 13-year-old found drunk with adults

St. Thomas police are investigating after receiving a call from the parent of a 13-yer-old girl asking for help.

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East London crash sends two to hospital

A two-vehicle crash in east London sent two people to hospital and downed a hydro pole Monday morning.

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Chance of flurries for London overnight: Environment Canada

London could get an early taste of the white stuff overnight.

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New smartphone app promotes the Discover Different Downtown Shopping Day

Downtown London is rolling out the red carpet Saturday, promoting its status as a haven for independent retailers.

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Family and friends to gather at Hasty Market to remember Anthony Crone

Friends and family of a London man who was slain last week will gather Tuesday night to light candles and release sky lanterns in his memory at the spot where he was found bleeding from multiple stab...

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City mulls funding changes on municipal water

Politicians opened the tap Monday for public feedback on proposed changes to how — and how much — Londoners pay for water, but only a few opinions dripped out.

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Branscombe joins race for Tory nod

Then there were two.

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Gerard Kennedy tells the Free Press he’d give educators, rural municipalities...

Ontario Liberal leadership candidate Gerard Kennedy made a stop Monday in London to seek support, speaking to Free Press reporter Jonathan Sher en route.

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Western University is hosting experts in a summit focusing on planetary...

What, space exploration isn’t the first thing you think of when someone says Forest City?

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Major London intersection closed after two crashes involving a woman driving...

Three people are in hospital, one with potentially serious injuries, after a multi-vehicle crash just before 1 p.m. Monday at the intersection of Highbury Ave. and Dundas St.

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Amid city hall firestorm, 'Fontana 8' cracking

Palace coup, Part 2?

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Sarnia girl, 11, suffers stroke in Jamaica

Eleven-year-old Jaylynn Graham of Sarnia is lying in a Jamaican hospital bed wondering when she’ll be coming home.

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The Political Beat: Nov 13

Reporters Patrick Maloney and Chip Martin looks at this week in politics. This week: a lawsuit filed against Joe Fontana, should the Mayor step aside, Stephen Orser tells a citizen to duck off, and Deb...

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Auditions open for skating's World's in London

The job: Race onto the ice and scoop up flowers, teddy bears and candy and then skate off the ice as quickly as possible.

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Scientists discover patient in vegetative state at London's Parkwood hospital...

A London scientist has pushed the edge of medicine to enable a patient in a vegetative state to have a say in his care.

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Mom-to-be and 65-year-old co-worker in car hit by speeding Porsche

A pregnant woman who was a passenger in a car hit Monday by a speeding Porsche said she and a co-worker cheated death.

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Hope in the City breakfast set for Nov. 23

The Salvation Army is appealing to London’s business community to step up and support its first Hope in the City breakfast.

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Lit cigarette cited cause of deadly house fire

A discarded cigarette is the most likely cause of the Mt. Brydges house fire that killed a man and a woman, the Ontario fire marshal’s office says.

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City councillor tackles relative neophyte in London-North-Centre

Ontario Progressive Conservatives in London-North-Centre will choose between a very political candidate Nov. 27 and a not-so-political one.

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