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Middlesex-London health unit concerned about youth hookah use

Hookah pipes have spread like wildfire among Ontario youth, with nearly 20% of 12th-graders indulging in a habit once the domain of Middle Eastern men.

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Former London Free Press editorial cartoonist Merle Tingley attracted loyal...

The first-ever Ting Comic and Graphic Arts Festival will give a new generation of Londoners a chance to meet the man behind the worm.

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Thames Valley District school board's websites fixed

The Thames Valley District school board's website has been restored.

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Winter weather takes bite out of crowd on second day at London Lifestyle Home...

In spite of slippery roads and a massive downfall of snow, a few brave souls battled their way into the London Lifestyle Home Show at Western Fair’s Agriplex Saturday.

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First update in 25 years of what’s in London’s Medway Valley Heritage Forest...

As the city gets ready to tuck into how to manage the natural gem, Chip Martin looks at what the detailed peek into the environmentally significant area has turned up.

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Loonie’s recent skid spells bad news for snowbirds and cross-border shoppers

A limping loonie could be just what beleaguered manufacturers and tourism operators in the London area need to help them get back on their feet.

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Aboutown buildings at three sites attracting ‘significant’ buyer interest

Five properties belonging to a troubled London ground transportation company are already attracting buyer interest, a court-appointed receiver says.

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The Agriplex eyed for upgrade as it gets more use as trade show space

It was built a decade ago for cattle and horse shows and includes a sales arena with a dirt floor.

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Time to look at the big picture

Laura Straughan died in a London jail in 2009 after a breakdown in monitoring her health, with information neither recorded nor shared among staff and her symptoms chalked up to drug withdrawal.

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Man found in submerged pickup identified as Calvin Willard of South Huron

Police say they still don't know what caused the crash that left a man dead inside a pickup truck south of Exeter Friday morning.

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Oxford County employee in hospital after falling from Woodstock water tower

An Oxford County employee is being treated in hospital after falling from a Woodstock water tower Thursday.

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Woodstock police looking for suspicious driver

The Woodstock Police are investigating the report of a suspicious person who offered a child a ride Monday morning.

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Former CAMI president found dead

A former president of CAMI Automotive in Ingersoll has died.

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Woodstock fire department warns residents to clear vents after snowfall

A Woodstock family ended up in the hospital ER Sunday after carbon monoxide was found present in their home.

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Copper wire thieves target London homes with "For Sale" signs

Empty houses listed for sale are being targeted by copper wire thieves in London, police say.

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Western Fair gets $500K boost for race purses

Western Fair Raceway can’t afford the purses the government says it must offer for its standardbred horse races — leaving the racetrack to ask a Toronto racetrack for help in sweetening the pot.

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Pig-killing virus spreads to Chatham-Kent

The virus that has killed hundreds of piglets on a Middlesex farm has now been found on a Chatham-Kent farm.

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Arts centre faces time squeeze

That sound you hear isn’t a metronome clacking; it’s the clock ticking louder and louder on London’s push to build a new performing arts centre.

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Staff urge $5M cut to operating, capital spending

It’s a $5-million hurdle facing city councillors before they can even consider how to trim more money from a proposed London budget and its 3.1% tax hike.

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Canadian Pacific Railway has strengthened its education programs since the...

Canadian Pacific Railway has beefed up education programs in schools after the death of an 11-year-old girl at a London railway crossing two years ago.

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