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City workers use an excavator to sling a large I-beam over the excavation at York and Richmond streets in downtown London Thursday.

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Snow, rain and freezing rain forecast for London and area

The London area is heading for a brief reprieve from sub-normal temperatures, but it comes with a price.

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Police say driver who offered ride was only a parent, himself, worried about...

Turns out the road to a parent's worst nightmare is paved with good intentions.

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Lev Tahor lawyer seeks adjournment in child protection case

A temporary care hearing involving parents of two Lev Tahor children was adjourned in a Chatham family courtroom Friday.

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The Political Beat: Jan 31

Reporters Patrick Maloney and Chip Martin looks at this week in politics. This week: Fontana's state of the city address, Billy T's councillors lawyer fees, and how much for police in the budget.

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A glimpse inside life at Lev Tahor's Chatham-area settlement

Head down, hand on his wide-brimmed hat to hold it in place while his robes flap, a Lev Tahor man steels himself against a stiff winter wind.

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Ingersoll man who struck Tyler Brooks with car sentenced to three-and-a-half...

Toby Vanlieshout had been in tears and hiding his face in shame while listening to how his driving had ruined the life of a little boy.

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RECAP: Budget debate resumes

Budget debate resumes Friday, particularly the proposed London police budget that includes an increase of $4.3 million (roughly 4% over last year).

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Thames Valley Distric school board shuts door on costly locks, cameras

Ontario’s third-largest school board has said no thanks to provincial cash to install security cameras and locks on elementary school front doors, saying it’s unwelcoming and would cost the board...

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Next stop, to see what Wiarton Willy’s prediction will be on Sunday

If you feel like this has been the coldest January in 20 years, you’d be right.

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Merchants’ association from London's Richmond Row wants to merge with...

On the surface it might seem like a strange marriage.

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London city councillor Paul Hubert mum on alleged commotion

Politics and political alliances seem to have permeated an effort to improve living conditions in Old East London.

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London safe house urged for ex-sex slaves

With police vowing to crack down on sex slavery, saying they believe more than 100 women and girls are being trafficked in London alone, advocates for victims worry the city lacks needed supports to...

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NASA awards kudo to London graduate student

You can forgive Londoner Raymond Francis for feeling out of this world — he’s just been awarded a kudo for work that includes helping to operate NASA’s Mars rover.

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Engineering students competing in Great Northern Concrete Toboggan Race at...

Toboggans, yes. It’s winter. But made of concrete? That’s a head-shaker. Carl Hnatyshyn weighs in on what’s behind a heavy-duty London race.

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Fifth Canadian case of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea confirmed in Simcoe

Officials have confirmed a fifth case of a high contagious pig virus in Ontario.

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Two people injured after car crashes into east London bakery

A woman was thrown through the front window of an east London bakery after she was struck by a vehicle that drove into the business Saturday.

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London doctor Stacey Swinkels travelled to Ethiopia to provide free eye...

Being spat upon was hardly the reception Stacey Swinkels expected for her charity.

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Loss of hospital beds causes backups in hospital emergency rooms

Gloria Lambert doesn’t think she should’ve been hounded to pay for her husband’s hospital bed just because no one could find the 94-year-old a London nursing home.

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Forget snow-shovelling, brides are where the winter money is in Londo

They’re head-scratchers — businesses you might expect to benefit from the brutal winter we’ve had, but don’t, and those you’d never guess making out like bandits.

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