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Transcom will close early in January, eliminating 100 to 150 jobs

Employees of a downtown London call centre learned Tuesday they’ll lose their jobs when the centre closes early next year.

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Gracie didn’t tell women he was infected with HIV virus

When Daniel Gracie was a prison inmate a decade ago he was told he had HIV, but didn’t seem to care.

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Community innovation awards handed out

A community builder, a non-profit that raises money and awareness about AIDS in Africa, a centre that provides health care to the vulnerable and a collaboration that tackles health issues of the aging...

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Province’s physicians are supposed to find savings in patient services to...

The Ontario Liberals have pulled away from imposing a pay freeze on doctors, offering an extra $100 million to gain the backing of the leaders of the Ontario Medical Association.

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Demolish the house at 591 Maitland St. or build a new one?

A couple’s plan to demolish a rundown home built in 1884 is pitting the couple and neighbours who support them against the Woodfield Community Association and city staff. Alex Weber reports,

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Experts will try to connect the food grown and processed here with consumers

Consider it a local-food appetizer.

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Neighbours of organic composting plant complain of stench

Residents around the south London Orgaworld plant told of putrid smells, ruined evenings trying to barbecue and health complaints at a public meeting over what role — if any — the city should take with...

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Witness adds dramatic details to testimony

He referred to the two men as Mr. Dino and Mr. Floyd.

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Targeted radiation offers new hope at London Regional Cancer Program

Some cancer patients in London will soon benefit from a way of targeting radiation so precise, doses can be delivered with greater intensity in less time.

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Local unit doesn’t want auditor PricewaterhouseCoopers to see all the numbers

Local public health officials are fighting to keep secret from a third-party auditor how their agency spends millions of tax dollars each year.

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Confirmed influenza cases could mean early arrival of flu season in London

Flu has struck early in London and health officials are warning people to get flu shots.

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Company making ‘significant’ investment to clean up former Westinghouse property

The owner of what was once famous as the largest PCB dump in Canada says it is making a “significant investment” to reduce trace amounts of the compound that still migrate from the site during rainstorms.

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Teachers union says its doing nothing illegal

Accused of bullying and intimidation by their boss, London-area elementary teachers are firing back.

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Annual DIG London conference

London’s video game companies are adapting to shifting consumer tastes by focusing on mobile, web and social media games. Hank Daniszewski reports from the DIG London conference.

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Costly battle on to save Lorne Avenue school

The cost of saving Lorne Avenue public school in London?

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London activist charged with trespassing for defying Western University ban

A London activist was arrested at Western University for defying a ban by campus police.

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Cathy Donnelly didn’t hesitate when daughter Shannon needed her

In a few months Cathy Donnelly will welcome her seventh grandchild into the world.

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Members of the reality TV show Ice Road Truckers among those taking part

Canada’s largest farmer-to-farmer relief effort in a decade is rolling toward Ontario, with up 3,000 monster hay bales for feed-needy livestock farms after last summer’s drought.

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Fontana bows out of mayors' meeting

Joe Fontana has backed out of attending a meeting in Ottawa of Canada’s urban mayors, sending a member of council instead.

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Witness says he called police after hearing nine gun blasts

London police are investigating after several reports of gunshots on Clarence and Hill streets just before 9 p.m. Wednesday.

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