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A city ticket-writing machine turned up at a downtown London mission

If it had been a Pixar movie, the tale of the lost ticket-writing machine that found its way home would’ve had a thrilling middle instead of just a beginning and an end.

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Windsor education dean suspended

The University of Windsor has suspended its education faculty dean without pay for plagiarism.

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Woodstock plant announces major expansion

It’s another economic good news story for the Friendly City.

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Norman Laberge was the only person killed by the storm that flattened the...

An inquest has been called into the death of Normand Laberge, a mine worker who was the lone fatality of the tornado that struck Goderich in 2011.

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No snow means fewer people in London giving

With less than two weeks left until the big day, and a room full of half-empty boxes that should be filled with donated toys, area soldiers are worried they won’t meet this year’s goal for London’s...

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London's future is staying the course

London’s political firestorm shouldn’t distract people from a once-in-a-generation opportunity to reshape the city, says a planning consultant.

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Lambton-Kent-Middlesex MPP Monte McNaughton promises privatization, but OLG...

A drive by the Ontario Progressive Conservatives to privatize the province’s gaming sector left officials scratching their heads Tuesday.

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Official says wind power prospects excellent

The wind turbine industry is talking water.

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After surviving step-aside motion, London Mayor Joe Fontana's next hurdle is...

Joe Fontana has cleared one roadblock to remaining in the London mayor’s chair, but he’ll have to travel a longer and more tedious road before he faces a judge

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First it’s marriage, then it’s Armageddon

For superstitious lovebirds, it’s the perfect wedding anniversary.

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Former Toronto mayor John Sewell says police need to return to fundamentals...

When London police Chief Brad Duncan said the force needs a 3.6% budget hike for 2013 just to maintain current service levels, city council told him to sharpen his pencil and find more fat to trim.

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Eight-member council bloc runs city, Henderson says

An eight-member voting bloc like the one that saved Joe Fontana from a humiliating non-confidence vote Tuesday is running London — without council’s other seven politicians, Coun. Dale Henderson says.

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Master Oneida speakers record their stories and pronunciations in the hope of...

They're words that weren't recorded, with meanings intricately tied to a culture desperately trying to survive.

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Missing man in peril, police say

London police are asking for the public’s help in locating 28-year-old Craig McCloskey. McCloskey was last seen Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the area of Wellington Rd. and Commissioners Rd. East in London.

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Travellers experience overnight delay at Blue Water Bridge

Truck drivers and holiday shoppers spent hours waiting at the Blue Water Bridge Tuesday night after Canadian border officers walked off the job.

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No VIA consultation with community: Bradley

There's mixed reaction to a new combination bus and train service between Sarnia and Toronto.

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Gentle, kind and soft-spoken are words colleagues use to describe Roland...

For children he was the kind-hearted, jolly man who’d make them better when they were feeling ill.

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Mix-ups and red tape left Iranian man feeling helpless — until a letter...

It’s a tale of lost documents, diplomatic tensions, a public servant going the extra mile and a grateful immigrant able to start his dream life.

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Arrests in foiled Justin Bieber murder, castration plot: report

Two men have been arrested for an alleged murder- for-hire plot involving teen pop sensation Justin Bieber in New York last month.

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Internal documents reveal beaten boy found by police dog

Dragged from his bed in the middle of the night, the 12-year-old boy beaten at a provincial facility that treats children with mental health problems was eventually found by a police dog, The Free...

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