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Critic Lisa MacLeod wants class sizes and rewards for outstanding teachers...

Q: Liz Sandals was made the education minister yesterday. Have you worked with her and what do you hope she achieves before the next election?

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Killing looks like gang's work

As police canvassed a northeast London neighbourhood handing out reward posters to help in the case of what they’re calling a random killing, an expert warns Londoners to expect more.

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Mark Wales calls threatening letter ‘pretty pathetic’

The head of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture is urging police to investigate anonymous threats to sabotage farm fields that are the home to industrial wind turbines.

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Company now a leader thanks to innovation

3M Canada, the makers of Post-it Notes and Scotch tape, has stuck with London for more than 60 years.

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Gloomy weather and shorter days can bring on the winter blues — especially in...

When Sheryl Crow sang about soaking up the sun she likely hadn’t spent a winter in Southwestern Ontario.

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Precautions still urged to fight influenza season in London area

With 23 deaths so far, the current influenza season in the London area has claimed more lives than the previous two years combined

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Heart and Stroke Foundation offered device with free CPR training but board...

Barely three months after raising eyebrows for refusing a free defibrillator for one of its schools, the Thames Valley District school board has done it again.

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Defibrillator and luck saved teacher’s life

It was just a regular Sunday pickup game of hockey.

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Kitchener sisters arrested after fight

It was a not-so-happy reunion during a drunken spat in Goderich for two Kitchener twins who were separated 34 years after birth.

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Wave of solar projects spreading across London

A big solar array on the roof of the Western Fair Sports Centre has started pumping power into the local power grid, one of a wave of solar projects sprouting in the city.

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U.S. turnaround bodes well for London, BMO chief economist says

BMO chief economist Doug Porter said 2013 will see a role reversal for the Canadian and U.S. economies with Americans chugging ahead and Canadians lagging behind.

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Revised study is ‘Too little, too late’

News a government study investigating the health effects of wind turbines has been revised is “too little, too late,” says a local group opposed to these kinds of developments.

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GG medal reminds recipient that "There are good people in this world”

A Bright woman was awarded the Governor General’s Medal of Bravery on February 8 for helping save her husband’s life during a trip to Pelee Island in 2010.

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The Political Beat: Feb 15

Reporters Patrick Maloney and Chip Martin looks at this week in politics. This week: Should councillor Joe Swan be raising money from developers, the 2013 budget, and should we sell London hydro.

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Kitchener resident once taught driver education in Stratford

A former Perth County resident is facing three additional sex charges.

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Western University astronomer says Russian meteor first of its type in more...

Despite the meteor strike over Russia being the largest recorded object to hit the Earth in more than a century, it's no surprise no one saw it coming, says a member of the Western University Meteor...

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London doctor found guilty of professional misconduct for sexual abuse of...

A London doctor has been found guilty of professional misconduct for the sexual abuse of a patient.

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Grant gives boost to Clarke Road secondary school's communications program

Chantal Collins reads expertly off the teleprompter, her tone confident as she delivers the day’s news.

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Teen facing multiple charges for crime spree that included pizzeria robbery

A teenager faces several charges after a crime-spree in southwest London that ended when he broke into the wrong car.

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London cabbie gets 45 days, ban on driving

A “notably fatigued” London cabbie who struck and killed a teenager on New Year’s morning two years ago has been ordered jailed on weekends.

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