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London climbs to 15th spot in annual MoneySense magazine rankings

An annual ranking has placed London in the top five of best large cities in which to live.

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Body of 90-year-old Huron East woman found near Bayfield River

Police have released the identity of an elderly Huron County woman whose body was found near the Bayfield River.

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London Coun. Stephen Orser planning to table motion that council fire...

In the ongoing fight between Ontario’s ombudsman and London city council, one local politician is going for a knockout.

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London Hydro chief executive Vinay Sharma expects more board members will...

An $18,000 course for London Hydro board members is a small investment to ensure the $300-million utility runs properly, its chief executive said Wednesday.

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Keeping our edge

First, Ford closed its plant, then Electro-Motive Diesel’s locomotive-building jobs were towed away. Now, Diamond Aircraft has scrapped its D-Jet program. That’s more than 1,500 skilled jobs lost. In a...

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Caught in human traffic

Stacey, not her real name, draws on her cigarette.

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Integrity commissioner the hot topic at Urban League of London meeting

Municipal politicians, their behaviour and how to improve it were the hot topics at a London meeting Wednesday about integrity commissioners.

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Two more arrests Wednesday, three others sought

Another two Londoners are wanted in connection to a multimillion-dollar illegal gambling ring linked to organized crime.

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Elderly couple remains separated by legislation

A London couple together for almost seven decades is still in separate facilities and their daughter is fuming over what she calls stalling and blustering from the health minister.

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Recent 'detergent suicides' in London area pose threat to emergency responders

An alarming new suicide method is surfacing in the London area — fuelled by the Internet where with a few clicks you can learn how to end your life using basic household cleaning products.

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Crown drops charges against 72-year-old Texan who had loaded hand gun

Most fans brought cameras, some brought country flags and at least one brought a gun. But he didn't bring it home.

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Publication ban lifted on convicted murderer

Christopher Ellacott, 45, has been sentenced to life in prison for the first-degree murder of 70-year-old Velma Thomson in Petrolia nearly 30 years ago.

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London man wanted on bookmaking charges arrested in Toronto

One London man wanted on bookmaking charges in connection with a multi-million dollar illegal gambling ring has turned himself in and police are still searching for another.

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Wheatley food company growing, hiring up to 40 new workers

Wheatley-based Cavendish Appetizers is hiring between 35 and 40 additional workers to accommodate surging sales of the company's food products, including pickles and beans, but mostly onion rings.

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Two children riding in SUV escape injury in head-on crash north of Brussels...

Police said injuries to two drivers involved in a head-on crash Wednesday morning were not life threatening.

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London couple convicted of scalding, burning and sexually abusing woman with...

Their victim was "gullible and vulnerable," the judge said.

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NDP leader Andrea Horwath tells London audience Southwestern Ontario...

Ontario NDP leader Andrea Horwath told a London audience Friday crafted-in-Toronto solutions shouldn’t be imposed on economically struggling Southwestern Ontario.

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The focus was on H2O, with one London student founding 10-km run

Hard as it is for Londoners to remember water comes in any form other than snow, several groups celebrated a wintry World Water Day on Friday by looking toward the summer.

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Loss of slots-at-racetrack program blamed for job cuts at Western Fair

The end is near and with it job cuts are sure to follow.

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Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne urged to meet with rural leaders

Enniskillen Township Mayor Kevin Marriott says he knew getting a moratorium on new wind farms in Ontario was a long-shot when he hand-delivered his request to the Premier Kathleen Wynne.

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