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Sarnia firm wins contract with Alberta project

A campaign by Sarnia companies to tap into work in Alberta’s oil sands is beginning to pay off.

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Dr. Jake Thiessen appointed to investigate chemotherapy drug fiasco

Ontario Health Minister Deb Matthews has appointed an outside expert to investigate diluted doses of chemotherapy drugs used to treat over 1,000 cancer patients, mainly in the London area.

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St. Thomas youth pleads guilty to attempted murder

A 17-year-old St. Thomas youth who slit another boy's throat while he was sleeping, had a history of care which surprised even a veteran Crown attorney.

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Auditor General probing decision to drop slots-at-racetracks program

Ontario's auditor general will dig into the province's decision to end the slots-at-racetracks program and other plans to expand the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp.

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Inmate, manager sent to hospital for smoke inhalation after fire at jail

As London’s provincial jail wrestles with the fallout from a fire that sent an inmate and manager to hospital, a work refusal and a reported knife assault on an inmate.

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London police lay charges after a car was stolen and then crashed

A driver learned the hard way never to leave a running vehicle unlocked.

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By Friday, London’s rainfall total could hit 50-80 mm, leading to a flood...

A month of rain, sleet and now — snow.

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Chad Hallet to be sentenced in death of Daniel Brand on April 30

It meant so much to Josie Brand to be a mom.

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This year’s ride will pave way for tandem event next year

They’re at-risk youth — some may be on probation, others without family support or given to peer pressure. Some may have even clashed with police.

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This year’s event set for April 20

The main thing worrying Todd Sleeper, besides rising water levels, is rising levels of success.

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Wynne may avoid gas flare

Ontario politicians will begin to learn Monday just how long the smell of gas lingers.

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9.6% - Not just a number

Mario Lefebvre has never seen anything quite like it in his studies of Canadian cities and their economies.

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Truck driver dead after transport crashes into General Dynamics building in...

A 48-year-old London man is dead after the transport truck he was driving crashed into a General Dynamics building in east London Tuesday.

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Western Fair District spending $800K to knock down buildings for parking

The Western Fair District is demolishing four buildings this summer, including the ill-fated former Imax building.

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London typically gets 82 millimetres of rain and snow in April, but has...

London got a month’s worth of rain in four days — but it could have been much worse.

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Ilderton man was really talking to Chatham-Kent police officer

While the wife of a London-area man was pregnant with the couple's daughter, her husband was having explicit sexual conversations over the Internet with someone he thought was a 14-year-old girl.

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Oil change leads to unusual discovery

Chatham Chrysler president Dave Tessier thought he was talking to a former NFL player at his car dealership Wednesday morning, only to learn later the man with the Jeep plated "Pack26" was a wanted sex...

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London schools locked down as police search for armed robber

A gun-toting man ran away after robbing a pharmacy in northeast London Thursday, causing police to lock down two schools.

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Owner of London renovation company General Building Products LTD facing more...

A London renovator faces three more fraud charges — adding to the three he racked up earlier this year, police said.

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