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Former London politician Vaughan Minor, business partner point to mortgages...

A London political veteran, who played a key role in a failed Alberta land-banking venture into which 4,000 investors sank $73 million, has a simple explanation for why all seems to be lost.

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London's Fanshawe College seeks to fill gaps in labour market

More students and more opportunities are in the cards for Fanshawe College.

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A woman in Singapore is now disillusioned by Canada; an Ontario man is...

Edgeworth is a four-letter word for about 4,000 people who invested $73 million in the Alberta land-banking program promoted by Londoner Vaughan Minor.

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What’s so special about one goose sitting on a bunch of unhatched eggs in a...

They dropped in to stay, near as we can determine, on a cloudy Sunday evening.

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Seaforth Foodland gutted by fire during early Saturday morning blaze

The Seaforth Foodland grocery store was gutted by fire early Saturday morning after firefighters were called to the scene around 2:10 a.m.

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London and District Labour Council Day of Mourning features wreath laying...

Randy St. Croix still remembers the phone call: It was 2 a.m. and his brother Rick was in hospital, fighting for his life.

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Firefighters douse road paver blaze at east London business

A fire outside an east London business sent a plume of smoke billowing into the air that was visible five kilometres away Saturday afternoon.

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London Free Press takes home three Ontario Newspaper Awards in Waterloo

The London Free Press has brought home three Ontario Newspaper Awards.

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Cambridge Winter Hawks beat London Nationals 3-2 in overtime

Max Lamontange’s surname means “the mountain” in French. And he’s certainly left the London Nationals with one to climb.

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Annual London event supports the Thames Valley Children's Centre

A few fist pumped as they crossed the finish line, other held hands with fellow racers, while some sprinted through with stone-faced expressions.

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Police urge pedestrians to respect wig-wags at train crossings

A 60-year-old woman miraculously walked away with minor bruises after her bicycle was hit by a train on Centre Street in Chatham Sunday afternoon.

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Members of 12 local faith groups give nature a hand Sunday

If you plant it, they will come — that’s what leaders from 12 local faith groups are hoping.

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Coun. Bill Armstrong wants city hall staff to find out who leaked a letter...

Coun. Bill Armstrong is demanding The Free Press identify the confidential source of a legal letter that accuses the ­veteran politician of questionable behaviour at a methadone-dispensing pharmacy.

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CAW’s Tim Carrie is moving to a new post at the union’s education centre in...

The skid filled with steel truck rims stood before him, but Tim Carrie refused the work — it was unsafe.

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The shape of wings to come?

Welcome to Fort Worth, which even locals call “the most typically Texan of all Texas cities.”

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Plans to build a 10-bedroom duplex in Blackfriars have nearby residents — and...

It’s a proposed duplex with 10 bedrooms that, if built, would loom so large over the neighbouring house it likely wouldn’t get any sunshine. Ever.

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Neighbour on housing plan: ‘I will hope for the best’

A controversial plan to turn a shuttered school into affordable housing will get another look from the city.

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Elevated park moves closer to bloom

Canada's first elevated park is a step closer to blooming in St. Thomas.

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Mayor suggests baking the pie one piece at a time

Slow and steady won’t win the race to revive London’s lagging economy, a fired-up Joe Fontana told bureaucrats charged with trying to kick-start growth.

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Regina Mundi classes a wash for second day

About 1,100 London Catholic secondary school students will get another day off, and maybe more, due to a broken water line.

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