Month: January 2026
CUPE members protest in front of local MPP’s office
A large crowd of CUPE members and supporters gathered Friday morning outside of Huron-Bruce MPP Lisa Thompson’s constituency office in downtown Kincardine to protest the government’s new law that imposes contracts on education workers.
Two pedestrians hurt in grocery store parking lot collision
Emergency crews were called to the collision in the No Frills parking lot at the corner of Southdale and Colonel Talbot roads around 4 p.m. Thursday.
London-area sheds 1,000 jobs as unemployment edges up
The London-area unemployment rate edged up last month after the region shed about 1,000 jobs, the latest snapshot of its economy shows.
Filling the gaps: Health leaders seek solutions to city’s homelessness crisis
London’s biggest health-care institutions plan a summit to work on patching gaps and finding solutions to the homelessness crisis. Both hospital networks, the Middlesex-London Health Unit, city hall, and mental health agencies are among the players putting on the health and homelessness event next week. “Homelessness is a problem that on the surface isn’t a health […]
Emotions run high as London education workers and supporters launch strike
Backing classroom education assistants on a picket line Friday morning, an emotional Liisa McInnis cried as she spoke of why they deserve support.