Author: The London Free Press
New awards ceremony set to honour outstanding Black Londoners
London’s newest award ceremony, the essence and culture awards, will take place Sunday, to honour individuals who stand out in the Forest City’s Black community. This is the first time the awards will be given out. “The Black communities in London, a lot of that community is on the bottom end of the economic scale” […]
Sims: Lifting of restrictions marks new chapter, not end, to pandemic
During those dark, early days of the pandemic, I would sometimes cheer myself up by thinking about how happy we would be once COVID-19 was eradicated from our lives. Maybe we would have a big parade or festival, good times, lots of music, maybe at Victoria Park or on Dundas Place to celebrate how we […]
$25K donation to Ottawa protest ‘about freedom’: London businessman
One anti-hate group says the protest is entangled with insurrection and racism.
300,000 businesses to receive $1.5B in WSIB rebates: Ontario
Keeping employees safe will soon pay off for thousands of businesses in Ontario. The province is announcing changes Wednesday to Ontario’s Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) that will reward businesses with good safety records. In the first installment, $1.5 billion in rebates will be distributed this spring to about 300,000 businesses, at a rate […]
London city council briefs: anti-Islamophobia plan, new deputy city manager
Anti-Islamophobia plan approved A plan to “disrupt Islamophobia” in London earned unanimous support from city council Tuesday night. Mayor Ed Holder declared it just the start of the work to heal from the fatal hit-and-run that killed four members of the Afzaal family in what police allege was an intentional attack because of their Islamic […]