Author: Interlochen Public Radio

London-area employers ask: Where are all the workers?

Nearly two-thirds of London-area employers are having a hard time laying their hands on enough labour, leaving hundreds of jobs in the region begging for bodies. That’s one of the key findings of a new survey looking at the state of the local labour market and challenges businesses are facing. It was conducted by the […]

Gun conviction sheds light on ‘grave’ Ipperwash pot-shop standoff

A tense confrontation between an armed man and police officers in Kettle and Stony Point nearly two years ago gave the First Nation community’s worried chief flashbacks to the deadly 1995 Ipperwash Crisis. Police were tight-lipped about the clash between the 28-year-old London man and officers there to investigate an angry crowd that had gathered in […]

London institutions in no hurry to drop vaccine passports

London’s hospitals and post-secondary institutions aren’t budging on their vaccination mandates, intending to keep the rules in place even after the province lifts its COVID-19 passport program next week. London Health Sciences Centre, St. Joseph’s Health Care London, Western University and Fanshawe College say they have no immediate plans to end their sweeping COVID-19 vaccination policies […]

‘It represents hope’: Yumna Afzaal lives on through her work of art

White Oaks Mall will be the temporary home of a new artistic depiction of the mural painted by Yumna Afzaal, who was killed along with her parents and grandmother in an alleged hate-motivated crash last June. The south London shopping centre commissioned the artwork that depicts the slain 15-year-old putting the finishing touches on the […]

London Lightning squeak out win in season opener

The London Lightning’s first game in nearly two years ended in a heart-stopping win. Joel Kindred’s three-ball pulled the KW Titans within a single point late in the fourth quarter, but Jaylon Tate hit a pair of clutch free throws in the dying seconds to secure a 110-108 victory in National Basketball League of Canada […]