Category: Midwestern Ontario
‘Tragedy after tragedy’ upended life of woman jailed on gun charge: Lawyer
Kimberly Bahro spent the morning before being sent to jail for gun possession homeless in a downtown London parking lot, with her bags of belongings. She missed the curfew for check-in at the Centre of Hope on Thursday night. Her defence lawyer, Jim Zegers, tracked her down Friday morning to make sure she got to […]
New cafe brings taste of family’s Colombia coffee farm to downtown London
The smell of freshly ground coffee fills the air at a downtown London shop with floor-to-ceiling windows facing St. Peter’s Cathedral Basilica. Hanging on its wall at 495 Richmond St., on the southwest corner at Dufferin Avenue, is a burlap coffee sack bearing the image of a farmer and the words: “We respect the origin, we […]
Doug Ford backs Mark Carney, rips Donald Trump: ‘He is not to be trusted’
TORONTO – Premier Doug Ford said he’s glad Canada didn’t sign the trade deal being offered by the United States on Friday night, even as Ontario braces for the impact of U.S. tariffs that target the province’s primary industries. “It was a bad deal. It was a bad deal for Ontario. It was a bad […]
Pierre Poilievre on jacked-up tariffs: ‘We have what the Americans need’
WOODSTOCK – Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre swung through Southwestern Ontario on Saturday, telling supporters here that Canada should continue fighting for tariff-free trade as the U.S. imposed new ones on Canadian goods. Poilievre spoke at a public event held here by Oxford MP Arpan Khanna, hours after Prime Minister Mark Carney announced Canada walked away from […]
Baranyai: Jamaica-gate turns spotlight on Tory spying
Every oppo researcher must have a nightmare, and I bet it looks a lot like what’s unfolding in Ontario right now.