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Storm fallout: Flooding basements, damaged roofs, more cold ahead

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Snowbanks left by storms that blanketed the London region, combined with this week’s rising temperatures, are resulting in a big melt that’s flooding basements and damaging roofs across the city, London property restoration companies say. LFP reporter Beatriz Baleeiro digs into the details. WHAT DOES THE DAMAGE? Cracks in foundations, pump failures, and ice damming […]

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Fentanyl dealer who dodged manslaughter charge gets house arrest

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The smudging ceremony in the courtroom before Craig French was sentenced for fentanyl trafficking aimed to honour ancestors and cleanse bodies and minds. The ceremony is rarely seen in the Superior Court of Justice. Before it began, there was an explanation how the Indigenous ceremony was considered to be “sacred medicine and enlightenment” for all […]

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Funding ‘challenges’ force Craigwood Youth Services to close

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A London-based agency that has provided care for troubled adolescents and their families in the London region for 70 years is closing, it announced Monday. Craigwood Youth Services cited “significant funding challenges” and changes in how youth services are delivered in the province as factors in its decision. “This has been an incredibly difficult decision,” […]