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More income inequality leads to more COVID cases: Western researcher
A Western University researcher says his team’s research of income inequality in 127 countries found that countries with greater income inequality had higher rates of COVID-19 cases and more deaths, at least in the pre-vaccine stage of the pandemic. James Davies, a professor in the university’s department of economics, said the rate of economic distance […]
Community comes out for Southampton polar bear dip
It isn’t uncommon for the waters off Southampton to be full of swimmers on a hot summer day. But it is perhaps a little more unusual for those same waters to be full of people in January. With the water temperature at about 5.4 C, dozens of people braved chilly Lake Huron for a New […]
Q+A: Retiring London city clerk Cathy Saunders
Cathy Saunders looked back on her career, from her days as Barrie’s only female bylaw officer to 12 years at the helm in London, and ahead to retirement.
London’s New Year’s baby arrives one minute into 2022
One minute after the big New Year’s Eve countdown, London recorded its first baby born in 2022. Christine Elgar and Ben Monis welcomed their baby boy, Niall, at 12:01 a.m. Saturday at the London Health Sciences Centre. The baby, who weighs six pounds and eight ounces, and the parents are “doing well” following the early-morning […]
Family of five unhurt, flees shoeless from New Year’s Day fire in London
A family of five was unhurt, but their London townhouse was heavily damaged after a New Year’s Day blaze ripped through it Saturday morning. Firefighters responded about 10:45 a.m. after 911 calls came in reporting smoke and flames at a townhouse at 127 Toulan Cres., just east of Clarke Road and Trafalgar Street, platoon chief […]
Number of granny suites in London slowly inches up
All those suites for granny – or grandpa – are adding “gentle density” in London, a city grappling with a major housing crisis.
Grey Bruce Health Unit reports 187 new COVID cases on New Year’s Day
Grey-Bruce added 187 new COVID-19 cases on New Year’s Day. It is the highest single-day case count reported by the Grey Bruce Health Unit, with the previous daily high set on Thursday when 158 cases were reported. Saturday’s Situation Report, which includes case counts up to midnight on Friday, included 33 new cases in Owen […]
London fire, ambulance services feeling staffing fallout of COVID-19 surge
As Omicron surges across Ontario, two of the London-area’s emergency services are grappling with employees off work due to COVID-19. The Middlesex-London Paramedic Service says 26 paramedics are temporarily off work after testing positive for the virus or coming into close contact with it. Seventeen workers are deemed high risk, and eight were infected as […]
Mayor’s honour list salutes 11 Londoners who lead in making city better
When Mandi Fields and Kait Symonds launched efforts to help provide essentials — everything from tampons to baby gear — to people in need, neither imagined they would end up on London’s annual honour roll. Fields and Symonds are two of 11 Londoners on the 2022 Mayor’s New Year’s Honour List, alongside Olympic gold medalist […]