Tag: Local News
2026 London budget: Politicians agree to pay off health unit’s moving debt
Deliberations for London’s 2026 municipal budget update got underway Thursday morning, with city politicians endorsing more roads funding, and paying off a Middlesex-London health unit debt related to its relocation. At the city hall debate, city council members, meeting as the budget committee, voted to add back in a little more than $100,000 in annual […]
Premier Doug Ford lauds Norway firm’s plans for $3.2B St. Thomas plant
Premier Doug Ford was in St. Thomas on Thursday morning to mark a $3.2-billion investment by Norway-based Vianode in a local plant officials say will eventually employ 1,000 and help power about two million electric vehicles annually. Synthetic graphite, key to the production of EVs and batteries, will be produced at the facility that’s expected […]
Fewer holiday jobs available as labour market cools in London region
“It’s taking people longer to land a job, and employers are asking for more from people, even at an entry level.”
Son gets five years for fatally stabbing father 14 times during psychosis
“A life without his father, in its own way, is a life sentence,” Superior Court Justice Alissa Mitchell said.
London opioid-related deaths drop again as officials offer guarded optimism
Opioid-related emergency department visits, hospitalizations and deaths in London and Middlesex County have declined for a third straight year, just-released public health figures show. Dr. Alex Summers, the top doctor with the Middlesex-London health unit, detailed at a Wednesday press conference the agency’s 2025 opioid crisis report – which indicated those three metrics all declined […]