Tag: Longreads
Auto belt anxiety: Where Southwestern Ontario stands a year after Trump 2.0
Jan. 20 will mark one year since Donald Trump swept back into office, igniting a trade war between Canada and the U.S.
Auto belt anxiety: Laid-off workers weigh hang-in or move-on options
GM bet on an electric future for its now-idled Ingersoll plant. How to plug their lives back in is the question for 1,100 laid-off workers.
Auto belt anxiety: The EV that left 1,100 London-area workers in limbo
GM’s new electric cargo van was supposed to be its Ingersoll factory’s salvation. Instead, it left the Cami plant idled. Why didn’t it sell?
London’s new reality: Rents down, home sales slow, builders on sidelines
London is far from the hot housing market it was just four years ago. And many residents are beginning to feel the impacts
Boom and gloom: A stark divide in Southwestern Ontario’s auto belt
St. Thomas and Ingersoll aren’t far apart, but there’s a world of difference in how they’ve been hit by the auto industry’s electric bet.