London Free Press

City council steers new homeless ‘drop-in spaces’ away from main streets

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Politicians have voted to further crack down on where the city’s homeless can lay their head, specifically in business districts. Not only will encampments and service depots for their residents have to be located roughly a football field’s distance from any residential property line, but resting spaces also will be barred from the main streets […]

Great Lakes Now

The race for clean energy is local

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The race for clean energy is local

By Emily Jones and Gautama Mehta, Grist

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The U.S. power grid is at a critical crossroads. Electricity generation, like every other industry, needs to rid itself of fossil fuels if the country is to play its role in combating the climate crisis — a transition that will have to happen even as energy providers scramble to meet what they claim is an unprecedented spike in electricity demand, attributed to the rise of AI.

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LHSC London Free Press

The fraud investigation at London Health Sciences Centre needs to move quickly to safeguard public trust and staff morale, but the Ontario government also has to act, the Opposition health critic at Q

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The fraud investigation at London Health Sciences Centre needs to move quickly to safeguard public trust and staff morale, but the Ontario government also has to act, the Opposition health critic at Queen’s Park said Monday. The investigation grabbed the attention of France Gelinas who said she’s concerned patients and workers, including doctors and nurses, […]

London Free Press

City budget: Don’t expect fights for more cash from London Transit, library

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The 2025 city budget update process is now underway. After the tense four-year (2024-27) budget discussions last winter where only London police walked away with everything they wanted – how are London’s other biggest agencies faring with what they got? Reporter Jack Moulton takes a look. LONDON PUBLIC LIBRARY During last winter’s multi-year budget talks, […]

London Free Press

Politicians declare trailer park land surplus, sparking residents’ sale fears

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Residents of a municipally owned seasonal trailer park in Elgin County are concerned after being caught off-guard by local politicians’ intention to sell the property. Open annually from May to October, Port Glasgow Trailer Park – about 70 kilometres southwest of London – belongs to the Municipality of West Elgin, and recently was declared “surplus” […]

London Free Press

She had a cockroach in her ear. She’ll find out soon if her landlord has to compensate her

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A London woman who had a cockroach surgically removed from her ear should know within a month if she’ll receive compensation from her landlord, London’s public housing agency. At a Landlord and Tenant Board hearing Thursday, Brandi Bulanda described the toll of her final defeat after months of battling cockroaches in her unit at a […]