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Volkswagen has dodged the tariff and trade dispute between Canada and the U.S. and its manufacturing plant now being built in St. Thomas will proceed full speed ahead, said the city’s economic develop
Volkswagen has dodged the tariff and trade dispute between Canada and the U.S. and its manufacturing plant being built in St. Thomas will proceed full speed ahead, the city’s economic development boss says. Electric-vehicle batteries made in St. Thomas will be tariff-free under recent changes to the trade policy announced by the U.S., auto industry […]
London-area board responds to increased demand for school breakfast programs
Thames Valley District school board putting together food security tool kit to help school administrators continue and start new breakfast programs.
Pair of Grey-Bruce projects get emergency response funding
Two local emergency response projects are each receiving $50,000 in provincial funding. Community Emergency Preparedness Grant funding has been awarded to South Bruce Peninsula to assist with the purchase of a trailer and firefighting equipment for wildland fire response and to Saugeen First Nation for the purchase of a backup generator for the community’s emergency […]
Ontario’s strong mayor powers: Who wants them – and who doesn’t
The Ontario government’s strong mayor powers, now a couple years old, have been expanded to even more municipalities and some are not happy about it.
The London area rounds out the top five of cities with the most job losses in the province with automotive and manufacturing sectors at the top of the hit list for the greatest impact, states a study
Ontario’s southwest will bear the brunt of the tariff war between Canada and the U.S., with the London region projected to lose 11,500 jobs, a new Ontario report says.