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Baranyai: Education best tool in combatting fraud
Confidence scams are as old as money itself. Their sophistication and reach has only increased in the digital age.
A small taste of Home County’s charm, but full-scale return remains in doubt
The organization behind London’s Home County Music and Art Festival â cancelled this year, its would-be 50th anniversary â held an intimate one-day event on Saturday with the long-term status of the summertime staple unclear. The Home County Folk League partnered with London Brewing at the latterâs brewery on Burbrook Place in east London for […]
Analysis: As interest rates ease, variable rate mortgages regain appeal
Two interest rate cuts by the Bank of Canada, and the expectation more are looming, have started to make variable-rate mortgages more enticing for some homebuyers, including in London, industry watchers say.
Illegal dumping nets probation sentence in Ohio fish kill | Great Lakes Echo
By Eric Freedman A federal judge has sentenced an Ohio business owner to one year on probation and a $5,000 fine for illegally dumping a hazardous ammonia-containing substance into the Scioto River near Kenton. The crime killed more than 40,000 fish. U.S. Magistrate Judge Darrell Clay also ordered Mark Shepherd, 72, to perform 150 […]
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Picket lines may greet Western University students on move-in day
Western University students may have to navigate picket lines when they move into residences at month’s end as contract negotiations between the school and the union representing cleaners, landscaping staff and tradespeople are at a standstill. The union representing about 330 caretakers, landscape services and trades workers was unable unable to reach an agreement last […]
Sims: Why do Ontario’s court offices still close in the middle of the day?
Honestly, I thought there would be a simple explanation given for my fairly simple question.
Feeling cash-strapped, especially due to housing costs? You’re not alone
The level of financial anxiety detected in a national survey is reflected at the London Food Bank, with a sharp run-up in demand for help.
Local city grabs land from small neighbour, but not nearly as much as it wanted
After Norwich Township politicians voted to slash how much land it would cede to Woodstock in a boundary adjustment, the latter’s city council is on board â with one caveat. Woodstock politicians voted 6-1 in favour of Norwich’s alternative boundary adjustment proposal that would see the city swallow 43 hectares of its neighbour’s land, down from […]
Watchdog slams rural mayor over remarks about hospital CEO: ‘Gun is fully loaded’
A rural mayor has received a formal reprimand from his political colleagues for comments an integrity commissioner labelled as threatening and potentially incendiary Kevin Eccles is in his fourth term holding the top political office in West Grey, a municipality of roughly 13,000 located near Hanover in Grey County. He leads a seven-person council. In […]