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Space crunch: London eyes lowering minimum headroom in homes to six feet
Watch your head London, the city and the province aren’t looking to raise the roof.
Construction underway at expanded Port Stanley long-term care home
As seniors face wait times to access Ontarioâs long-term care homes, a Lake Erie beach town looks to put a dent in the queue as it breaks ground on a new 100-plus bed facility.
Grey County adjusting scope of centralized planning proposal
It is back to the drawing board on a Grey County proposal for a centralized planning and shared-service model. At its meeting on Thursday, county council directed staff to continue investigating centralizing planning services with the county, but instead of a fully centralized plan, they will shift to looking into the possibility of providing a […]
Rural politicians relieved over $77M funding to cover spiking police costs
Queen’s Park is doling out $77-million to help ease the sticker shock in municipalities provincewide that are facing big increases in the cost to have Ontario Provincial Police patrol their communities.
Province to provide relief for increased OPP costs
The Ontario government has announced some relief for communities grappling with spikes to their OPP policing bills. On Friday, the government announced it was proposing to provide more than $77 million in financial relief to municipalities to help offset increased costs in police services provide by the OPP in 2025. The government also announced it […]
Letters to the Editor: November 29, 2024
The vast majority of Londoners will choose to drive because they can afford it.
London Knights (without Eastown Cowan) whip last-place Peterborough
Forget his age and rookie status. Aleksei Medvedev has been one of the most consistent goaltenders in the Ontario Hockey League this season. The 17-year-old Knight turned aside 31 shots â including 18 in the third period â for his first major junior shutout to backstop London to its 16th straight win, 6-0 over the […]
Red-hot London Knights face stiff test to keep win streak going
The London Knights will face the biggest stress test to their 15-game winning streak this week.
What to know as Oxford County, Woodstock team up on homeless centre
Oxford County voted unanimously to join Woodstock in tackling homelessness throughout the county.