Tag: Region
London-area jobless rate spikes in glimpse of Donald Trump’s tariff toll
London’s unemployment rate jumped by half a percentage point in April as the local economy shed nearly 2,000 jobs and the toll of the U.S.-Canada trade war came into sharper focus. Statistics Canada reported Friday the jobless rate for the region, which includes St. Thomas, Strathroy and portions of Elgin and Middlesex counties, hit […]
Why are London-area home prices rising while sales slow?
Average resale price of properties in London region was higher in April than in January, bucking trends seen in other Canadian markets.
NREL Partners With Chilkat Indian Village To Improve Housing in Klukwan, Alaska
A team of National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) researchers and Tribal staff gathered around the wood stove in Charlie Spud’s home, trying to figure out why it was not drawing air. “Every time I turn on the bath fan, the stove backdrafts,” said Spud, 61, who built the home 13 … [continued]
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The LFP Podcast, ep. 207: Tariff chaos and the London region’s auto sector
Rachel Gilbert spoke with Norman De Bono about Donald Trump’s tariffs on Canada-made automobiles and the threat facing the sector
Wildfires are getting worse. Can an old technique help control them?
Although wildfires are commonly associated with the West, the Great Lakes region has seen its share of destructive blazes. Lee Frelich, director of the University of Minnesota Center for Forest Ecology, warns that we will likely see more wildfires due to heat waves and droughts caused by climate change.
Vern Northrup is a former fireman and is a member of the Fond du Lac Band of Ojibwe.