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When asked if young, aspiring farmers ever inquired about buying his farm, Marcus Collinson just laughs.  “No young farmers are buying farms,” he said, adding it’s why he sold his four properties southwest of London, Ont., to an investor in May and June 2020.  The Toronto-based company that bought them isContinue Reading

London·Updated A year after Pride flags were pulled down in parts of Ontario’s Oxford County, nine were raised in various communities in a single day with hopes conflict over their display is over. But not everyone was happy to see the rainbow flags return to municipal offices ahead of June’sContinue Reading

London A London family is holding on to a rare pink grasshopper they found in front of their northeast end home. Insect experts say the bug’s rarity comes less from its genes and more from its attractiveness to predators.  Experts say the insect is rare but not for the reasonsContinue Reading

London·Video Scott’s Highland Services — co-owned by Jim and Bev Scott — has been around for 45 years and is one of the largest bagpipe wholesalers in southern Ontario that sells the hand-assembled instruments to local stores and globally. Southern Ontario shop makes bagpipes and other Scottish-themed goods to more than 30 countriesContinue Reading

London Performing arts venue, recording studio, and content creation space are among the uses being floated as part of a multi-year plan to reimagine the future of St. Paul’s Cathedral. Diocese looking to reinvent the place of worship amid lower attendance rates Plans to reimagine St. Paul’s Cathedral in London,Continue Reading

London·Updated The sexual assault trial of former Woodstock, Ont., mayor Trevor Birtch got underway Monday, with a woman testifying they began an intimate relationship in 2020 and his behaviour would suddenly go from loving to hostile. The accused was charged in 2022 and stepped down from his second term as mayorContinue Reading

London Endangered shagreen snails have been found by a biologist in the Snake Woods Nature Preserve near Woodstock, Ont. says the Upper Thames River Conservation Authority. Biologist Scott Gillingwater credits a citizen science app in helping identify shagreen snails near WoodstockCBC News · Posted: May 21, 2024 6:49 PM EDTContinue Reading

London Wildfires and tornadoes have a tangled relationship. Ontario researchers work to learn whyAs another wildfire season gets underway in Canada, researchers with the Northern Tornadoes Project at Western University in London, Ont., are noticing a curious relationship between wildfires and tornadoes. Western University researchers investigate why wildfire smoke affectsContinue Reading

London·Video High-tech London, Ont.-area farm delivers fresh produce all year. Could it be an answer to high grocery costs?At a farm north of London, Ont., researchers with Western University are planting the seeds for a new chapter in farming — one that could bring year-round harvests and fresh produce toContinue Reading