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London The union representing Beer Store employees is calling on Ontario voters to make alcohol sales an election issue after a retail outlet in London became the latest to close amid declining sales. United Food and Commercial Workers says 23 stores have closed since sales expanded in MayCBC News · Posted: JanContinue Reading

London These Ontario doulas scammed by Kaitlyn Braun are ‘building their own village’ for supportAlmost a year after Kaitlyn Braun was sentenced to house arrest for fraudulently receiving pregnancy-care services from doulas, many of the Brantford woman’s victims have created an Ontario-wide community network of support for people in the profession. Continue Reading

London Stargazers are in for a celestial treat this week! Six planets will align in the night sky in what’s called a planetary parade. 6 planets will align in the night sky this weekCBC News · Posted: Jan 21, 2025 11:00 AM EST | Last Updated: January 21 Silhouette ofContinue Reading

London Ontario teen with brain cancer heading to Florida to access treatment unavailable in CanadaA London, Ont., teenager with brain cancer and her family will have to travel to the United States to receive a cutting-edge form of radiation therapy that’s not yet available anywhere iCanada. Proton beam therapy is aContinue Reading

London An 18-year-old man from Brampton has been identified as a suspect in a shooting that occurred outside southwestern Ontario’s largest emergency department in December, London police said. Suspect is currently in police custody in another jurisdiction on unrelated charges, London police sayCBC News · Posted: Jan 15, 2025 8:02Continue Reading

London ‘We’re seeing a Hunger Games’ across Ontario: Hundreds in this town line up for a chance at a family doctorHundreds lined up as early as 2 a.m. in the cold Wednesday after word got around that a doctor is setting up a new family medicine practice in Walkerton, inContinue Reading

London Former Woodstock mayor Trevor Birtch has been found guilty of two more counts of sexual assault, with the Ontario Superior Court justice saying he “lied frequently and extravagantly.” ‘I find he lied frequently and extravagantly,’ Superior Court justice says of Trevor Birtch Kate Dubinski · CBC News · Posted:Continue Reading

London Meet Canada’s fanciest pigeon that’s preening to keep championship titleWhen you think of pigeons, you might conjure up images of grey speckled birds pecking bits of food off city streets. But there’s a lot more to the feathered flock. In fact, some pigeons are quite fancy, according to Gary ParsonsContinue Reading

Advocates say domestic violence is increasing in rural Ontario but a lack of adequate transportation and a housing crisis is putting the lives of more women at risk. Multiple rural shelters contacted by CBC News are operating at full capacity heading into 2025 and are turning women and children away. “A lot of women inContinue Reading