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Anastakis: What Honda’s $15B EV investment means for Ontario, industry
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In retrospect, the turnaround — and just how fast it happened — is difficult to believe. In 2010, Ontario’s economic future looked grim. Tied as it had been for more than a century to the automobile industry, the provincial economy was in freefall. General Motors and Chrysler

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Flint water crisis still crippling kids’ futures. But not because of lead | Bridge Michigan

Flint water crisis still crippling kids’ futures. But not because of lead | Bridge Michigan
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“That didn’t go over well” among educators who were living and working in Flint, Christian said. “There’s not a high expectation for us to succeed in the classroom,” said Cruz Duhart, a Flint native who recently graduated from Morehouse College in Atlanta. “There might be something to

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Justin Trudeau unveils $200M child-care funding during St. Thomas visit

ST. THOMAS – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visited a daycare centre here on Monday, announcing the federal government will increase funding to help Ontario families access child care. Visiting the Stationview YMCA Child Care Centre in St. Thomas, Trudeau said Ottawa will invest more than $200 million

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Manufacturing sector’s next challenge: Retirements loom as production booms

More than 70,000 workers are retiring from industrial workplaces during the next four years, just as demand will spike for more manufacturing employees with the start of electric-vehicle battery production across Ontario. A recent report from the Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters shed light on the expected retirement

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Obituary – Betty Jean Finlay
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BETTY JEAN “BJ” FINLAY The family is saddened to announce the passing of Betty Jean “BJ” Finlay (née Sheane) at Hospice Wellington on Monday, April 29, 2024, just five days … Continue reading Obituary – Betty Jean Finlay →

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Fanshawe College not affected by international student cap – for now

Heavily reliant on international students, Fanshawe College says it expects the number of students from abroad this fall will be almost identical to the 2023-24 academic year, despite a new cap on study permits. Read the full story

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City hall missed deadline for $1M to cover asylum seekers’ shelter costs: MP

A local Liberal MP says neither he nor the federal government has heard from London city hall about being reimbursed for shelter spots used by foreigners seeking asylum here, even as municipal officials say the cost has reached $1 million in less than a year. According to a staff report going before city politicians on […]

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LETTER: Your DGR vote ‘could completely change the community’

Are farmers, farmland and small communities being “targeted” by elected officials in municipal/regional councils, provincial and federal government and by big organizations? Is it because this only disrupts the lives and livelihoods of a very few people, so that won’t be a big issue? Really? The lives and livelihoods of a few people, often generational […]