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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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Father testifies he didn’t abuse children, had no idea wife was

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Breadcrumb Trail Links Local News Published May 17, 2024  •  Last updated 2 hours ago  •  4 minute read Scales of justice Article content One by one, his children told their father about the abuses inflicted upon them by their mother. They told of bloody noses, throws down

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London police chief, board address uptick in hate crimes: ‘Troubling’

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Breadcrumb Trail Links News Local News Facing a nearly 40 per cent jump in hate crimes last year, London’s police chief outlined the force’s “proactive approach” the problem that the city’s police board called “troubling.” Published May 17, 2024  •  Last updated 1 hour ago  •  3 minute

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Two more people charged in 19-year-old’s deadly drug overdose

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Article content Two additional people have now been charged in connection with the overdose death of a 19-year-old in Huron County, Ontario Provincial Police say. According to Huron OPP, a 29-year-old Waterloo man is charged with two counts of drug trafficking, relating to opioids and cocaine, while

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Police probe ongoing after man, 31, charged in sex worker’s assault

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Article content Police believe there may be other complainants who’ve not yet come forward after charging a 31-year-old London man in connection with an assault on a sex worker at a south-end hotel. According to the London police human trafficking unit, on Feb. 25 a woman was

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Mom-of-five sentenced in ambush killing of ex-Helix guitarist

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Breadcrumb Trail Links News Local News Allana Lebars may not have wielded the knife that stabbed and killed Daniel Fawcett, but she played a significant part in his death. Published May 17, 2024  •  4 minute read Daniel (Dutch) Fawcett, who was fatally stabbed on Nov. 6,

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London fire victim remembered as ‘light for a lot of people’

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Article content A man who died after being pulled from a London housing co-op fire this week is being remembered as “a light for a lot of people.” Fire crews responded shortly after 4 p.m. Wednesday to a blaze at the Tolpuddle Housing Co-op at 654 King

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Beach Blazers volunteer program launched at Kincardine’s Station Beach

The Municipality of Kincardine is looking for volunteers to monitor Station Beach during the summer tourism season. “Beach Blazers are volunteers who will interact with our Station Beach visitors in the summer months,” said Director of Community Services Jayne Jagelewski in a May 17 news release. “They’ll have recommendations for local services, be conducting surveys, […]

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2024 Michigan elections: Speaker Johnson raising funds, Hollier in trouble | Bridge Michigan

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Monday, May 13 GOP pushes absentee voting The Michigan GOP is urging its members to add their names to the state’s permanent absentee voter list, arguing Republicans “cannot afford to underestimate the strategic importance” of voting by mail in 2024. The Monday appeal marked a notable tone

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Letters to the Editor: May 17, 2024

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Article content Northern lights, not headlights It was great to see so many people driving out in the country north of London last Friday to view the northern lights. It was a fine display but could have been even better if more participants turned off their headlights

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Sarnia man convicted of second-degree murder in stabbing death

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Breadcrumb Trail Links News Local News Published May 16, 2024  •  3 minute read Joshua Tomlinson (Facebook) Article content SARNIA – Joshua Tomlinson buried his face in his hands as the jury foreperson in his trial read out the verdicts late Thursday night: guilty of both second-degree