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More money needed to recruit doctors to London, task force head tells councillors
London lags behind other municipalities in recruiting family doctors and needs to increase funding for a task force working to combat a physician shortage in the southwestern Ontario city, where thousands remain without primary care, the group's head told a council committee on Monday.
City council eyes opening a homeless shelter as it quashes funds for Ark Aid drop-in space
A city council committee is considering asking the Ontario government for funds to open a new shelter location in London that would create more spaces for unhoused Londoners and offload the pressures faced by agencies working to bring them indoors during extreme weather.
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Fanshawe art students mix splashes of colour with everyday images in new paint exhibit
A group of Fine Arts students at Fanshawe College's School of Design are the faces behind a new painting exhibition in downtown London this month. The exhibit called "The Beholder" at the TAP Centre for Creativity, features paintings by 17 second-year students.
Tenants and advocates cautiously optimistic that new city bylaw will curb renovictions
Advocates representing low-income tenants say the City of London's new bylaw aimed to crack down on unlawful renovictions — evictions under the guise of renovations — is a step in the right direction, but lacks specific protections for tenants compared to other Ontario municipalities.
New documentary takes deep dive into 'unique' niche of Great Lakes commercial fisheries in Ontario
A marine researcher from Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia has taken a deep dive into North America's largest freshwater commercial fishing fleet, in Ontario's Great Lakes, with the new documentary Last Boat on the Lake.
Londoner among 3 Canadians to umpire at this year's Little League Baseball World Series
A baseball umpire from London, Ont., is among three Canadians selected to umpire at the 2025 Little League World Series tournament in Williamsport, Pa., this summer.
Housing for domestic violence survivors desperately needs funding boost, advocates say
Advocates are calling on Ontario's next government to ramp up affordable and transitional housing for women fleeing domestic violence, and to increase funding for shelters in the interim so they can meet the growing demand.
Sudanese Londoners eagerly await their application status as Ottawa reopens family pathway
Members of London's Sudanese community say although they're relieved Ottawa has reopened a program that would allow them to bring their relatives stuck in the war zone to safety in Canada, they want clarity on how long it will take for their active applications to be processed.
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Veteran at Ottawa raising of Canada's Maple Leaf flag 60 years ago pens heartfelt letter to it
London, Ont., veteran Bruce Stock was on duty on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Feb. 15, 1965, when the Maple Leaf flag was raised for the first time. To commemorate its 60th anniversary today, Stock wrote the flag a heartfelt letter.
Sudanese Canadians demand urgency from Ottawa almost 1 year after applying for family members to flee war
More than 50 organizations across Canada have signed an open letter, calling on Ottawa to reduce what they say are "discriminatory barriers" in its humanitarian program meant to reunite Sudanese people fleeing the country's ongoing civil war, with their family members in Canada.