Matt Allen

Host - Afternoon Drive

Matt Allen is a journalist and host of Afternoon Drive, London's drive time radio program. He has previously worked as a reporter in Northern B.C., Alberta and Nothern Ontario. You can email him at matt.allen@cbc.ca

Latest from Matt Allen

This bakery in Forest, Ont., is teaching life skills to adults with disabilities

Nestled in the heart of Forest, Forest Fritter Friends is teaching life lessons using measuring cups, mixers and sweet treats. 

'Reclaim your language': This librarian is helping kids pen letters to Santa in Anishinaabemowin

Kettle and Stony Point librarian Anastasia Shawnoo is using Christmas letters to pass Anishinaabemowin to the next generation.

This Western University researcher used to work for Google, now she peels back the pages of medieval classics

Stephanie Leith’s work focuses on analyzing the spines of medieval era books to look for clues about life and literature at that time.
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Fraser Teeple's latest music is an ode to London's east end

Musician Fraser Teeple just released a single from his upcoming album, We Built a Fire, called Went Off.
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This London baker is kneading moustache sourdough bread for Movember

A London-based baker has combined her bread baking skills with her passion for men's mental health to kickstart Movember conversations this month.

This 100-year-old film poster was discovered in a shed. Now, a movie theatre in Forest is screening it

After volunteers found the original poster for Thundering Hoofs in a shed, they decided to celebrate it with the community. Kineto Theatre in Forest, Ont., is screening the film on its 100-year anniversary.

This 200-year-old heritage cabin is being restored in Grand Bend

The Canatara Cabin is being rebuilt at the Lambton Heritage Museum in Grand Bend. This is the story of that process and why maintaining the original building is so important to its former owners.

U.S. border rules have dog breeders thinking twice about taking their business south

A dog breeder in Sarnia say the new rules governing bringing dogs across the border would limit ability for her to service U.S. clients and travel for dog shows
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From India to Woodstock, this truck driver is living the Canadian dream

When Kuldeep Johal first moved to Canada in 2007 from India, he only had $40 in his pocket and the idea that there could be more opportunities for him here to build a life.

Oxford County family crafts homegrown cheese from the udder to plate

A family in Oxford county is continuing a decades-long tradition of making cheese that carried with them after immigrating from the Netherlands.