Kate Dubinski

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Kate Dubinski is a radio and digital reporter with CBC News in London, Ont. You can email her at kate.dubinski@cbc.ca.

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Unique Ukrainian coffee shop serves up family atmosphere and home away from home

The owners of a Ukrainian coffee shop in London, Ont., welcome people to come in and spend time with loved ones, not just when much of Canada marks Family Day. "We try to create a place where everyone from Ukraine could come and feel like they came to Ukraine," says Yullia Konariev, who came to Canada with her husband a year after the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

4 charged after passengers threatened aboard London transit bus

Four Londoners are facing charges after some scary moments on a London transit bus this weekend. 

She feared she'd be homeless after abusive ex was jailed. Here's how she won her eviction case

Chantelle Edgar was terrified she'd have to live in a tent with her two-year-old daughter after her ex-boyfriend was jailed for assaulting her. But now that Ontario's Landlord and Tenant Board has sided with her, she's being allowed to stay in her rental.

London police defend armed response to Boys & Girls Club as charity officials call for apology

Officials with the Boys and Girls Club in London, Ont., are calling for police and school board staff to apologize after they say officers stormed the downtown recreation centre Thursday afternoon with their weapons drawn and arrested a young person taking an alternative education class. 

This young mom gave birth to a healthy baby boy. 2 days later, she was dead from an infection

It was a Friday in January when Celina Klinger started having contractions and went to a London, Ont., hospital to give birth to Isaiah, little brother to four-year-old twin sisters. Two days later, the 29-year-old mother of three was dead from a common infection that in rare cases can aggressively and quickly spread and kill. 

Tahini's goes global: London restaurant chain expanding to the U.S.

A restaurant that started out with one location on Richmond Row in London, Ont., and now has 57 franchises across the country is moving into the American market. 

Unions say the province is shortchanging schools by millions, leaving students and classrooms in crisis

The province has severely underfunded the public and Catholic school boards, leading to violence in classrooms, children being short-changed when it comes to their education, and staff burnout, unions that represent education workers say.

Former east-end YMCA should be turned into affordable housing, councillor says

City staff should looking into buying the former Bob Hayward YMCA on Hamilton Road east to turn it into affordable housing units for part of a subdivision already being planned on the adjacent lot, the area's city councillor says. 

London mayor promises tiny village for homeless vets, public drug crackdown in state of city address

A new tiny home village will be built on the grounds of Parkwood Institute to help homeless veterans integrate back into the community, London Mayor Josh Morgan announced in the annual state of the city address on Thursday morning.

62 Londoners stayed at the emergency shelter at a community centre last night

Setting up emergency cots to prevent people from freezing to death while sleeping outside isn't a sustainable way to help Londoners in crisis, the city's deputy manager of homeless prevention said after a night of helping more than 60 people stay warm at a community centre.