4 h. ago Public drug use crackdown averaging 10 seizures a day: Police chief

London’s police chief touted the early success of his public drug use crackdown, saying officers have averaged 10 drug seizures a day in the program's first two months.

Events

6 h. ago Shot hit London law firm from 'considerable distance', police say

A bullet that struck a London lawyer's office was fired from “a considerable distance” in an apparently targeted incident, says the head of the city police guns and gangs section.

Economics

8 h. ago The LFP Podcast, ep. 215: A slow year for new home construction in London area

Rachel Gilbert spoke with Jonathan Juha about his story on the significant slowdown in home construction starts in the London area

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8 h. ago 'Dire straits': Wesgroup layoffs sign of big downturn in residential construction in B.C.

Experts say that as construction wraps up on current multi-family projects, there could be a surge in job losses

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8 h. ago Apartments, townhomes, park eyed for old school grounds in east London

The site of a closed elementary school on Hamilton Road could be home to a new park, townhomes and apartment buildings.

Society

9 h. ago DND and IRCC slammed by information watchdog over slow progress on access to information

A new report shows the information commissioner received hundreds of complaints about Department of National Defence and Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada last year.

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11 h. ago TH Global Capital Named ‘Boutique Investment Banking Firm of the Year’ for the Third Year Running at the 16th Annual International M&A Awards

LONDON — TH Global Capital, a global boutique investment banking firm with operations across 13 countries in the Americas, Europe, and Asia-Pacific, with a track record of closing transactions in 29 countries, has won four prestigious awards at the 16th Annual International M&A Awards, including ‘Boutique Investment Banking Firm of the Year’ for the third […]

Society

11 h. ago Hot days (and nights) loom for London area amid expected heat wave

Friday marked the official start of summer and it’s arriving with several days of hot, humid weather across the London region.

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12 h. ago What's happening behind the scenes at the Ontario Line's Queen Station

It seems Metrolinx has learned from the 13.5-year-long construction fiasco of the Eglinton Crosstown LRT, as its latest mega project, the Ontario Line subway, is shaping up rapidly.While residents patiently wait for the former line to finally launch this fall — five years later than initially planned after numerous setbacks and cost overruns — key intersections across the city are being transformed for new stations on the latter route, and looking different every day.Gigantic caverns are being excavated below King-Bathurst and Queen-Spadina in preparation for the tunnel boring machines that will carve out the underground parts of the 15.6-kilometre-long line, which will stretch across 15 stops total, including downtown hubs at the aforementioned intersections and the nearby corner of Queen and Yonge streets.Queen-Yonge station will be one of the more complicated builds, as it already ser...

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13 h. ago U.K. lawmakers back bill to allow terminally ill adults to end their lives

LONDON — U.K. lawmakers on Friday approved a bill to allow terminally ill adults in England and Wales to choose to end their lives in a historic vote in Parliament that takes it a step nearer to becoming law. Members of Parliament voted 314-291 to back the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill following […]

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14 h. ago New elevated subway station will be unlike anything else in Toronto

Toronto is witnessing the most significant transit expansion in history, with three new TTC lines on the way, along with other extensions of the local and regional transit network.But it is the new Ontario Line subway that has stood out as the biggest leap for Toronto transit in generations, and the project continues to captivate the public as construction for the 15-stop, 15.6-km transit line ramps up.The Ontario Line will eventually link an expanded interchange at Exhibition Place with a brand-new transit hub at Eglinton Avenue and Don Mills Road.This northern terminus for the Ontario Line — known as Don Valley Station — will be an intermodal stop at Eglinton Avenue and Don Mills Road, where passengers will be able to transfer between the Ontario Line (future TTC Line 3) and the Eglinton Crosstown LRT (future TTC Line 5).Don Valley Station (which was formerly known as Science Centre Station before the Ford government closed the namesake attraction and scrubbe...

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15 h. ago OHL: London Knights acquire forward in deal with the Niagara IceDogs

The London Knights are already thinking about next season. Fresh off the franchise’s third Memorial Cup championship, the management team is back from the national junior hockey tournament in Rimouski and swinging a deal – acquiring forward Max Crete from the Niagara IceDogs in exchange for prospect Jacob Monks and a 2028 ninth-round pick. Crete, […]

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15 h. ago Canada must double home construction over 10 years for affordability: CMHC

The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says the goal to reach 2004-level affordability is no longer possible, but it is achievable to hit 2019 levels.

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15 h. ago With a major renovation and restoration planned, Ken Demelo will submit a site plan application to city hall soon to redevelop the site, said Jerzy Smolarek, partner with Siv

Call The Office, London’s iconic downtown bar and music venue, will rise again, its owner says. With a major renovation and restoration planned, Ken Demelo will soon submit a site plan application to city hall to redevelop the site, said Jerzy Smolarek, partner with Siv-ik Planning and Design, the firm making the application. “It is […]

Politics

15 h. ago Chris Brown pleads not guilty to a charge that he beat and injured a music producer in London

LONDON — Grammy-winning singer Chris Brown pleaded not guilty Friday to a charge related to the serious beating of a music producer with a bottle in a London nightclub in 2023.  Brown, 36, wearing a blue suit, white shirt and black-rimmed glasses, was arraigned in London’s Southwark Crown Court on one count of attempting to […]

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18 h. ago Music streaming service Deezer adds AI song tags in fight against fraud

LONDON (AP) — Music streaming service Deezer said Friday that it will start flagging albums with AI-generated songs, part of its fight against streaming fraudsters. Deezer, based in Paris, is grappling with a surge in music on its platform created using artificial intelligence tools it says are being wielded to earn royalties fraudulently. The app […]

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19 h. ago ‘Worse than COVID’: Businesses say they are suffering through Bank Street construction

The construction project has been scheduled for the next two years but some businesses may not survive because of the disruption.

Economics

20 h. ago Goldman, Citi See Europe’s Economic Edge Extending Stock Rally

The perils of trade and geopolitics will only slow the rally in European stocks rather than derail it, according to Wall Street strategists.

Economics

28 h. ago London Knights acquire forward Max Crete from the Niagara IceDogs

The London Knights completed a trade with the Niagara IceDogs on June 19, 2025, to acquire Max Crete.

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30 h. ago Gas leak triggers evacuations from some homes in Old East Village

Old East Villagers had to leave their homes after an excavator hit a natural gas line, causing a “serious” gas leak Thursday morning, a London fire official says.

Events