Tag: Londonarea
353 charged in London-area holiday crackdown on impaired driving
Breadcrumb Trail Links News Local News Provincial police set up more checkpoints and laid more charges in Southwestern Ontario during this year’s annual holiday crackdown on impaired driving, newly released…
London-area health unit cutting 17 jobs amid budget crunch
Breadcrumb Trail Links News Local News The Middlesex-London Health Unit is cutting about 17 management and frontline positions as part of a restructuring plan to deal with its multimillion-dollar budget…
Open call! London-area United Way seeking poverty-reduction pitches
Breadcrumb Trail Links News Local News United Way Elgin Middlesex is making an open call to grassroots organizations and equity-seeking groups with pitches to fight poverty, a move it says…
London-area real estate market trades in bidding wars for ‘balance,’ new figures show
The heady days of bidding wars and price escalation behind it, the local real estate market has struck a “balance,” said Adam Miller, chair of the London and St. Thomas…
Average London-area sale price stalls as home buyers eye interest rates
News Local News The average selling price for London-area homes remained virtually unchanged in August, the latest local market snapshot shows, a “quiet” month as fence-sitting buyers await the Bank…
These 26 London-area groups are splitting $2M in United Way funding
News Local News For five years, the Somali Association of London has been trying to bridge the gap between immigrant children and schools. Posted Aug 17, 2023 • 3 minute…
London-area jobless rate rises slightly in July, ending streak of near-record lows
The London-area jobless rate rose slightly last month, after a months-long stretch of near record lows, just released figures from Statistics Canada show. The unemployment rate increased to five per…
Large blaze tears through London-area horse barn
Firefighters were called to a large blaze at a horse farm southwest of London on Thursday. It was late Thursday morning when the blaze broke out in what appeared to…
$25k incentive helps London-area hospitals land 52 new nurses
News Local News Amid Ontario’s nursing shortage, hospitals in some under-served London-area communities are reaping the benefits of provincial grants for new nurses willing to stay put, bringing in at…
London-area sheds jobs, bucking Ontario, national trends: Latest figures
The London-area jobless rate improved slightly last month even as the region shed 1,400 jobs, just-released figures show. Unemployment dropped to 4.8 per cent in March from 5.1 per cent…