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U.S. tariff threat creates cautious mood again for London home buyers
After a strong year for housing starts in 2024, London home builders are bracing for what could be a bumpy 2025 amid concerns a trade war with the United States could drive up housing costs.
As home-care needs grow, what are Ontario's major parties offering?
A look at what Ontario's parties are promising when it comes to supporting seniors and their families at home.
Ontario NDP candidate drops out over: 'I want to be a Black woman' comment
With one week to go before Ontarians cast their ballots, a white Ontario NDP candidate has dropped out of the race over comments she made at a conference last year in which she expresses a secret desire 'to be a Black woman.
Early voting window opens today in Ontario winter election
There are concerns about voter turnout in this rare mid-winter Ontario election but Elections Ontario says there are multiple ways to vote. Also, they're ready if bad weather hits.
In rural Ontario where health-care is hurting, voters decry PC candidates missing debates
Access to health care has been a headline-making issue in the rural ridings of Huron-Bruce and Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound, leaving some to wonder why PC candidates in those ridings have skipped recent all-candidates debates on the issue.
Ontario's aggregate rules put village between gravel pit and a hard place
A proposed gravel extraction licence next to the village of Harrington, Ont., has residents of the village questioning how the province oversees aggregate extraction.
City looks to expand body rub licensing, but will it make women safer?
The city of London is looking to expand its licensing rules for adult body-rub parlours to require women who work in the parlours to hold licences, a move some critics say won't achieve the stated goal of enhancing their safety.
NDP faces a fight to keep London North Centre orange
The NDP could be facing a tougher fight than last time to hold on to the riding of London North Centre, one of three downtown ridings the PCs are trying to flip from orange to blue.
Ontario's Landlord and Tenant Board isn't working for anyone, so how do the parties plan to fix it?
Both sides agree Ontario's Landlord and Tenant Board is letting them down. So how do provincial political parties plan to fix longstanding problems with the LTB?
Patriotic Ontario pilot creates massive maple leaf in the sky to send message to U.S.
In a bit of fancy flying that was in equal measures patriotic, precise and polite, an Ontario pilot showed Donald Trump exactly what he thinks of the U.S. president's recent moves to challenge Canadian sovereignty.