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• Health Care Rally at Queen’s Park

  24-10-2018 23:20 via globalnews.ca
  The Ontario Health Coalition is calling on the Ford Government to expand public health care services while preventing cuts to the sector.
  
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• We're learning more about the financial fallout that would come with cancelling the current BRT plan: trib.al/cFmegoQ #ldnont

  24-10-2018 22:57 via twitter.com
  We're learning more about the financial fallout that would come with cancelling the current BRT plan: trib.al/cFmegoQ #ldnont
  
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• These days, great costumes aren’t just for Halloween

  24-10-2018 22:56
  His friends call him Mr. Halloween.
  He’s the type of person willing to go to surprising lengths for the perfect costume, eagerly awaits October weekends for halloween-themed parties, and relishes the opportunity to cover walls with cobwebs, skeletons, witches and other ghastly monsters.
  “It’s my holiday, (Halloween) is my Christmas,” said Luca Monti, dressed as Pennywise the clown from the movie It, makeup and all. “Every weekend we’re usually at some haunted
  
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• London could lose $160 million in road work savings if BRT is scrapped

  24-10-2018 22:55 via globalnews.ca
  If the project is turfed, the new cost to development charges is expected to impact taxpayers.
  
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• The spirit of Halloween helps Londoner celebrate life

  24-10-2018 22:46
  With the scariest night of the year just around the corner, Londoners are gearing up for all kinds of Halloween fun.
  “This is one of my favourite times of year,” says M.J. McArthur.
  Her home in Wortley Village has the neighbourhood youngsters dancing with excitement. Take for example four-year-old Leif Tipping and his little sister Freja, who just turned two.
  Every morning on their way to school they cautiously tip toe into McArthur’s Elmwood Avenue yard to inspect the layers a
  
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• Researchers with the Lawson Health Research Institute and Western University developed the new protocol in hopes of… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  24-10-2018 20:49 via twitter.com
  Researchers with the Lawson Health Research Institute and Western University developed the new protocol in hopes of… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• London, Ont. researchers develop protocol to drastically reduce opioid prescriptions

  24-10-2018 20:44 via globalnews.ca
  As North America battles an opioid epidemic, a team of researchers out of Lawson Health Research Institute and Western University has developed a plan aimed at preventing addiction in the first place. 
  
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• Man charged after allegedly driving wrong way on Hwy. 11, hitting police cruisers: OPP

  24-10-2018 19:36 via globalnews.ca
  A man from London has been charged after allegedly driving down the wrong side of Highway 11 and colliding with police cruisers in Severn Township, officers say.
  
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• Guelph man allegedly attempts to smuggle 112kg of cocaine into Canada

  24-10-2018 18:49 via globalnews.ca
  Over 112 kilograms of cocaine was found inside the truck said to have been carrying berries from Mexico, officials say.
  
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• NDP says Ontario government broke promise to fund 3 post-secondary campuses

  24-10-2018 18:46 via globalnews.ca
  The province announced the move Monday, saying it is not in a position to fund the campuses because of its $15 billion deficit.
  
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• Have you received your order from the Ontario Cannabis Store? Hundreds of people have complained that their orders… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  24-10-2018 18:44 via twitter.com
  Have you received your order from the Ontario Cannabis Store? Hundreds of people have complained that their orders… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Officers bitten, kicked, spat on while arresting teen: London police

  24-10-2018 18:03 via globalnews.ca
  London police say four of their officers were assaulted while trying to arrest a teenage suspect on Tuesday.
  
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• SIU investigating after police administer naloxone in Woodstock

  24-10-2018 17:39 via globalnews.ca
  Ontario's Special Investigations Unit is looking into the circumstances surrounding the death of a 31-year-old woman Wednesday morning in Woodstock.
  
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• Cascades of Fire

  24-10-2018 16:56 via globalnews.ca
  For the first time ever, the Cascades of Fire International Fireworks Competition is set to light up the Niagara Falls skies this winter. Presented by Hornblower Niagara Cruises, the event will take place over six weekend nights starting on November 9, 2018. The competition will take place over two weekends in November with all shows...
  
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• Ontario Minister of Labour’s constituency office in Lindsay vandalized overnight

  24-10-2018 16:31 via globalnews.ca
  Office windows and a door were smashed and walls sprayed at the constituency office of Laurie Scott, Minister of Labour.
  
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• Forest City Film Festival opens with preview night Wednesday

  24-10-2018 16:19
  The third annual Forest City Film Festival open with a preview Wednesday night, featuring the film She Has A Name.
  It’s about human trafficking in Thailand is it’s directed by Londoner Matthew Kooman.
  Our Joe Belanger wrote about a highlight of this year’s slate — a screening of the classic film The Breakfast Club, and a Q & A with one of its actors, London native John Kapelos.
  The full schedule can be found here. The festival runs Thursday through Sunday, with the Wo
  
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• LISTEN LIVE: Mayor elect Ed Holder is in studio speaking with @NeedlesOnNews. Tune in on the radio or online at… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  24-10-2018 15:05 via twitter.com
  LISTEN LIVE: Mayor elect Ed Holder is in studio speaking with @NeedlesOnNews. Tune in on the radio or online at… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• We know who’s been voted in, and we know who’s been voted out, but what’s the consensus on Canada’s first ranked-ba… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  24-10-2018 14:45 via twitter.com
  We know who’s been voted in, and we know who’s been voted out, but what’s the consensus on Canada’s first ranked-ba… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• London’s ranked ballot election went ‘smoothly’: city staff

  24-10-2018 14:42 via globalnews.ca
  City clerk Cathy Saunders said things went "as we'd hoped and as we'd expected," following the first round results.
  
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• Toronto-area postal workers hold 2nd day of rotating strikes

  24-10-2018 13:58 via globalnews.ca
  The union has said the walkouts will continue until Canada Post sweetens its contract proposals for rural and urban carriers.
  
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• Air Liquide to open $30M plant in Aylmer

  24-10-2018 13:43 via globalnews.ca
  A news conference, inauguration and guided tour will take place Wednesday at 9 a.m.
  
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• Jagmeet Singh says feds should take over Ontario basic income pilot scrapped by Ford

  24-10-2018 02:25 via globalnews.ca
  Singh says the premature end of the pilot will make it impossible to amass enough data to determine how effective a basic income program could be in lifting Canadians out of poverty.
  
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• Scheer hints support for Ontario PC bill to strip convicted ISIS fighters of benefits

  24-10-2018 01:36 via globalnews.ca
  "I support any measure that helps make sure that these types of violent terrorists are held accountable," Scheer said in an interview with Global News Radio 640 Toronto.
  
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• Ford government in Ontario rolls back reforms introduced by predecessor Wynne

  24-10-2018 00:37 via globalnews.ca
  Doug Ford’s PC government in Ontario has unveiled major changes, rolling back the reforms introduced by Kathleen Wynne’s Liberal government. Mercedes Stephenson explains what’s happening and why.
  
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• Trudeau’s carbon tax plan wrapped up in partisan politics

  24-10-2018 00:34 via globalnews.ca
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s carbon tax and rebate plan to be imposed on Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, and New Brunswick immediately drew harsh criticism from the country’s conservative-minded leaders. But as David Akin reports, the battle over the carbon tax is a fight both sides want because both sides think they can win.
  
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• Ottawa reveals carbon tax plan, 90% returned in rebates

  24-10-2018 00:30 via globalnews.ca
  The Trudeau government has unveiled a central part of its carbon pricing plan for provinces that aren’t implementing their own plans. As Eric Sorensen reports, the government seems to be hoping that people will focus on the money it plans to rebate rather than incremental increases in daily expenses.
  
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• Doug Ford government vows to fight Justin Trudeau on carbon tax

  24-10-2018 00:19 via globalnews.ca
  The Doug Ford government says Justin Trudeau’s announcement of a rebate for families that will face a carbon tax is an election ploy.
  
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