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• Man in his 30s stabbed to death in north-east London - The Guardian

  17-04-2019 23:41 via theguardian.com
  Man in his 30s stabbed to death in north-east London  The GuardianNo arrests after victim was found with knife wounds in Stoke Newington street.
  
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• ANALYSIS: Stunning loss marks end of a championship era for London Knights - The London Free Press

  17-04-2019 23:22 via lfpress.com
  ANALYSIS: Stunning loss marks end of a championship era for London Knights  The London Free PressEvan Bouchard and Alex Formenton are the last players on the Knights who have won a Memorial Cup with London.
  
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• Grammy-nominated Alice in Chains set to rock Budweiser Gardens - The London Free Press

  17-04-2019 23:16 via lfpress.com
  Grammy-nominated Alice in Chains set to rock Budweiser Gardens  The London Free PressNine-time Grammy nominees Alice in Chains bring its grunge/heavy metal music to London's Budweiser Gardens Tuesday.
  
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• ROBERT HARDMAN on eco-warriors' London takeover - Daily Mail

  17-04-2019 23:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  ROBERT HARDMAN on eco-warriors' London takeover  Daily MailROBERT HARDMAN: The protesters may be knowledgeable, peaceful and well-behaved but who decided people should be allowed an extended camping ...
  
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• ENTREVESTOR: MTI’s London office delves into health care - TheChronicleHerald.ca

  17-04-2019 22:27 via thechronicleherald.ca
  ENTREVESTOR: MTI’s London office delves into health care  TheChronicleHerald.caIn a research facility in London's East End, a team from Halifax-based Metamaterial Technologies Inc. is toiling in a sector that's not seen as the company's core ...
  
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• St. Thomas police debate whether to follow London’s lead in naming sex purchasers - Global News

  17-04-2019 22:14 via globalnews.ca
  St. Thomas police debate whether to follow London’s lead in naming sex purchasers  Global NewsThree months after London police announced they would start naming alleged sex purchasers whenever legally possible, police in St. Thomas are looking for ...
  
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• St. Thomas police debate whether to follow London’s lead in naming sex purchasers

  17-04-2019 22:14 via globalnews.ca
  Police, however, say they're not looking to make a decision anytime soon.
  
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• Trailblazing London youth mental health program paying dividends: Study - The London Free Press

  17-04-2019 21:15 via lfpress.com
  Trailblazing London youth mental health program paying dividends: Study  The London Free PressLondon researchers are digging deeper into the impact of the city's First Episode Mood and Anxiety Program (FEMAP), the only dedicated early-intervention ...
  
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• Ontario government to allow community housing providers to turn criminals away

  17-04-2019 21:07 via globalnews.ca
  The province says it will now give municipalities the tools to turn those people away.
  
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• New York City congestion charge - what it can learn from London - BBC News

  17-04-2019 20:35 via bbc.com
  New York City congestion charge - what it can learn from London  BBC NewsThe largest city in the US will charge drivers coming into Manhattan, 18 years after London did the same.
  
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• North Of London, Brexit Supporters Gather To 'Feel Proud And Unashamed' - NPR

  17-04-2019 20:27 via npr.org
  North Of London, Brexit Supporters Gather To 'Feel Proud And Unashamed'  NPRThe Leavers of Lincolnshire group aims to provide a safe space "so you could come together and be proud to be a Brexiteer," says a member. "To not be called ...
  
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• Company launched by London-area pot producer opening first retail store - The London Free Press

  17-04-2019 20:11 via lfpress.com
  Company launched by London-area pot producer opening first retail store  The London Free PressA new company launched by a Southwestern Ontario pot producer and a Canadian fast-food chain is making its debut in Ontario's storefront cannabis retail ...
  
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• Authorities say closing illegal pot shops an uphill battle until demand is met

  17-04-2019 19:28 via globalnews.ca
  Data prepared by Statistics Canada indicates consumers spent $1.48 billion on cannabis products during the last three months of 2018. The agency reports, however, that 79 per cent of that money was spent on the illegal market.
  
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• 'It was crazy': Frustrated London woman leads clean up of abandoned homeless camp - CBC.ca

  17-04-2019 19:25 via cbc.ca
  'It was crazy': Frustrated London woman leads clean up of abandoned homeless camp  CBC.caAmy Holman was sick and tired of looking at the trash that had been strewn over the CN railway lands for the past few months in her neighbourhood in London, ...
  
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• Extinction Rebellion: Hundreds of arrests as protesters target London transport network and Jeremy Corbyn's home - The Independent

  17-04-2019 18:59 via independent.co.uk
  Extinction Rebellion: Hundreds of arrests as protesters target London transport network and Jeremy Corbyn's home  The IndependentMore than 300 environmental protesters have been arrested during ongoing climate change protests in London, as demonstrators attempted to bring travel ...
  
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• Federal government acting like ‘Big Brother’ on carbon price law, court told

  17-04-2019 17:49 via globalnews.ca
  The court is hearing from interveners today on Day 3 of Ontario's constitutional challenge to the federal law.
  
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• Federal climate law crucial to Indigenous constitutional rights, court told

  17-04-2019 17:49 via globalnews.ca
  The court is hearing from interveners today on Day 3 of Ontario's constitutional challenge to the federal law.
  
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• Watermain break closes part of Wellington in downtown London - Global News

  17-04-2019 17:38 via globalnews.ca
  Watermain break closes part of Wellington in downtown London  Global NewsWellington Street is closed to southbound traffic between Queens Avenue and Dundas Street as crews work to repair the break.
  
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• Climate change activists superglue themselves to London train

  17-04-2019 17:30 via globalnews.ca
  Two climate change activists climbed onto the roof of a train and another glued himself to the window at Canary Wharf’s Docklands Light Railway station in London as part of a third day of action by “Extinction Rebellion” to pressure politicians to take more radical measures to protect the environment.
  
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• Ontario government releases anti-carbon tax radio ad

  17-04-2019 17:27 via globalnews.ca
  The ad features a female narrator saying the tax will see people pay more to heat their home, drive their kids to school and for groceries - with the sound of clinking coins between each item listed.
  
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• London police searching for missing teen Rachael Temple

  17-04-2019 17:06 via globalnews.ca
  London police say 15-year-old Rachael Temple was last seen in the area of Admiral Drive and Trafalgar Street.
  
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• Watermain break closes part of Wellington in downtown London

  17-04-2019 17:02 via globalnews.ca
  Wellington Street is closed to southbound traffic between Queens Avenue and Dundas Street as crews work to repair the break.
  
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• Bears-Raiders game in London set for Oct. 6 - ChicagoBears.com

  17-04-2019 16:07 via chicagobears.com
  Bears-Raiders game in London set for Oct. 6  ChicagoBears.comThe NFL on Wednesday announced that the Bears-Raiders game in London this season will be played on Sunday, Oct. 6 at the new Tottenham Hotspur ...
  
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• London police investigating after man’s body found in vehicle downtown

  17-04-2019 15:38 via globalnews.ca
  London police are investigating after a man's body was found in a vehicle in a parking lot on Talbot Street Wednesday morning.
  
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• Environment Canada warns of near-zero visibility in London on foggy Wednesday morning commute - Global News

  17-04-2019 15:38 via globalnews.ca
  Environment Canada warns of near-zero visibility in London on foggy Wednesday morning commute  Global NewsUPDATE: As of 8:39 a.m. Wednesday, Environment Canada ended its fog advisory for London-Middlesex and Oxford-Brant.
  
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• Man arrested after threats, attempted car jacking in east-end: London police

  17-04-2019 15:33 via globalnews.ca
  A 25-year-old man from Windsor has been charged with armed robbery and uttering threats.
  
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• London house prices are falling at the fastest pace since 2009 - Quartz

  17-04-2019 15:18 via qz.com
  London house prices are falling at the fastest pace since 2009  QuartzThe average price of a London house fell by almost 4% in February for a year earlier.
  
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• Suspect charged after London woman thwarts carjacking in own driveway - The London Free Press

  17-04-2019 15:16 via lfpress.com
  Suspect charged after London woman thwarts carjacking in own driveway  The London Free PressLondon police have arrested a Windsor man after a knife-wielding would-be carjacker threatened two people in the east end.A man on Hillcrest Avenue heard a ...
  
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• Body found in vehicle downtown; foul play not suspected - CTV News London

  17-04-2019 15:00 via london.ctvnews.ca
  Body found in vehicle downtown; foul play not suspected  CTV News LondonLondon police are investigating after a body was found in vehicle downtown Wednesday morning.
  
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• London police investigating after body found in downtown vehicle - The London Free Press

  17-04-2019 14:40 via lfpress.com
  London police investigating after body found in downtown vehicle  The London Free PressLondon police are investigating after a body was found inside a vehicle behind a building downtown early Wednesday.Police have cordoned off with yellow tape ...
  
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• London slump drags UK house price growth to more than six-year low - The Journal Pioneer

  17-04-2019 14:12 via journalpioneer.com
  London slump drags UK house price growth to more than six-year low  The Journal PioneerLONDON, April 17 (Reuters) - - British house prices rose in February at the weakest rate in six-and-a-half years, dragged down by the biggest slump in London ...
  
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• Big cat sanctuary planned for Grand Bend blocked by Lambton Shores ban on exotic animals

  17-04-2019 13:46 via globalnews.ca
  Lambton Shores politicians have quashed a couple's dream to open a big cat sancutary in Grand Bend.
  
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• Environment Canada warns of near-zero visibility in London on foggy Wednesday morning commute

  17-04-2019 13:15 via globalnews.ca
  Parkhill, Strathroy, Komoka, and Eastern and Western Middlesex County are also included in the advisory.
  
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• 'If this is what it takes': London​ reacts to the Extinction Rebellion ​'shutdown' – video - The Guardian

  17-04-2019 12:16 via theguardian.com
  'If this is what it takes': London​ reacts to the Extinction Rebellion ​'shutdown' – video  The GuardianAs thousands of protesters use roadblocks and glue to paralyse large parts of central London, the Guardian's Bruno Rinvolucri finds out how the public and the ...
  
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• London Clean and Green urges community to ‘refuse’ for the environment - Global News

  17-04-2019 11:28 via globalnews.ca
  London Clean and Green urges community to ‘refuse’ for the environment  Global NewsReducing, reusing and recycling is what London Clean and Green has encouraged Londoners to do for the past 23 years, but this year it's urging the city to ...
  
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• Cuts likely coming to legal aid in London, already considered 'under-serviced' - CBC.ca

  17-04-2019 10:00 via cbc.ca
  Cuts likely coming to legal aid in London, already considered 'under-serviced'  CBC.caLawyers and paralegals who help some of the city's most vulnerable clients with legal representation are worried for their jobs, and what cuts to legal aid will ...
  
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• The Drilldown: Mass climate protests in London, nearly 300 arrested - iPolitics.ca

  17-04-2019 09:00 via ipolitics.ca
  The Drilldown: Mass climate protests in London, nearly 300 arrested  iPolitics.caThousands of environmental activists calling themselves the Extinction Rebellion sent London into gridlock Monday by blocking areas around the Marble Arch, ...
  
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• Justin Trudeau now faces conservative provincial governments from the Rockies to the Maritimes

  17-04-2019 08:16 via globalnews.ca
  Justin Trudeau's carbon tax could face a stronger challenge from the provinces with Jason Kenney in charge of Alberta.
  
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• The Guelph Storm defeat the London Knights in Game 7

  17-04-2019 05:19 via globalnews.ca
  The London Knights and the Guelph Storm finished their second round series with a Game 7 on Tuesday at Budweiser Gardens.
  
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• Overtime victory puts London Nationals one win from Sutherland Cup final - The London Free Press

  17-04-2019 04:59 via lfpress.com
  Overtime victory puts London Nationals one win from Sutherland Cup final  The London Free PressLISTOWEL – The London Nationals are one win from a berth in the Sutherland Cup final.
  
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• OHL Roundup: Tuesday, April 16, 2019

  17-04-2019 04:20 via globalnews.ca
  LONDON, Ont. - Isaac Ratcliffe scored twice as the Guelph Storm doubled the London Knights 6-3 on Tuesday to rally to a series win in the Ontario Hockey League playoffs.
  
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• Trial of Oak Bay father accused of murdering 2 daughters on Christmas 2017 begins

  17-04-2019 02:57 via globalnews.ca
  The trial of a Vancouver Island man accused of killing his two young daughters began in Vancouver on Tuesday.
  
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• Letters to the Editor: April 17 - The London Free Press

  17-04-2019 02:18 via lfpress.com
  Letters to the Editor: April 17  The London Free PressSadness, hope for fire-hit Notre DameI join many millions all over the world saddened to witness (on TV) the massive fire that ravaged Notre Dame Cathedral in ...
  
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• Reality Check: Do Ontario students have the lowest math scores in Canada?

  17-04-2019 01:18 via globalnews.ca
  Since before last year's Ontario election, Doug Ford has been speaking out about Ontario students' math scores, which he said are declining.
  
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• 'Soft skills' matter to employers at huge London job fair - The London Free Press

  17-04-2019 00:41 via lfpress.com
  'Soft skills' matter to employers at huge London job fair  The London Free PressThat's according to recruiters who attended the London and Area Works job fair Tuesday afternoon at the Western Fair District's Agriplex building.
  
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