London, Ontario
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/21108234 > > The Landlord and Tenant Board found the landlord's conduct 'deplorable,' saying they clearly took advantage of a vulnerable tenant.
>London, Ont., police officers participating in a competition in Dubai alongside a Chechen group accused of committing atrocities in the conflict with Ukraine "damages the image of Canada," says a University of Toronto professor with expertise in international relations and political science. ... Participants also included the Akhmat unit from the Russian republic of Chechnya, a group that's been accused of committing atrocities in the conflict with Ukraine. The unit's victory in an event on the fourth day was celebrated in a ceremony attended by Adam Kadyrov, son of Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov, according to a news release. We're sending our cops overseas to train with literal war criminals and self-proclaimed fascists. New low!
The London Public Library is dealing with a major systems outage, with the shutdown affecting everything from the library's website to its electronic system for borrowing materials. The outage began sometime Wednesday morning.
Ontario's police watchdog is investigating after a cyclist was struck by a London Police Service vehicle downtown on Thursday afternoon.
Two women suffered minor injuries, officials say. Police have since found the driver of the vehicle. A 36-year-old man has been charged.
The $3-million expansion will nearly double the capacity of the emergency department at Children's Hospital at London Health Sciences Centre by June.
Drivers and pedestrians navigating a major north London intersection will be relieved to learn construction has ended after months of reduced lanes and traffic congestion.
Tiffany Gates and a man were found dead in an apartment on Proudfoot Lane in September. Police said both died of gunshot wounds and that they were known to each other but Gates's mother Linda Davidson said police need to release more information in order to help protect other women from intimate partner violence. Three months after her daughter was found shot dead, Linda Davidson has a long list of questions with no easy route to the answers.
London will begin a Green Bin program the week of January 15, 2024. A Green Bin is like a blue (recycling) bin, but for food waste such as fruit and vegetable skins, meat and chicken, spoiled leftovers, and other inedible food waste like bones. The Green Bin would be collected from your home at the curbside much like your Blue Box is. (The green bins were delivered in my area (Hyde Park) this week.) [More info.](https://london.ca/living-london/garbage-recycling/green-bin)
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People act like Riverside is this super dangerous street because there's always accidents/fatalities on it. What people don't really appreciate is how many drivers on London roads are drunk at any given time. Also, Riverside is basically one long straight race track with one 90 degree turn. Drunks love driving on Riverside. Truth is, you could add traffic calming measures, but the city does sometimes just randomly remove its own infrastructure because we love wasting money.
A $200,000 grant from TD Bank Group will support the hiring of 6 apprentices who will work as theatre artists, artisans and production professionals at the Grand Theatre.
Motivate 2 Skate is a free skating program for international students and newcomers in London, Ont.
In total, 2,400 jobs were added to the local economy. Year over year, just over 20,000 jobs were added in our region.
Members of Western University's women's hockey team say they will boycott games and practices to protest the return of a coach accused of pressuring players to play despite injuries. In a letter addressed to the London, Ont., university president, the players say their claims of abuse by Candice Moxley and other team leaders have been ignored.
A committee overseeing the biggest annual New Year’s Eve celebrations in London, Ont. has announced their title sponsor for 2023.
Some Londoners with family members who are Canadian citizens stuck in Gaza, say they feel let down by the federal government who has not yet been able to get their loved ones out of the besieged region and across the border into Egypt.
There was a day when the main task of business improvement areas (BIAs) was to promote and support local businesses through marketing campaigns, neighbourhood cleanup and special events.
A new system installed in a microbiology lab at Victoria Hospital in London, Ont. will detect infectious disease and diagnose patients at a faster pace
cross-posted from: https://kbin.social/m/canada@lemmy.ca/t/446993 > Data from a Dodge Ram pickup truck driven by Nathaniel Veltman on the day members of a London, Ont., Muslim family were struck shows him veering to the right five seconds before impact, his gas pedal 100 per cent compressed, court heard Monday, the opening day of the 22-year-old's murder trial.
Does anyone know what's going on at 546 Dundas street? It seems empty but a large banner that reads "Gotta Catch 'Em All" was recently installed on the front. I go by there every day and nothing seems to change, other than the new banner.
London, Ontario
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