4+ week, 1+ day ago   (280+ words) A Free Press reader says downtown London would be nice if there wasn’t garbage everywhere With all the money going to charities involved with homelessness, like the old Infotech building and the House of Hope residence on Dundas Street, it…...

1+ week, 15+ hour ago   (469+ words) Free Press readers sound off on the topics of the day, including former London councillors, Donald Trump and Canadian Parliament. Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced his intention to address the European Parliament. Carney recently implied Canada walked away from…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (506+ words) The tariff war between Canada and the U.S. has created a million-dollar problem for one concrete business in Stratford. The U.S. administration recently hit a long list of unique Canadian business sectors with the 50 per cent import tax. Ed’s Concrete in Stratford…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (174+ words) Regarding the article London Transit seeks $2M hike, eyes on-demand service debut (Sept. 2). London Transit claimed ridership between January and July dropped 13.2 per cent due to declines in post-secondary enrolment. A month later, LTC chair Skylar Franke says “overall, ridership shows…...

4+ week, 15+ hour ago   (509+ words) Free Press readers sound off on the topics of the day, including climate change, high-speed rail and U.S. alcohol. Regarding the article Survey finds little thirst for provinces ending bans on U.S. booze (Aug. 11). Even if U.S. alcohol is returned to LCBO stores,…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (269+ words) WOODSTOCK – Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre swung through Southwestern Ontario on Saturday, telling supporters here that Canada should continue fighting for tariff-free trade as the U.S. imposed new ones on Canadian goods. Poilievre spoke at a public event held here by…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (180+ words) A Free Press reader says a “tariff recovery tax” on potash, electricity and oil exports to the U.S. could support Canadian industries subject to tariffs. Canada exports three products to the U.S. for which they have no easy…...

4+ week, 21+ hour ago   (942+ words) Recent labour disruptions expose how quickly a strike at a major airline can disrupt the wider air-travel system John Gradek, McGill University Over the August long weekend, roughly 250,000 WestJet passengers had their flights cancelled when the airline’s flight attendants walked…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (202+ words) A Free Press reader asks: Where are our provincial politicians with these inhumane conditions of homelessness and addiction in cities across the province? Closing psychiatric hospitals has had the worst effects on our communities and province. Did it ever occur…...