London’s Mayor is in a real pickle.  A couple of weeks ago allegations surfaced that in 2005 Joe Fontana, when he was an MP and senior cabinet minister in Paul Martin’s government, used a Public Works cheque to pay for his son’s wedding reception. …
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London has a big blue box problem.  People aren’t paying attention to what can and can’t be recycled and it’s costing our city $250,000 a year to mess with the mess they make. …
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For anyone who wishes, this is my appearance on Rogers TV London’s Daytime on Thursday of last week. …
London has a city councillor who has come forward to make the one who lobbied on behalf of backyard chickens seem calm and rational. …
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London’s annual Western Fair is on. Â It’s a 10-day extravaganza much like the CNE but appropriately sized for this area. For us, it’s huge. Â And every year they offer a different deep-fried delight and Derek and I believe it is our duty to try it. Â …
So London’s Mayor, Joe Fontana, is taking some heat for telling our university football team, the Western Mustangs, that hard work is bullshit. …
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Here in London, one of the most competitive radio markets in the country, you can tell that fall ratings are almost upon us. Â In Toronto radio stations are now rated by People Meters but here we still go by the old spring/fall ratings periods and this fall is going to have more changes than any season in years. Â …
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Imagine how difficult it is to get two people who get up for work at 3:30 am to go out on a Sunday night. It’s nearly impossible. Â But Jim Gaffigan decided to make a tour stop in London’s Centennial Hall on a Sunday, so, what could we do? Â We bought front-row seats. We literally had the best seats in the house. …
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Many weeks of intense effort have culminated in the launch of the new Blackburn News website. Â It’s a regional hub combining the news-gathering efforts of all of the radio stations in the Blackburn chain; London, Windsor, Chatham, Sarnia, Leamington and Wingham. Â If you follow one of those stations’ news departments on Twitter you’ve noticed the logo and name have changed to Blackburn (market). Â …
I’ve wanted to take a photo of this mailbox since I moved to London nearly 4 years ago.  Not only is it an original, it’s also a lesson in recycling and customization! …
London has had its share of growing pains.  While farmland on its outskirts is gobbled up by builders slapping up the slums of the future, downtown has suffered from malls drawing Londoners out of the core with their huge parking lots.  It has happened in many cities this size.  Give London some credit for working on it and for having a downtown that doesn’t look like a bombed out village.  There’s a lot still going on and it’s a fun place to be. …
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