"It was a nightmare": Neighbour recalls overnight fire that leaves one firefighter injured
Just after midnight Sunday, London Fire responded to a call at 241 Simcoe Street, in the area of Horton Street East and Wellington Street.
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Firefighter injured during overnight fire
Just after midnight Sunday, London Fire responded to a call at 241 Simcoe Street, in the area of Horton Street East and Wellington Street.
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Canadian Country Music Awards (CCMA) Week has exposed just how difficult the pandemic has been on musicians.
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New COVID-19 variant casts pall, shocks experts in South Africa
The World Health Organization has classified the omicron variant as a highly transmissible variant of concern, though its actual risks are not yet understood. Early evidence suggests it poses an increased risk that people who have already had COVID-19 could catch it again, the WHO said. It could take weeks to know if current vaccines are less effective against it.
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Ongoing search of Thames River in Greenway Park area
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Rustix Studio holds first ever Holiday Market
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Thousands gather in Victoria Park for Lighting of the Lights
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Resident dies following house fire in Georgian Bluffs
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Artisan market brings touch of Indigenous culture to London
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Middlesex-London Health Unit reports 21 new COVID-19 cases
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Ontario logs 854 more cases of COVID-19, two additional deaths
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Ontario reports first two cases of omicron COVID-19 variant
Two people from Ottawa who returned from a trip to Nigeria have tested positive for the recently identified variant of concern that was first detected in southern Africa, Ontario health officials say
Fresh flooding prompts new evacuations in Abbotsford, B.C., as water spills in from Wash. state
The Nooksack River in Washington state has overtopped its dike, and the City of Abbotsford is expecting floodwaters to cross the U.S. border, Mayor Henry Braun said Sunday afternoon.
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WHO says it's not yet clear if omicron causes more severe disease
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Travel bans implemented on seven southern African countries in a bid to keep the new omicron COVID-19 variant out of Canada must be backed up with more stringent testing and tracing at the border, according to an expert in the field.
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More omicron cases pop up as world rushes to learn more
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