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• City of London benefitted $2.4 million from hosting Vanier Cup: Study

  A new study revealed that London, Ont. hosting the Vanier Cup in November of 2022 saw major economic benefits for the Forest City.

  

• Ontario woman 'shocked' when sunroof explodes in 2-month-old SUV

  Meaghan Maloney of London, Ont. said she was driving on her way to work, along Highway 401, in her 2023 Nissan Rogue when the sunroof shattered without warning.

  

• Redeveloping LHSC to meet future health needs will require local financial contribution

  Hospital-based healthcare is usually considered a financial responsibility of the provincial government, but an upcoming plan to reimagine and redevelop the London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) will also require local funding.

  

• Western University to drop mask mandate effective immediately

  Based on the advice from public health experts, London, Ont.’s Western University announced on Tuesday it is dropping its mask mandate in instructional spaces. The mask mandate was initially enacted by the university in August of 2022.

  

• PM Trudeau presents premiers $196B health-care funding deal, with $46B in new funding over the next decade

  The federal government is pledging to increase health funding to Canada's provinces and territories by $196.1 billion over the next 10 years, in a long-awaited deal aimed at addressing Canada's crumbling health-care systems with $46.2 billion in new funding.

• Suspects charged following robbery at Goderich, Ont. Walmart

  Multiple robbery, weapons and drug charges have been laid against a man and a woman who police allege robbed a Walmart in Goderich last month, according to Huron County OPP.

• Concern for family back home after devastating earthquakes

  The images showing the devastation in Turkiye and Syria hit home for those with family there. Kerem Hatiboglu has been reaching out to family and friends, and while they are safe, it's painful to watch the recovery effort.

• Father pulling 200 lbs sled across Ontario for cancer fundraiser

  Mike Duhacek is halfway through his gruelling trek from Owen Sound to Oakville, pulling a 200 lbs sled 200 kilometres across Ontario. Duhacek left Owen Sound on Saturday, pulling behind him a 212 lb sled he made to signify the weight on the shoulders of the 250,000 Canadians expected to be diagnosed with cancer this year.

• Suspects sought following home invasion, robbery: LPS

  London police are searching for three suspects who allegedly broke into a home in the downtown core on Monday and assaulted an occupant with a baseball bat, before stealing cash and drugs.

• LHSC performs lifesaving aortic surgery never before done in North America

  As an inventor, Jeff Pitman knew he was the perfect person to try out a surgery never before performed in North America. 'I wasn't exactly in a position to say new products don't work,' laughed Pitman in an interview from London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC), Victoria Campus in London. 'I was the perfect guy to say, ‘Let's try it.''

• Fatal fire under investigation on Dundas Street

  London police officers and fire officials are investigating after a fatal fire in the east end of the city Monday afternoon.

• London fraudster case closed after his death is confirmed

  The court case involving the London man who defrauded Canada Post of more than $235,000 is now closed.

• Multi-vehicle crash snaps hydro pole and cuts power

  The public is asked to avoid a section of Highbury Avenue after a vehicle collision downed powerlines in the area.

• Three suspects sought in attempted ATM theft: OPP

  Three thieves were unsuccessful in their attempt to steal an ATM machine in Langton by pulling it from inside a vestibule using a chain and pick-up truck, police say.