London Ontario News Editorial

Shawn Returns to the Doghouse

Shawn Returns to the Doghouse

By Lisa Brandt | February 21, 2012 at 8:10 am | No comments

If you happen to visit Rocky's Harley Davidson or anywhere else along the 401 at Wilton Grove Road, look up - look way up! ...

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Myth-Buster

Myth-Buster

By Lisa Brandt | February 17, 2012 at 5:00 am | One comment

Ever since talks between Electro-Motive and its unionized workers broke down at the end of last year there has been a lot of buzz about how the federal government really ought to do something.  After all, went the chatter, the Harper government gave the company's parent,...

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A Waste of Cash

A Waste of Cash

By Lisa Brandt | February 15, 2012 at 10:28 am | One comment

I don't know about you but I'm sick to my stomach about big payouts to hospital executives, most recently the head of a local cancer care division. ...

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Covering tragedy

Covering tragedy

By Scott Kitching | February 14, 2012 at 10:45 am | No comments

Anyone who gets into the business of reporting the news knows that, on occasion, you are going to come across stories that make you wish you had chosen another profession. Despite the best efforts to create some kind of emotional separation between oneself and the tragic...

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I Admit It: It was the Driver’s Fault

I Admit It: It was the Driver’s Fault

By Lisa Brandt | February 13, 2012 at 7:37 am | 2 comments

I added to London's accident statistics on the weekend.  ...

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The Big Picture: week 3

The Big Picture: week 3

By Scott Kitching | February 10, 2012 at 2:27 pm | No comments

This week on The Big Picture, we look back at the tragedy in Hampstead. Eleven people were killed when a flatbed truck driven by 38 year old Christopher Fulton of London collided with a van carrying migrant workers. The OPP determined that the driver of the van ran a stop...

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A Terrible Job

A Terrible Job

By Lisa Brandt | February 9, 2012 at 10:42 am | One comment

When we learned that the migrant workers who were in the extended van involved in Monday's deadly collision at  Hampstead had spent their last day catching chickens, a chill ran up my spine.  I did that job.  Once. ...

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Don’t Even Start

Don’t Even Start

By Lisa Brandt | February 7, 2012 at 10:21 am | No comments

A backbench Tory MP is pushing parliament for a study to forward his own pro-life agenda, despite his boss, the Prime Minister, saying he will not revisit the abortion debate. ...

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U.S. Political Saga

U.S. Political Saga

By Lisa Brandt | February 6, 2012 at 10:28 am | No comments

Republicans are still trying to choose who will go up against Barack Obama this coming November.  I believe the process began in the late-1800s.  Okay, it only feels that way.  ...

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The Big Picture: week 2

The Big Picture: week 2

By Scott Kitching | February 6, 2012 at 10:10 am | No comments

On Saturday, February 4th, the second edition of the Free FM news magazine program "The Big Picture" aired. It featured Free FM reporter Avery Moore's documentary on the closure announcement at Electro-Motive, an interview with UWO researcher Dr. Anne Snowdon about her work...

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