Tag Archives: Ontario
Ontario fines up to $500,000 to protect consumers from price gouging
Offenders face fines for charging unfair prices on necessary goods. Premier Doug Ford announced new penalties to combat price gouging and hold offenders accountable for raising prices significantly on...
Mar 28, 2020
Provincial government declares state of emergency
The Conservative government of Ontario has officially declared a state of emergency in response to the COVID-19 pandemic Premier Doug Ford made the announcement Tuesday morning. "We are facing an unpr...
Mar 17, 2020 Doug Ford declares state of emergency in Toronto. March 17 2020. (Capture from livestream via CBC YouTube.)
Province announces transportation plan to make southwestern Ontario more accessible
The provincial government says they are developing a plan to connect people to places across southwestern Ontario. The plan titled Connecting the Southwest contains advancements to improve highways, b...
Jan 17, 2020
WATCH: "We are unstoppable, another world is possible!": local climate strikers flood downtown with message
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yduE9BbHXE "Hey hey, ho ho! Climate change has got to go!" The phrase was chanted on repeat as hundreds of demonstrators gathered outside City Hall on Friday, demandin...
Sep 29, 2019
Central Cannabis opens April 1
London's first cannabis shop is set to open April 1st at 9 a.m. Since the lottery system in January that determined which Ontarians would be setting up shop, large fines have been looming for those th...
Mar 31, 2019 Travis Dolynny/CBC News
Londoners in support of plastics ban
The government is currently considering a ban for all single-use plastics. Each person in Ontario generates nearly a tonne of waste every year with Ontario producing over 10,000 tonnes of plastic that...
Mar 18, 2019
New OPP Commissioner for Ontario
Ontario's Government for the People has appointed Thomas Carrique as the next Commissioner of the Ontario Provincial Police. "We are very excited to announce Deputy Chief Thomas Carrique as the next C...
Mar 13, 2019
London boxer looks to bring a national title back to the Forest City
A prominent boxer in London is looking to bring a national title back to the Forest City for the first time in years. Abdul Jouda is the current back-to-back Ontario champion for amateur boxing in his...
Mar 08, 2019 Abdul Jouda poses inside the training area of Warrior's Boxing and Fitness on Adelaide Street.
Why cannabis edibles may be problematic: MADD London
According to the federal government, it is projected that by this fall cannabis edibles will be legal in Ontario. With this legalization, comes the concern that edibles pose a danger to not only child...
Feb 18, 2019
Ontario 2019 hunting license fee will not increase
Officials with the Ontario government say that they will be freezing fee increases on hunting in Ontario and removing the $2 service fee. In addition to freezing fees, the Ford government is changing ...
Jan 11, 2019
