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• Swifties left out of sold-out Toronto shows can still party in London
  Ticketed dance and video parties are planned in London in the lead-up to mega pop-star Taylor Swift's six-show Toronto run next month.
• An old London neighbourhood, a new type of housing: 'We need infill'
  One of London’s oldest neighbourhoods could soon make space for the starter home of the future as part of a project that would turn two boarded-up properties into 18 new units. City council last month moved to rezone large parts of the city to allow for greater housing density and this proposal is the type […]
• OPP conduct 'high-risk' traffic stop near London police station
  London police assisted provincial police with a “high-risk” traffic stop across from police headquarters on Dundas Street Monday. The OPP received information from Hamilton police about a disturbance inside a vehicle travelling west on the Highway 401 possibly heading to London, an OPP spokesperson Const. Jeff Hare said. OPP located the vehicle and a high-risk […]
• Politicians push for city-funded pest extermination at low-income homes
  City politicians have given an initial OK to studying recommended steps from a local anti-poverty agency to tackle pest control and disrepair in London's low-income rental units.

Mitchell

• Lithium-ion battery fires the 'next epidemic': Fire chief
  While currently in its busiest year ever with respect to the number of received fire calls, West Perth Fire Department officials still consider themselves lucky they haven’t yet had to deal with lithium-ion battery blazes.  But they know it’s coming.  “It’s going to be the next epidemic of fire problems in the province,” said West […]
• DeBlock, Chessell win district cross-country races
  Two West Perth runners won their respective elementary cross-country races at the Avon Maitland District school board’s system-wide district final meet held at Wildwood Conservation Area in St. Marys Oct. 16.  Emmett Chessell of Upper Thames elementary school captured the U9, or Grade 4 race, over 1,500 metres; while Lucas DeBlock of Mitchell District high […]
• County launches survey on PC Connect's rural route service
  Perth County is seeking feedback from residents, riders, businesses and community stakeholders on PC Connect’s rural route transit service before the end of the month. With full provincial funding for the service scheduled to end on March 31, 2025, county council will determine the future viability of the service beyond that date. The county has […]
• An historic farmhouse is the perfect space to welcome guests
  The short-term rental is located in the hamlet of Carlsruhe

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