Colin Butler

A newly obtained report from Metrolinx shows the agency sought strategic direction from the provincial government for its London to Toronto GO service pilot because of low ridership numbers, something a critics says is the result of a broken 2022 election promise by Doug Ford.

A researcher at Western University says rural Canada will continue its long population decline unless governments intervene to address the fact a vast majority of new immigrants prefer to settle in major urban centres rather than small towns, villages and hamlets.

A citizen’s group opposed to burying Canada’s stockpile of spent nuclear fuel half a kilometre below a southwestern Ontario farm town is demanding a paper ballot in an upcoming referendum on whether it should welcome radioactive waste.

The gunshot pop of tailpipes, the roar of engines and the sound of tires screaming rubber against pavement evoke a range of emotions. A Western University prof in London, Ont., wondered “who wants to make this kind of noise.” Her study suggests young men who love loud cars tend to score high on psychopathic and sadistic tendencies and she plans to expand on it.

A new report to the London Police Service Board says reports of hate crime rose by nearly 40 per cent since 2022 and have nearly tripled since 2019.

At a farm north of London, Ont., researchers with Western University are planting the seeds for a new chapter in farming — one that could bring year-round harvests and fresh produce to remote northern communities with minimal environmental impact.

As another wildfire season gets underway in Canada, researchers with the Northern Tornadoes Project at Western University in London, Ont., are noticing a curious relationship between wildfires and tornadoes.

A Senate report lays out six recommendations for an overhaul of Canada's temporary foreign worker program, one the report states is 'not working for migrant workers and could be better for employers.'

A First Nation in southwestern Ontario says even if the community votes yes on a proposed $26 billion dump for nuclear waste within their traditional territory, it would likely be opposed by other First Nations, through whose territories the more than 5.5 million spent fuel rods would have to pass.

Big investors are increasingly buying up Ontario farmland — a trend experts say is making it increasingly difficult for small or aspiring farmers to acquire land and could have far-reaching consequences on rural communities.