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  LONDON, ONT. -- Police are warning residents to always have doors and windows of their homes locked following a number of suspicious fires in vacant or unoccupied buildings. “The increase in reported suspicious fires recently is certainly a concern for us,” says Detective Sgt. Ryan Million. “We have a number of active investigations on the go, and while we don’t have any information to suggest that they are linked, we can report that a number of them involved vacant buildings or ...

West Perth has decided to take steps to sell the Mitchell Friendship Centre building, located at 55 Montreal Street, and put the net revenue of its sale toward…

Article content Local landlords are warning a rental licensing system would have dire consequences for themselves and their tenants, while doing nothing about the unsafe living conditions it’s meant to eradicate. “They think it’s a waste of money and it’s going to put pressure on their tenants,” said lawyer Steven Pickard, speaking for the Windsor Landlord Association. It’s those tenants, he said Friday who will end up “unfairly” having to shoulder the cost of annual licences pa...

Author of the article: Lorraine Payette  •  For Postmedia Network Publishing date: Feb 01, 2021  •  February 1, 2021  •  2 minute read  •  When considering starting an in-home food business, be sure to contact the Health Unit first to help prevent costly errors which could set a business back or shut it down completely. Lorraine Payette/for Postmedia Network Photo by Lorraine Payette /For Postmedia Network Article content Over the course of the past nearly 11 months, tough ...

The Dryden Fire Service has filled a key vacancy. Chief Rob Grimwood says they have hired a new Fire Prevention Officer. “Jadie Scaman comes to us from Tillsonburg. He’s an experienced and qualified Fire Prevention Officer. He’s taken a significant amount of training. Has his NFP certifications as well as practical experience.” Grimwood says there’s quite a big workload ahead in terms of fire prevention. “His key responsibilities will be fire safety inspections, enforcing the Ontari...