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News: Special Reports

Preserving a veteran's name
He was the son of one of London's oldest families, a doctor who followed his brother into military service.

Bandidos trial highly anticipated
Pre-trial motions began yesterday in London in a highly anticipated murder trial in connection to the slaying of eight Bandido bikers.

Workers win right to form unions
In an historic decision bound to change the labour landscape of rural Ontario, the province's highest court has awarded farm workers the right to unionize.


A RIVER: Heritage tree could sprout up at 2010 Olympics A London tree being carved into a work of art celebrating the Thames River could be showcased at the Olympics. Full Story




Features

Workers win right to form unions (Nov. 18, 2008)
In an historic decision bound to change the labour landscape of rural Ontario, the province's highest court has awarded farm workers the right to unionize.

One London Place remains city's tallest (Nov. 17, 2008)
With final touches being put to its newest downtown tower, there'll be no battle for skyline bragging rights in London.

Hamper demand expected to rise (Nov. 11, 2008)
Londoners who know the meaning of hard times lined up yesterday to register for Christmas hampers and toys.

Belt-tightening new reality (Nov. 4, 2008)
Plummeting stock markets have drained tens of millions of dollars from local non-profit groups that use investment income to grant scholarships, subsidize community programs, buy hospital equipment and conduct research.

Snow perks up stranded clan (Oct. 31, 2008)
This week's surprise snowfall brought joy to an Australian family stranded in London that's had more than its share of bad news and adversity.

THE CITY: Good design never goes out of style (Oct. 29, 2008)
Peter Wuensch ducks into a Dundas street building to escape the biting wind and then sums up his impressions of the downtown.

Survivor urges kids to 'be kind' (Oct. 28, 2008)
When Holocaust survivor Edith Gelbard fled Austria as a young girl for the relative safety of Belgium, she was bullied by her schoolmates there because she didn't know French.

SW Ontario flood of complaints unexpected (Oct. 28, 2008)
Southwestern Ontario residents have flooded a new provincial human rights system with complaints, says one of the executive directors of the system.

Decision awaits him (Oct. 26, 2008)
Right Rev. Robert Bennett takes over as bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Huron during a pivotal time, as the church struggles with the controversial issue of blessing same-sex unions.

Chapman comeback to AM980 in works (Oct. 26, 2008)
London radio station AM980 and Jim Chapman are on the verge of a deal that will bring the veteran broadcaster back to what he loves most -- stirring up greater interest in the news of the day.

'Harmless' chat wasn't (Oct. 22, 2008)
He wasn't really her style, but they were just talking and she thought it was harmless.

Arabic language teacher returns to classroom (Oct. 19, 2008)
A London Arabic language teacher was back in the classroom yesterday, but he doesn't know what a federal immigration court will decide about his case.

Troops take to streets for battle fitness test (Oct. 15, 2008)
Soldiers carrying guns will be marching through London streets this week.

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Special Reports

SPECIAL REPORT: Gamers, at any cost (Nov. 8, 2008)
We are stalking the mountainous terrain on our horse in this world of warlocks, druids, hunters and warriors.

NET RESULTS: Too much of a good thing? (Oct. 20, 2008)
Peter Luscombe's classroom is a dying breed -- a modern technology-free zone.

NET RESULTS: School websites spotty at best (Oct. 20, 2008)
If your child goes to A.J. Baker public school in Oxford County, you can go online to find school pictures, a staff list and links for homework help.

NET RESULTS: E-learning crosses divides (Oct. 19, 2008)
Sara Fell didn't choose to miss most of Grade 10.

NET RESULTS: Old school, new challenges (Oct. 18, 2008)
The principal is blogging, the secretary's ready to pitch her filing cabinet and the kids visit the public library without going anywhere.

FREE PRESS SERIES: Students rise to challenge (Sep. 21, 2008)
In the heavy slogging of the third year of a four-year theatre arts degree, Ben Sanders suddenly grasped the profundity of his experience as part of the Grand Theatre's High School Project.

FREE PRESS SERIES: Students pull together to make sure Pirates ship sets sail (Sep. 20, 2008)
It's organized chaos upstairs in wardrobe.

FREE PRESS SERIES: Curtain's up (Sep. 19, 2008)
Reporter Kathy Rumleski goes behind the scenes in this three-part series to explore the angst, frenzy and fun as students from across the city prepare to stage The Pirates of Penzance as part of the Grand's High School Project.

London remembers fallen firefighters (Sep. 12, 2008)
Before they had radios, firefighters lived by the bell.

SPECIAL REPORT: Layoff anxiety worsens (Aug. 30, 2008)
If there's been one certainty in the struggling economy in recent months, it's been the uncertainty in the auto sector.

SPECIAL REPORT: Calm before the storm (Aug. 30, 2008)
Job losses nationally and around the London region are reaching levels not seen since the recession of the early 1990s, prompting some to batten down the economic hatches.

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Sun Media Features

GREEN PLANET: The Body Shop (Nov. 9, 2008)
For years now, without fully understanding the consequences of my purchases, it seems I've been contributing to the slow extinction of orangutangs in Indonesia, and the clearcutting of the world's rainforests.

AMERICAN VOTES 2008: Conquering dreams (Nov. 2, 2008)
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- These days, even Ku Klux Klansmen fret about their retirement nest-eggs.

GREEN PLANET: Putting it all in focus (Nov. 2, 2008)
Deep in the bowels of the earth exists a crystalline underworld oblivious to the goings-on above.

GREEN PLANET: Steaming off (Oct. 26, 2008)
I'm in hot water, with mud on my face.

GREEN PLANET: Talking trash (Oct. 19, 2008)
He's a trash-talking, hairy, mean, green, perpetually grouchy garbage machine.

SUN MEDIA SEX POLL: The great Canadian male sex survey (Oct. 5, 2008)
Ah, men. Can't live with us, can't make babies without us.

SPECIAL REPORT: Canada turns its back on victims (Oct. 2, 2008)
In the fall of 2006, the International Institute of Buffalo received funding from the U.S. Department of Justice to begin a trafficking victims services program.

SPECIAL REPORT: Foreign workers lured with lies (Oct. 1, 2008)
The stereotype is a young woman forced to work in a brothel, strip club or massage parlour.

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