Ken Wightman
Digital Journalist based in London, ON, Canada.
Joined on Sep 7, 2009
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If you think the closure Friday of the decades old Electro-Motive locomotive plant in London, Ontario is not your concern, you are either wrong or rich.
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“It is regrettable that it has become necessary to close production operations at the London facility,” Electro-Motive Canada said in a prepared statement Friday.
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London -
"Get your ass down here, Prime Minister Harper!" bellowed Joe Fontana, mayor of London. In 2008 Harper visited the city's EMD plant, announcing corporate tax cuts to increase job security for Canadians. Now, EMD workers are locked out by their U.S. owner.
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An independent panel of experts in Massachusetts has released a report on the health hazards posed by wind turbines. Although the panel found no conclusive evidence of serious health problems, their findings left the door open for further research.
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London -
Americans are very down on government involvement in health care. Many, especially Republicans, worry the government will tell them what health care they can or cannot have. Instead, they willingly give that control to insurance companies.
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London -
The Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) is asking workers throughout the province to gather in London, Ontario, Saturday, January 21 for a massive rally supporting the unionized workers locked out by Electro-Motive Canada.
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Ross Seeley has worked at Electro-Motive Diesel in London, Ontario for almost three decades under three separate owners: General Motors, Greenbriar Equity Group, et al., and Progress Rail, a subsidiary of Caterpillar Inc. He was to retire in a few months.
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London -
Daybreak brought the sun, a little warmth and a van carrying outside contractors to the men and women picketing in front of the Electro-Motive Diesel plant in London, Ontario.
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London -
The lockout at the Electro-Motive Diesel plant in London, Ontario comes as no surprise. Contract talks seemed to be off the rails way back in May when both the union and company agreed to a six month extension of the contract.
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The workers at the Electro-Motive Diesel plant in London, Ontario have been locked out. Earlier in the day the company claimed that the CAW represented employees were refusing to report for their first scheduled work shift and were therefore on strike.
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London -
With a vote of 404 to nine, Electro-Motive workers gave their union a solid strike mandate should the company attempt unilateral changes to the existing terms of employment.
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London -
The fence is up and the question now being asked is: "What next?" Despite the Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD) plant having a long history in London, Ontario, there are fears in this Southwestern Ontario community of losing the large, successful plant.
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London -
A vaccine offering protection from the HIV virus, the cause of AIDS, has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for clinical trials in humans.
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Toronto -
I watched the live feed of the Munk Debates last night. It was a brilliant pairing: Paul Krugman vs. Larry Summers. Krugman was assisted by David Rosenberg and Summers found back-up in Ian Bremmer.
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London -
These patients are trapped in the limbo of the permanent vegetative state (PVS). Unresponsive to everything around them, they appear totally oblivious to the world. But are they?
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Windsor -
Joseph Maraachli, the 20-month-old, Canadian boy known to the world as Baby Joseph, died late Tuesday afternoon in his Windsor, Ontario home. The child reportedly suffered from Leigh's Syndrome, a genetic disease that previously took his sister's life.
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Vancouver -
Don Davies, an NDP MP from British Columbia, has publicly declared that former United States Vice-President Dick Cheney should be barred from entering Canada.
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London -
City police in London, Ontario, used a Taser on a teenage boy involved in a street brawl Thursday. It is being reported that the boy may have been struck in the face by the prongs of the powerful stun gun.
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It's a fast moving political brush fire flaming across the American media landscape. President Obama's black, Darth Vader bus is Canadian made. A real shocker? I don't think so.
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Contrary to popular mythology, Uncle Tom may have been a feisty fighter. Josiah Henson, possibly the man behind the character, was an escaped slave who fled the United States with his wife and children to enjoy freedom in the future province of Ontario.
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