Latest from Kate Dubinski
Why this Londoner lets strangers sleep on a cot he set up on his front porch
A London man has set up a cot on his front porch and allows people who have nowhere else to go to sleep for the night out of the elements.
Workers worry, parents sound alarm as Craigwood Youth Services in Ailsa Craig ships out kids
A lack of staff has forced the closure of a youth jail outside of London, Ont., a move workers say is emblematic of a deeper crisis within the youth criminal justice and mental health system.
Londoner Amanda Kennedy leaves behind legacy of leadership, mentorship and Indigenous pride
Amanda Kennedy, an Oneida Nation of the Thames woman whose social enterprise helped young people see their own potential and whose leadership inspired many in the London region, has died.
Politics impacting public school board's ability to recruit young international students to London
Officials who recruit international students to study the region's elementary and high schools say Canada's increasingly negative reputation abroad is having an impact on how many kids choose to come here to study.
New report shows who is getting medical help with dying despite not being close to natural death
The relative ease with which people who aren't close to death can get medical assistance in dying is troubling, especially given new data that shows poor people are more likely to seek help ending their life, a London, Ont., family doctor who works with marginalized patients says.
Public school suspension rates are down in London, but disruptive behaviour is way up, educators say
The Thames Valley District School Board doesn't suspend students as often as it used to before the pandemic, but educators say that doesn't mean violence and disruptive behaviour have decreased. In fact, they say the opposite is true.
In Depth
A man broke into a London, Ont., girl's room. After deal on a lower plea, her mom says there's been no justice
A man who broke into a teen's bedroom and rubbed her back until she woke up will be free to live in the next-door London, Ont., townhouse again within months, leaving her family angry. It's an example of how the justice system works well for some victims but not others, says the head of an agency for gender-based violence survivors. A legal expert says deals where sexual assaults are pleaded down to non-sexual charges are rare.
Student stabbed after football game at Lucas Secondary School, police investigating
A London, Ont., high school student was stabbed after a football game at Lucas Secondary School Thursday night, police say.
How London is using AI to crack down on short-term rental scofflaws
Short-term rental landlords have paid $85,000 in fines in the last two years, caught largely using an artificial-intelligence tool that scrapes Internet data and compares it to locally-held records.
Sorority defends sending busloads of students to Airbnb in London, Ont., says owner was informed
A sorority event that highlighted problems north London, Ont., residents are having with a home listed for rent on Airbnb never would have gone ahead if the home's owner didn't agree to it, the sorority's chapter president says.