Kate Dubinski

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Kate Dubinski is a radio and digital reporter with CBC News in London, Ont. You can email her at kate.dubinski@cbc.ca.

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Fire destroys car dealership in Dutton, impacts downtown

A massive fire at a car dealership in Dutton has destroyed the business and forced the closure of part of the southwestern Ontario town's main street.

Team of sex assault victim support centres to oversee OHL's consent training to help with 'accountability'

To help address "gaps in accountability," a centralized team will now help Ontario Hockey League (OHL) squads enrol in the right mandatory consent and healthy masculinity training and ensure it's completed, under an agreement between a coalition of sex assault victim support centres and the league. CBC spoke to parties involved in this move nearly a week after the Hockey Canada criminal trial in London ended with not guilty findings.
HOCKEY CANADA TRIAL

5 ex-Hockey Canada players not guilty of sexual assault remain 'ineligible' in NHL pending its review

Five former world junior hockey players on Thursday were found not guilty of sexual assault, prompting a wave of reaction — including from the NHL and NHLPA — and a scathing rebuke from defence lawyers about how Hockey Canada handled the accusations 
HOCKEY CANADA TRIAL

Hockey Canada sexual assault trial 'reinvigorated' talk on complex issues of consent, sports culture

Regardless of the outcome of the sexual assault trial for five former world junior hockey players, the issues it's raised — about hockey culture, consent and how the legal system handles such complaints — will be debated long after the judge hands down her decisions in London, Ont., suggest legal experts and advocates.

Londoners feeling the heat as hot weather blankets the region

As the region enters its third day of an intense heat wave, health officials are warning people to stay hydrated and watch for signs of heat exhaustion.

Another person dead in London, Ont., legionnaires' outbreak

Another person has died and 20 more are sick from legionnaires' disease in London, Ont., public health officials warn.

Who are the people accused of defrauding London Health Science Centre out of millions

As officials try to make sense of an alleged multi-year fraud engineered so several people could personally profit from money meant to be spent on keeping London's hospitals running,  CBC News dug into who the people accused in the scheme. 

Alleged fraud worth $60M uncovered at London Health Sciences Centre

An audit has uncovered major fraud at the region's largest hospital network, and the London Health Sciences Centre has filed two separate lawsuits against eight former executives to get back a total of $60 million.

School bus driver, courier charged months after 7-year-old London, Ont., boy killed while leaving bus

Two men have been charged after a six-month investigation into the death of seven-year-old Dante Caranci, who was hit by a car while getting off a school bus on a busy rural road in Lambeth in southwest London, Ont.

London police use force against Black, Arab, Indigenous men disproportionately, data shows

London police use force more often against Black, Middle Eastern and Indigenous men than against white men, a researcher's deep dive into the data shows.