Kate Dubinski

Reporter/Editor

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

Latest from Kate Dubinski

Ex-Woodstock, Ont., mayor found guilty of sexual assault, judge calls him an 'obvious liar'

Former Woodstock mayor Trevor Birtch has been found guilty of two more counts of sexual assault, with the Ontario Superior Court justice saying he "lied frequently and extravagantly."

Hours after ketchup protest charges dropped, Dr. Tarek Loubani returns to London MP's office

Hours after mischief charges were dropped against a London, Ont., doctor who protested the Liberal government’s Israel policy by squirting ketchup at a member of parliament’s constituency office, Dr. Tarek Loubani repeated the protest.

3 years after theft, family 'memory binders' returned to London senior

A London senior who spent decades researching and typing up her family history only to have thieves take it from a relative's car got some good news this week: someone found the stolen treasure and returned it, three years later. 
Home Values

Low wages leave Londoners caught in a housing crunch

One third of people in London rent, a total that is higher than the provincial and national average, and more London families are getting by with less.
Home Values

Low income, high rent: Two London families struggle to make ends meet

The number of people living on low income in London has increased in the last five years. Two mothers share their stories about what it's like to get by when most of your money goes to housing.

Police hit by flying butter knives in booby trapped home

A St. Thomas police officer responding to assistance at a vacant apartment Monday morning in a southwestern Ontario city was hit by three flying butter knives, believed to have been set as a booby trap. responding to a vacant apartment Monday morning was hit by three flying butter knives after breaking down the barricaded door.

Western students trained to treat opioid overdoses

For the first time, Western University students who respond to medical emergencies on campus are armed with kits that treat opioid overdoses. That could prove to be a life-saver at the well-known party school.

Patients locked out of 3 Ontario sleep clinics after waiting months for treatment

Three sleep clinics in London, Kitchener and Cambridge abruptly shuttered their doors in August without informing patients or referring physicians, leaving them in the dark about their appointments and their records.

Memorial set for mom, daughter killed in Hwy. 401 crash

The memorial service for Sarah Payne, 42, and Freya Payne, 5, has been scheduled for Thursday at 2 p.m.

Teachers pay more for school items under provincial rules

Ontario's teachers pay more for almost everything from pencils to computers when the shop at web stores stocked with items sold by approved vendors.