Photo courtesy of FlickrThe London-St. Thomas unemployment rate, released by Statistics Canada on Friday morning, shows a drop of four basis points compared to the month prior.
April 2015 had a jobless rate of 6.5%, down from 6.9% in March.
The local rate is now lower than the national rate of unemployment, which stayed steady at 6.8%. Even though the national economy lost 19,700 jobs, Stats-Can said it wasn't enough to alter the rate.
Instead, Canada will now match the 50 per cent tariffs on roughly $28 billion of Canadian goods that came into effect Saturday morning.
Essex-Windsor EMS will roll out a new dispatch system next month.
The second-to-last night market of the year will feature more than 80 vendors selling everything from farm-fresh produce and baked treats to handcrafted goods.
The smoke has now cleared from a last-minute flurry of filing, and now we have candidates for this fall's municipal elections.
The Toronto Tempo ended a 12-game losing streak with a victory in Vancouver over the Portland Fire
It could be a wet weekend in portions of southwestern Ontario.
