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  Ontario to ban cellphones in schools starting in September

  Ontario is introducing a suite of measures that will crack down on cellphone use and vaping in schools.

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  PLAYOFF TRACKER

  PLAYOFF TRACKER | London remains undefeated as Knights crush Saginaw 3-1 on home ice

  The London Knights have taken a 2-0 series lead on the Saginaw Spirit in the OHL Western Conference Final after a 3-1 win Sunday. The 10-0 start to the playoffs is the best in franchise history during the internet era.

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  Advocate for injured workers honoured with Lifetime Activism Award on National Day of Mourning

  It’s been 25 years since Kevin Jones was injured while employed at a factory building transport trailers. 'There was repetitive strain, motion muscles, skeletal tearing, and nerve pain in my neck, shoulders and upper back,' explained Jones, 51, of London, Ont.

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  5 people 'narrowly' escape residence during early morning fire

  Working smoke alarms and an alert passerby are credited with saving the lives of several people after a fire broke out at a home in the city’s south end early Sunday morning.

• Mathyssen says Liberals need to make good on housing promises in federal budget

  While the federal NDP said it has not decided whether it will support the Liberals’ federal budget tabled this week, London Fanshawe New Democrat MP Lindsay Mathyssen said the party needs to see more.

• Police, fire crews investigating 'suspicious fire' in vacant London, Ont. building

  London police and fire inspectors are investigating a fire in a vacant building on South Street Sunday morning.

• Police investigating after senior drowns in Meaford

  Police in Meaford are investigating after a senior drowned Saturday morning.

• 5.5% of registered voters cast early ballots in Lambton-Kent-Middlesex by-election

  Approximately 5.5 per cent of registered voters have cast their ballot as advanced polling in the Lambton-Kent-Middlesex by-election gets underway.

• Fatal crash victim identified as 24-year-old Western University graduate

  A 24-year-old man who died Friday in a car crash on Highway 401 has been identified as Omar Barzak from London, Ont.

• Deadly six-vehicle crash on Highway 400 sparked by road rage incident

  One person was killed in a six-vehicle crash on Highway 400 in Innisfil Friday evening.

• 'Beneath all these colours we are all one': Thousands attend Hindu Holi Festival at Victoria Park

  London’s Victoria Park was filled with colours Saturday afternoon as those attending Holi threw coloured water and powders into the air in a celebration of spring and unity.

• 'I felt disappointed': Local women’s advocates lament MP Karen Vecchio’s ouster as Status of Women Committee chair

  At an event in which she was celebrated for her advocacy of women’s issues, Karen Vecchio was in no mood to speak about her removal from her role of chair of Federal Parliament’s Status of Women Committee.