ANNOUNCED By the Province of Ontario, investment of over $2.6 million through the Skills Development Fund to help train skilled workers in London and surrounding areas (administered through the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 120 and Literacy Link South Central).
UNVEILED 376 Lofts by Toronto-based Bluevale Capital Group, London’s first office-to-apartment conversion project at 376 Richmond Street.
PROMOTED Mike Cunningham, to senior strategic account manager, Alta Material Handling Canada.
RECEIVED By the City of London, $11,912,933 through the second round of the Ontario Building Faster Fund.
ANNOUNCED By VersaBank, launch of tokenized deposit internal pilot program in the U.S., through its wholly owned subsidiary, VersaBank USA.
APPOINTED Andrea Loewen, chief strategy officer, Intillum Health.
PROMOTED Unnati Singhania, to marketing strategist, Take5 Digital / Gotham Studios / Little Big Brother.
DONATED By Farhi Holdings Corporation, $1.3 million to the London Children’s Museum, bringing its total contributions since 2014 to more than $3.6 million.
APPOINTED Janet Smith, director, marketing & communications, Children’s Health Foundation.
APPOINTED Patricia Simone, government relations officer, Fanshawe College.
RECEIVED By the City of London, $5,070,161 from the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation through the Municipality Contribution Agreement (for the 2024-2025 fiscal year).
OPENING Canna Cabana retail cannabis store, 1294 Fanshawe Park Road East (opening September 4, 2025).
ANNOUNCED By McKenzie Lake Lawyers LLP, Merchant Law Group and Siskinds Desmeules, a Canada-wide settlement with Bayer Inc. and other Bayer defendants (in class actions in Ontario, Saskatchewan, and Quebec relating to the oral contraceptives Yasmin and YAZ (court hearings to approve the settlement scheduled for November 2025).
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September 5 – Airshow London SkyDrive 2025
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