London's 10 most-read stories of 2021
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Here are the 10 most-read stories published on the CBC London website for 2020. Feel free to explore them all.
The list below is ranked by the number of times each story was viewed by readers such as you:
The sudden departures of two high-ranking executives at southwestern Ontario's largest hospital came about five months after the organization's CEO was sacked for travelling to the United States during the pandemic. Read the full story here.
As the coronavirus raged, an outspoken Aylmer, Ont., church group defied restrictions by not only holding in-person services without masks, but also by inviting a few special guests, all of them critics of Ontario's pandemic response. Read the full story here.
Londoner Bronson Deagle was at a Grand Bend, Ont., beach with his wife and two daughters, when he noticed someone was in trouble. Read the full story here.
A group of 19 Ontario police officers launched a constitutional challenge in May, claiming that enforcing pandemic health restrictions put them at odds with their sworn oath to uphold the charter. Read the full story here.
Despite health directives advising Canadians to avoid all non-essential travel, two Ontario nurses traveled to Washington DC to attend a rally by a group of their peers promoting conspiracy theories about "COVID fraud." Read the full story here.
When Yassin Dabeh, a 19-year-old cleaner at a long-term care home outside London, Ont., contracted COVID-19 and died, he became the youngest person to lose his life to the virus at the time. Read the full story here.
After 24 years of slinging sausages to hungry customers, London, Ont. Canadian Tire hot dog stand owner David Jafray was forced to move on after he said he couldn't reach a deal with the retail store's new owner. Read the full story here.
Kadince Ball, a first-year Western University student who arrived in London, Ont., from Saskatchewan, had a rental agreement cancelled last minute by a landlord who said she didn't like her tattoos because they were 'scary.' Read the full story, here.
Olympic champion bobsledder Alex Kopacz of London, Ont. shared his fears with CBC News after catching a debilitating case of COVID-19 back in April. Read the full story here.
Fear and mourning gripped the nation after shocking attack on a Muslim family of five who were run down while out for an evening stroll in a normally quiet suburb in London, Ont. Read the full story here.
When Premier Tim Houston recently raised the idea of reconsidering the province's ban on uranium exploration, the suggestion may have left some people scratching their heads.
Former Toronto Blue Jays outfielder Paul Hodgson has a couple of reasons to celebrate Family Day — and Black History Month, for that matter.
A year ago, then Gatineau mayor France Bélisle abruptly resigned, citing a hostile political climate. This week she has spoken out, offering more details of her complaints about municipal politics in Quebec.
One man is dead and three others are in police custody after a deadly assault on a Manitoba First Nation.
When Piper sends her son to school every morning, she calls out a similar refrain: "I love you, try your best, I'll be here to pick you up when school is done," hoping he will be safe and supported.
A downtown Edmonton business advocacy group is worried about how a series of planned bridge closures due to construction could impact the city.
Vancouver resident Tara Garofano says she made a dinner reservation on Valentine's Day — not for romance, but to take advantage of the final hours of the federal government's temporary Goods and Services Tax (GST) holiday.
Students at McMaster University in Hamilton are questioning the institution's commitment to the prevention of sexual violence after staffing changes at the office responsible for that work on campus.
Windsor-Essex could see its biggest snowfalls of the year in what Canada's weather agency is calling a "highly impactful" storm.
Alberta Fish and Wildlife Enforcement Services (FWES) is looking into reports of two young cougars that were spotted alone near Canmore this week.
All crew members of the MSC Baltic III have been rescued after their vessel ran aground close to the Lark Harbour shoreline off Newfoundland and Labrador's west coast.
Here's a look at some of the closures, and special events, happening in Thunder Bay on the Family Day weekend:
If you live in or around Toronto, you may want to keep that shovel nearby.