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Jail problems: Premier Kathleen Wynne admits 'there's a lot more to do' with jail system and connected problems of mental health and addictions

In a year-end interview with The London Free Press, Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne discussed the problems in the province’s corrections and mental health systems. This newspaper has spent several years exposing problems in these related systems and published a series exploring the issues in the fall, called Indiscernible. Here’s a partial transcrip

Safe housing shortage fuels meth crisis: expert

London’s entrenched crystal meth crisis has prompted the city’s homeless coalition to launch a campaign next year educating the public, agencies and the government about the devastating drug.

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Mentally ill inmates get $33M in support

The province will spend $33 million to improve mental health care in its jails, an issue highlighted recently by a landmark London class-action lawsuit and extensive Free Press coverage.

Desperate alcoholics left at risk as aid stalls

Londoners drinking themselves to death with mouthwash, cleaners, aftershave and solvents will have to keep waiting for the help proven to keep them alive, or at least die with dignity.

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London Hydro back in play

Like a son or daughter of marrying age, London Hydro has come back to its parents with another potential suitor in hand.