Allison Young

London International Airport announced four new seasonal Porter Airlines routes beginning this fall: flights to Fort Lauderdale and Orlando will start in November, followed by Cancun and Montego Bay in December. The airport says the routes will offer more convenient access to warm-weather destinations for roughly two million people living within an hour’s drive. Porter also plans to add year-round domestic connections from London next summer, with specific destinations still to be announced.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre called for continued efforts to secure tariff-free trade with the United States, arguing that Canada can compete and holds strategic leverage through its critical minerals and oil supplies. His comments followed Prime Minister Mark Carney’s decision to end trade talks with the U.S., after which President Donald Trump imposed an additional 50% tariff on about $28 billion in Canadian exports. Oxford MP Arpan Khanna warned that the measures could significantly affect Oxford County, which exports roughly $21 billion in goods annually and is a major dairy-producing region, while urging Canadians to remain united and resilient.