Hello from the LFP digital desk, where we're fans of high school baseball. Here's your Friday roundup.

THE VERY LATEST: Our Jonathan Juha reports that London’s unemployment rate jumped by half a percentage point in April as the local economy shed nearly 2,000 jobs and the toll of the U.S.-Canada trade war came into sharper focus. We're sitting at 6.4%, up from 5.9% one month prior, according to Statistics Canada.

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FORECAST: The Winter That Won't Die is back in the form a frost advisory, with an overnight low of about 1 C expected. But sunshine is in the forecast throughout Saturday and Sunday.  

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PHOTO+STORY: Our Heather Rivers has full coverage on the deep cuts coming to Fanshawe College, where a staff reduction of about 35% has been announced ahead of an expected dip in student enrolment (Mike Hensen/The London Free Press)

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Our Jane Sims has the very latest from the Hockey Canada sexual assault trial, where the complainant's testimony is ongoing.

Our Jonathan Juha examines an interesting question: Why are local home prices rising even as sales dip?

Our Ryan Pyette has full coverage from a Game 1 upset loss for the London Knights in the Ontario Hockey League final.

PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORY: The London Majors kick off their Intercounty Baseball League season on Sunday in Brantford. Here's their full schedule. This LFP Archives photo takes us back 20 years, to the 2005 season, when Majors player Brad McElroy was safe at second base.