Council decisive, then it’s not
It’s a tale of two London neighbourhoods, built on the concerns of residents over the quality of life and character in each.
View ArticleStudy on dumped carts
Coun. Stephen Orser was pleased after council voted to have staff study toughening existing bylaws against abandoned shopping carts.
View ArticleMarin still has role in London
It’s not entirely clear what city council’s newly created integrity commissioner will do — but it is clear what they won’t do, and that’s replace Ontario Ombudsman Andre Marin as a city-hall watchdog.
View ArticleCrash causes critical injuries
A 44-year-old man has been transported to a London hospital with life-threatening injuries after the garbage truck he was driving went into a ditch on Township Road 4.
View ArticleCutthroat attacker gets youth jail
A 17-year-old St. Thomas youth was sentenced to 27 months in custody and community supervision Wednesday for the 2012 attempted murder of an eight-year-old child.
View ArticlePolice holding prescription drug drop off day May 11
Trying to curb prescription- drug abuse, a problem that ripples beyond addicts, police forces across Ontario are asking you to drop your drugs.
View ArticleOxford OPP lay charges in East Oxford Public School bomb threat
A 13-year-old East Oxford Public School student is facing multiple charges including utter threat to cause death or bodily after he allegedly wrote a note claiming a bomb was planted in the school and...
View ArticleOnly half the Regina Mundi students can be brought back
There’s no main office, no second-floor lockers and students have to go outside to get from one end of the building to the other.
View ArticleWoman donates hair to her ‘second mom’ who diagnosed with kidney disease as...
It’s like a fairy tale come true, thanks to a real-life Rapunzel who let down her long hair.
View ArticleBut not everyone is pleased with such projects
How’s this for a lesson in creatively reusing old buildings?
View ArticleWiggles 3D of London sold its Pass the Popcorn to Mattel and is using the...
The company that gave the world Barbie and Hot Wheels has snapped up a made-in-London board game in a jackpot sale that’s spawning a new generation of fun.
View ArticleCollision closes eastbound lanes of 401
Highway 401 has been closed west of Dutton after a crash seriously injured one person.
View ArticlePerth County OPP identify crash victim
A woman critically injured in a single-vehicle crash on April 17 has died.
View ArticleSpringbank Road Races preview
This Sunday's 45th annual Springbank Road races are previewed by race director Andrew Botterell for the London Free Press
View ArticleThe shape of wings to come?
Welcome to Fort Worth, which even locals call “the most typically Texan of all Texas cities.”
View ArticleMan acquitted of impaired charges based on toxicologist evidence
It’s an urban myth that people can’t be charged with drunk driving on private property according to a Sarnia judge.
View ArticleCampus gains new top cop
It may not be the career path you’d expect for a man who was once second in command of one of Canada’s largest police forces.
View ArticleSunday’s reserved for Springbank races
The unique sights and sounds of bicycle racing return Sunday to Springbank Park with the 45th running of the Springbank Road Races.
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