Parking spot patio pilot up for expansion
City staff are studying how best to turn curbside parking spots into eye-catching summertime patios for bars and restaurants across London, an option that will be available downtown this year.
View ArticlePesticides linked to bee deaths
Ontario beekeepers are crossing their fingers as they worry spring planting might bring a repeat of widespread bee deaths they blame on a group of insecticides with a disputed record.
View ArticleLittle girl’s family seeks to avoid change, despite move
Olivia Vander Shelde’s mom has fought since her daughter’s birth eight years ago.
View ArticleHeated dispute over oven ended in death, jury hears
November’s chill seeped through the walls of the Simcoe St. boarding house.
View ArticleHiring freezes at Ontario’s two largest police forces hit home at the...
Just-hired Ontario constables will have to hold their fire — there aren’t enough of them to go to police school this spring.
View ArticleMitchell Riley killed one friend and badly injured another and himself when...
Mitchell Riley’s life is now centred in a Milton jailhouse infirmary where he needs constant medical care.
View ArticleLondon District Catholic school board task force is looking at offering open...
If you live in the west end of London but want your child to go to school in the south end, why should school board rules stop you?
View ArticleFontana speaks out
London’s mayor breaks his silence about a Free Press exclusive detailing why the taxman yanked the charitable status of a foundation from which millions went to its directors, including $41,000 to...
View ArticleReturn of former St. Thomas mayor will dynamically alter composition of city...
Admitting his return to city hall will alter the composition of council, former mayor Cliff Barwick insists he bears no grudges.
View ArticleSarnia and Chatham jail facilities will close
The provincial government will not reconsider its decision to close jails in Sarnia and Chatham, Premier Kathleen Wynne said Tuesday.
View ArticleFormer Tillsonburg man pleads guilty to making, possessing child porn and...
A man who betrayed and exploited the trust of two young children was sentenced to 15 months in jail and two years probation after pleading guilty Tuesday morning to three charges.
View ArticleOntario Premier Kathleen Wynne wants the NDP to make up its mind on the...
Rookie Premier Kathleen Wynne bypassed the Queen’s Park media Tuesday to field questions from reporters in Southwestern Ontario where the Grits hold few seats.
View ArticleDonations to city idea goes nowhere
One politician called it “an idea going nowhere” — and that’s precisely where it went.
View ArticleClinic mishandled, lawyer says
The lawyer for a methadone clinic coming to Wharncliffe Rd. S. said Tuesday “London has thoroughly embarrassed itself” in dealing with it.
View ArticleCourt official accused of misleading London cop
A London-area justice of the peace is facing allegations she lied to police on behalf of her daughter.
View ArticleRival neighbourhood, developer plans hit deadlock
Neighbours of a vacant Richmond St. church that a developer wants to convert to apartments went well armed to city hall Tuesday.
View ArticleBacklog of call-before-you-dig checks must be done before city can finish...
Hundreds of Londoners stumped about their newly nude boulevards will have to wait weeks for the remains of their ash trees to be removed.
View ArticleA 38-year-old London mom is charged with impaired driving after several...
It’s bad enough to play bumper cars with unsuspecting drivers during rush hour traffic, but to do it with your kid in the back seat?
View ArticleBlaze damages London house
A downtown block is reopened to traffic after an early morning house fire.
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