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No injuries in crash between school bus and plow

A Elgie Bus Lines school bus driver has been charged following a collision with a snowplow around 9 a.m. Monday morning.

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SIU charges London officer for crash

A London police officer has been charged with dangerous driving after a crash that left two pedestrians hurt.

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Pig farmers fear deadly virus could enter province from U.S.

Amy Cronin hopes a disease outbreak that has killed millions of baby pigs in the United States in just a few months since it first appeared last May can be stopped at the border.

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Two more die of influenza

Two more people in the London region have died of flu, doubling the death toll from the same strain that caused a global pandemic in 2009.

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Ontario is expanding a program that lets people with disabilities directly...

Hibaq Abdi grimaces when she thinks how she might be spending her life if not for the attendants she has been able to hire to help with her personal care needs.

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Alexander Fellner was known for his honesty, humility and loyalty

Alexander Fellner was shot out of the sky by German flak gunners during a Second World War bombing sortie over occupied Holland. His plane crashed on a beach in a fiery wreck, killing most of the crew....

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Walker hobbles Ivan’s run

The first time Ivan Kasiurak ran for mayor of London, Brian Mulroney was a rookie prime minister and Canadian rockers were recording Tears Are Not Enough for famine relief in Ethiopia.

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Cops stopping record check

London police are phasing out one form of background check, but most citizens won’t be affected.

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Supreme Court rejects strip-club appeal case

The former head of London’s Hells Angels has failed in a bid to get the nation’s highest court involved in a key provincial battle over his strip club.

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Coun. Stephen Orser’s bid to limit rail tank cars was nixed Monday

A politician’s push to block unsafe railway tank cars from passing through London was stopped in its tracks Monday, though a message of concern will be sent to federal transportation officials.

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Urgent care getting more critically ill patients

With long waits at London emergency rooms, more critically ill people are going to urgent care, possibly putting their lives at risk.

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Wortley condo plan draws criticism

It’s the classic clash of neighbours upset at infill development in London, with an added wrinkle.

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Website gives students credit

Transferring between Ontario post-secondary schools got a little easier Monday, with students able to go to a website to quickly find out what schools will honour the courses they’ve taken.

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Market lessons

Southwestern Ontario school boards facing falling enrolment are awakening to a partial ­solution: there’s a world out there ­willing to pay big to go to school here. The downside? The ­competition is...

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Head of athletic club chain faces weapons, robbery charges

Police are continuing to investigate allegations against an Amherstburg-based head of a popular chain of gyms.

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Rookie cop takes bite out of crime

It's been less than a week since he got his badge, but London's newest rookie cop already took a bite out of crime.

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Wind chill, snow squall warnings issued in Southwestern Ontario

Winter's icy grip on the London region is forecast to continue Tuesday with much of the region under a wind chill warning.

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NHLer Brandon Prust jumps over boards into development plan

A 10-year fight to put a massive residential project in London’s north end may not be over yet — not if NHL tough guy Brandon Prust has anything to do with it.

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School bus hit

London police and paramedics are on the scene of a crash between a school bus and vehicle.

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St. Thomas firefighters forced to evacuate from large housefire at 33 Owaissa...

St. Thomas firefighters had all available equipment on the scene of a large house fire at 33 Owaissa St. which broke out shortly after 4 p.m. Tuesday. At one point the crews were told to evacuate the...

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