Middlesex-London health unit concerned about youth hookah use
Hookah pipes have spread like wildfire among Ontario youth, with nearly 20% of 12th-graders indulging in a habit once the domain of Middle Eastern men.
View ArticleFormer London Free Press editorial cartoonist Merle Tingley attracted loyal...
The first-ever Ting Comic and Graphic Arts Festival will give a new generation of Londoners a chance to meet the man behind the worm.
View ArticleThames Valley District school board's websites fixed
The Thames Valley District school board's website has been restored.
View ArticleWinter weather takes bite out of crowd on second day at London Lifestyle Home...
In spite of slippery roads and a massive downfall of snow, a few brave souls battled their way into the London Lifestyle Home Show at Western Fair’s Agriplex Saturday.
View ArticleFirst update in 25 years of what’s in London’s Medway Valley Heritage Forest...
As the city gets ready to tuck into how to manage the natural gem, Chip Martin looks at what the detailed peek into the environmentally significant area has turned up.
View ArticleLoonie’s recent skid spells bad news for snowbirds and cross-border shoppers
A limping loonie could be just what beleaguered manufacturers and tourism operators in the London area need to help them get back on their feet.
View ArticleAboutown buildings at three sites attracting ‘significant’ buyer interest
Five properties belonging to a troubled London ground transportation company are already attracting buyer interest, a court-appointed receiver says.
View ArticleThe Agriplex eyed for upgrade as it gets more use as trade show space
It was built a decade ago for cattle and horse shows and includes a sales arena with a dirt floor.
View ArticleTime to look at the big picture
Laura Straughan died in a London jail in 2009 after a breakdown in monitoring her health, with information neither recorded nor shared among staff and her symptoms chalked up to drug withdrawal.
View ArticleMan found in submerged pickup identified as Calvin Willard of South Huron
Police say they still don't know what caused the crash that left a man dead inside a pickup truck south of Exeter Friday morning.
View ArticleOxford County employee in hospital after falling from Woodstock water tower
An Oxford County employee is being treated in hospital after falling from a Woodstock water tower Thursday.
View ArticleWoodstock police looking for suspicious driver
The Woodstock Police are investigating the report of a suspicious person who offered a child a ride Monday morning.
View ArticleFormer CAMI president found dead
A former president of CAMI Automotive in Ingersoll has died.
View ArticleWoodstock fire department warns residents to clear vents after snowfall
A Woodstock family ended up in the hospital ER Sunday after carbon monoxide was found present in their home.
View ArticleCopper wire thieves target London homes with "For Sale" signs
Empty houses listed for sale are being targeted by copper wire thieves in London, police say.
View ArticleWestern Fair gets $500K boost for race purses
Western Fair Raceway can’t afford the purses the government says it must offer for its standardbred horse races — leaving the racetrack to ask a Toronto racetrack for help in sweetening the pot.
View ArticlePig-killing virus spreads to Chatham-Kent
The virus that has killed hundreds of piglets on a Middlesex farm has now been found on a Chatham-Kent farm.
View ArticleArts centre faces time squeeze
That sound you hear isn’t a metronome clacking; it’s the clock ticking louder and louder on London’s push to build a new performing arts centre.
View ArticleStaff urge $5M cut to operating, capital spending
It’s a $5-million hurdle facing city councillors before they can even consider how to trim more money from a proposed London budget and its 3.1% tax hike.
View ArticleCanadian Pacific Railway has strengthened its education programs since the...
Canadian Pacific Railway has beefed up education programs in schools after the death of an 11-year-old girl at a London railway crossing two years ago.
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