Rourke Desmanche faces manslaughter charge in death of infant son
For a week, Rourke Desmanche hid in his neighbour’s basement to elude police while his infant son, Kurious George Rose-Desmanche, was on life support in a London hospital with severe brain injuries.
View ArticleTeen's charged with attempted murder of nine-year-old appeared in court
A St. Thomas teen charged with the attempted murder of a nine-year-old appeared in court Wednesday morning in his second appearance in two days and his first appearance in person.
View ArticleThree charges, countless questions
After London Mayor Joe Fontana’s silence on answering to questions about how the wedding reception for his son was paid for seven years ago, the mayor remained mum Wednesday after the RCMP charged him...
View ArticleNEWS ANALYSIS: With Mayor Joe Fontana charged by police, city council faces...
What now? That’s one of several questions hanging over city hall — and all of London — with Mayor Joe Fontana charged with three crimes relating to his son’s 2005 wedding reception.
View ArticleCustomers line up for Novack's sale
Hours before the doors open for the final time at London landmark Novack’s on King St., a lineup of eager customers stretched almost a block long and was growing.
View ArticleArchive: Fontana news conference
Joe Fontana appeared at a press conference Thursday afternoon.
View ArticleSarnia fire chief facing sexual assault charges
Sarnia police have arrested and charged a 54-year-old man with 28 charges of sexual assault.
View ArticleLondon man fined in crash that killed Windsor tow truck driver
A 64-year-old London man has been sentenced for a January 2012 crash that killed a Windsor tow truck driver.
View ArticleStudents stand up to bullying
Travis Tetreault isn’t sure bullying will ever stop in schools.
View ArticleRourke Desmanche faces manslaughter charge in death of son
Tammy Bright heard the sirens wailing down the street past her home and to the London housing complex where she used to live.
View ArticleHealth Minister Deb Matthews announces $14.3 million for South West
Seniors will have more opportunities to live at home independently thanks to a boost in health care funding from the province.
View ArticleSlow economy and warmer winters reduce number of London fur stores to one
Slow sales and climate change have taken the lustre off one of London’s last fur retailers and soon will leave only one fur store in the city.
View ArticleThames Valley District School board deal
Education Minister Laurel Broten is a step closer to approving a tentative deal between high school teachers and the Thames Valley District school board.
View ArticleRAW VIDEO: Mayor Fontana press conference
London Mayor Joe Fontana holds a press conference to announce that he is staying on as mayor despite the three charges filed against him by the RCMP.
View ArticleFontana: 'I'm innocent'
London Mayor Joe Fontana says he is sticking as mayor of the city.
View ArticleNEWS ANALYSIS: Council rookie eyed in mayoral pressure cooker
Political manoeuvring is afoot at city hall to have Coun. Matt Brown installed temporarily as mayor if the pressure becomes too much for Joe Fontana to stay, The Free Press has learned.
View ArticleLondon Conservative MPs slam London mayor during Question Period in House of...
Joe Fontana took a hometown hammering Thursday in his old stomping grounds, the House of Commons.
View ArticleSnow flurry advisory issued
Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement for the London and Middlesex area, forecasting the area could receive five to 15 centimetres of snow starting Friday night.
View ArticleMother of boy with heart defect can’t understand why board hasn’t put a...
“I was born with a heart defect when I was a baby in the hospital,” said the nine-year-old boy matter-of-factly before listing ailments that a kid that young shouldn’t know of, much less be able to...
View ArticleNEWS ANALYSIS: ‘Fontana 8’, 6, 5?
A veteran political expert eyeing London from Canada’s biggest city says the exit of Joe Fontana from the mayor’s office is a question of when — not if.
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