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Former high school teacher Ken Coran now president of the Ontario Secondary...

One by one, Ken Coran took the uniforms of his West Elgin secondary school football players, ending their season far too early.

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Acclaimed London family physician Ian McWhinney dies at 85

He was known as the “Father of family medicine” for a life devoted to the well being of countless of London and area residents and for his work in creating a long-standing family medicine program at...

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Explosion rocks Chatham bakery

A woman was taken to hospital as a precaution following a suspected natural gas explosion at a Chatham bakery early Sunday morning.

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Best-case London growth eyed at 2%

A report on the city’s growth over the next 30 years is being endorsed by London’s city planner — but not without an asterisk or two.

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Celebrating birthdays 100 years apart

It’s tough, but not impossible, to find people in the same family with the same birthday.

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London's services fare well in comparison to other major cities: study

Not bad. Not bad at all.

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Rural belt resents London plans

Twenty years ago, they fought a massive London land grab and lost.

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Health unit facing renewed political heat over spending

Already under the gun for their fast- growing budget, area public health officials will spend about 15% of it this year on administration — more than four times as much as the county that funds them.

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London woman killed in crash on Hwy. 403 near Brantford

A London woman is dead after a car crash on Hwy. 403 west of Brantford on Friday.

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Plan is to expand into a 52,500-sq.ft. plant in Trafalgar Park

A stalwart of London’s business community is on the verge of stamping its name firmly on the city landscape.

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London area housing starts flat in September, CMHC reports

Housing starts were fairly flat in the London area market in September.

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Live chat on wind farms and property values

With more than 1,000 installed and another 1,000 on the way, the debate over industrial wind turbines and the Dalton McGuinty government's multi-billion dollar energy plan is intensifying across Ontario.

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One person’s trash another’s treasure

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Middlesex County is threatening to seek arbitration in its bid to have its...

London has mere weeks to bring a workable funding formula for social housing to Middlesex County, before the county seeks arbitration.

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Wind farm lawsuit launched

MITCHELL'S BAY- Company officials aren't commenting on reports of a multi-million dollar lawsuit reportedly filed in connection with a $300 million wind turbine project in the former Dover township.

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Some Londoners don't care to recycle garbage

London households that don’t sort their recycling properly are costing taxpayers big bucks, but those doing it right could be in for a big reward.

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MPP Jeff Yurek wonders what’s the holdup in implementing changes

More than two weeks after the minister in charge released a plan to straighten out problems at London’s violence-plagued provincial jail, neither many jail bosses nor the guards have seen any sign of...

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CO bill dies with McGuinty resignation

The sudden resignation of Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty means the third time wasn’t the charm.

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Gas plants scandal: what did Dalton know?

Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty tried to distance himself Monday from his government’s failure to turn over records that document how $230 million was spent to cancel gas plants — but his staff were...

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Some boards are taking the initiative themselves, to avoid having the...

Déjà vu, all over again?

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