Month: June 2024

Stapleton live in London in April

​London is the first Canadian stop on country headliner Chris Stapleton’s All American Road Show tour. Stapleton, who performed virtually at Monday’s CCMA Awards show at Budweiser Gardens, will return to the venue live April 28. A multiple Grammy and Country Music Association awards winner, Stapleton was forced to postpone and reschedule or cancel many […]

‘Multiple’ pedestrians among nine injured in west London crash

Nine people were hurt – including three with critical injuries – in a crash Tuesday night involving several pedestrians and vehicles in west London. A spokesperson for Middlesex-London Paramedic Services said eight people were taken to hospital and one was assessed at the scene following the crash at about 6:45 p.m. on Riverside Drive west […]

Drastic measures on the table as city targets downtown vacancies

Expropriation, tax penalties, “proactive rezoning” in London’s downtown. It all spells one thing. City council is getting desperate. A unanimous vote Tuesday to charge ahead with a core area vacancy strategy led to a debate among city politicians about how to encourage revitalization and penalize those holding the area back. Calling downtown London’s “calling card,” […]

Retiring Museum London boss gets lifetime achievement award

When Brian Meehan took over as executive director of Museum London in April 1999, it had a different name and lacked a website. “One of the early things I was involved in was creating the first website for the museum,” Meehan recalled, adding from the vantage point of 2021 it seems crazy there was a […]

Grand Theatre welcoming audiences back with Home for the Holidays

This is where you kick-start that holiday feeling. After 20 months with a darkened stage, the Grand Theatre is back with Home for the Holidays, a theatrical concert curated and directed by Dennis Garnhum, opening in preview Tuesday and continuing until Dec. 24. The show features eight actors and vocalists with a range of experience. […]

PHOTOS: Home for the Holidays at the Grand Theatre

Home for the Holidays, an original production featuring the music of the season, opened Tuesday in preview at the Grand Theatre in London and runs until Dec. 24. Dennis Garnhum, the Grand’s artistic director, directs the show that features 27 songs performed by eight singers and six musicians. “What I hope to achieve with this […]

Letters to the Editor: Dec. 1

Live with decisions John Lisowski’s latest letter to the editor, Give your parking space to homeless, (Nov. 27) actually made me laugh. To think these councillors — who have pushed for the BRT and have helped to destroy River Road golf course clubhouse — would actually have to do something themselves to accommodate homeless people […]