Month: September 2024
Sizing up London’s skyline-changing 53-storey highrise proposal
Look up, look way up. Plans for a skyline-changing tower development at 50 King St., the former downtown site of the Middlesex-London Health Unit headquarters, are heading to city politicians on Tuesday – a first step toward a sky-high build the likes of which London has never seen before. Our Jennifer Bieman reports on how […]
‘Huge honour’: London dancers chosen to perform at 2024 Paris Olympics
A London youth dance group is gearing up for the performance of a lifetime, taking the stage at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics and Disneyland Paris next summer. Dance Extreme was selected to perform in the Paris Olympics after officials saw the group performing in a U.S. competition. “I was definitely surprised. It came out […]
London Food Bank fall drive starts strong, community need remains high
Growing demand. Growing generosity. The London Food Bank’s fall drive is off to a strong start on its opening weekend, an annual campaign that comes as the agency grapples with never-before-seen levels of demand from the community. The drive, which began on Friday, brought in 7,174 kilograms of food and cash equivalents as of Sunday, […]
Local club celebrates Bruce Trail Day at Harrison Park
A salmon, hole in a tree, squirrel, mushrooms and feather – – those were some of the items the Sydenham Bruce Trail Club chose for their children’s treasure hunt Saturday. The local conservation club that started in 1962 played host to Bruce Trail Day celebrations at Harrison Park on Saturday afternoon. From 1 to 3 […]
Woman admits to selling methadone illegally to boyfriend hours before he died
After realizing she’d left her methadone at her boyfriend’s house in Sarnia, Ashley Grant, who badly needed cash, agreed to sell it to him to use to get high.
Finnish flash lights up London Knights power play in road win in Niagara
It didn’t take long for the London Knights to find a power-play trigger man. Kasper Halttunen already has three goals with the man advantage, including a pair in the third period to sink the Niagara IceDogs again 5-2 before 4,365 Saturday night at the Meridian Centre in St. Catharines. The big Finn winger is a […]
Q+A: New Goodwill CEO sees ‘lots of opportunity’ in green economy
The incoming president and chief executive of Goodwill Industries Ontario Great Lakes is eyeing growth in a territory that covers all of Ontario, except the Niagara and Hamilton regions.
GALLERY: LFP’s best September photos
Take a look back at September in and around London through the lens of London Free Press photographers: Wesley Fraser, 15 months old, crawls toward his parents at the Gibbons Park splash pad in London on Monday, Sept. 4, 2023. (Mike Hensen/The London Free Press)
Dyer: Ukrainian forces soon in position to starve out Russian army
The breakthrough in Ukraine is happening now, but in slow motion.
Baranyai: Tobacco firms may have made food addictive, too
If you’ve ever tried to eat just one Oreo, the findings may not come as a surprise.