Thames River flooding displaces homeless living in tent encampment

Ducks swam around submerged tents, shopping carts and other debris while two men tried to retrieve their water-logged belongings from the rising Thames River on Sunday. Chris, 29, and Kodi, 23, have been living in the makeshift encampment on the shore of the river at Ann Street Park, a couple blocks west of Richmond Row, […]

Hundreds of people plunge into frigid Lake Huron . . . for fun

Addicting. Exhilarating. Refreshing. Cellular yoga.  All words people used Sunday to describe splashing into Lake Huron on New Year’s Day as part of Southampton’s second annual polar bear dip.  Port Elgin’s Jeff Ryan called the swim “frigid”. He and his friends attended the inaugural dip in 2022 and planned to make it an annual tradition. […]

Introducing Evelyn, London’s first-born baby of 2023

London’s first baby of 2023 wasted no time arriving after the clock struck midnight and the calendar flipped to a new year. Baby Evelyn Stewart was born to parents Jennifer and Michael at 12:01 a.m. Sunday at Victoria Hospital at the London Health Science Centre (LHSC), hospital officials said. “Mom and baby are doing well.” […]