Author: The London Free Press
Local taxpayers will pay police bill rung up due to Hwy. 402 blockade
Local taxpayers in the communities around the section of Highway 402 blocked for days by protesters will pay for the extra police costs incurred during the six-day shutdown, officials say. Warwick Township, population 3,600, is located where the 402 was blocked by about 20 farm vehicles until Monday. At a council meeting, politicians were told […]
London to get nearly 300 new or upgraded long-term care beds
London is getting nearly 300 new and upgraded long-term care beds as part of the Ontario government’s $6.4-billion pledge to improve care homes, the province says.
Ark Aid looking for interim accommodation during year-long renovations
A London agency at the centre of the city’s response to homelessness is looking for new quarters for a year while renovations begin on its storefront operation. Ark Aid Street Mission also is looking for donations to help cover some of the $1.4 million cost of renovations to its Dundas Street building that will add […]
London hospital’s COVID patient count plummets; local death rate spiking
New London Health Sciences Centre figures show the number of COVID-19 patients has dropped by one-third over the past week even as February’s local death toll continued to rise at a startling pace.
Police issue weapons warning and ask: Which one is the real gun?
Aylmer police are sounding the alarm on the dangers of replica handguns after finding one of the weapons during a traffic stop.