Busy big-box stores reopened after bomb threat: London police

Several big box stores at an east London mall were forced to close for hours Sunday amid a large police investigation into a late-morning bomb threat. There was a heavy police presence at Argyle Mall on Dundas Street, where police had cordoned off a large section of the parking lot and surrounded part of the […]

LFP Archives: The tragic death of a Southwestern Ontario Olympic star

Chatham figure skater Sandra Tewkesbury was just 18 when she competed in the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, California. She finished 10th in women’s singles at the Games. With a bronze from Canada’s national championships to her name, she then retired from competitive skating – and took on a part-time coaching job with the […]

Spitfires pounce on suddenly skidding London Knights for 5-2 win

The London Knights are starting to leak at the back end. London followed up a gritty shorthanded win over Saginaw Wednesday by allowing a combined 11 goals in back-to-back losses to Kitchener and Windsor, the latter a 5-2 defeat to the Spitfires before 500 Saturday at WFCU Centre. “We’re getting ourselves behind the eight ball,” […]