Author: Great Lakes Commission
Freezing rain, heavy winds loom for London area: Environment Canada
Be careful out there, it’s slippery. Environment Canada has issued a freezing rain warning Wednesday morning for London, Parkhill and eastern Middlesex County. Expect as much as four millimetres of freezing rain and strong winds from the east that could gust up to 70 kilometres/hour throughout the morning. The freezing rain could lead to icy […]
London police use-of-force cases hit five-year high amid weapons spike
Cases of London police using force rose to a five-year high last year as officers encountered more suspects armed with guns and other weapons, new statistics show.
‘Unfortunate’: Troubled task force on rural education disbanded
Thames Valley school board trustees voted late Tuesday to dissolve a rural task force they accuse of straying outside its mandate’s boundaries in a leaked draft report and taking too long to complete a final version. The move came after Thames Valley staff said they would not be “scheduling, hosting or attending any future meeting” […]
London-area’s largest school board rules on urban-rural trustee power split
Trustees at the region’s largest school board have unanimously decided to stick with the status quo when it comes to the rural-urban breakdown of trustees. Since the merger of school boards almost 25 years ago in Elgin, Oxford and Middlesex counties and London, the rural-urban power on the Thames Valley District school board has been […]
Another delay in London bylaw to crack down on anti-abortion flyers
A long-debated bylaw to crack down on graphic anti-abortion flyers in London was sent back to the drawing board Tuesday as city council suggested new rules to regulate the controversial material. Instead of a bylaw prohibiting graphic flyers – with penalties of $350 for those who drop them door-to-door – council asked city staff to […]