Author: Interlochen Public Radio

London to host Canada’s largest folk music industry gathering this fall

One of the biggest events in Canadian folk music is coming to London. Folk Music Ontario will hold its annual conference here Oct. 13-16, bringing the folk, roots and traditional music community together in person for the time since 2019. The conference offers professional development, showcases and networking opportunities for artists and music industry professionals […]

Armoured military vehicles set to train on local roads, army says

Don’t be alarmed if you spot armoured military vehicles on London-area roads over the next four days, the army says. Tactical Armoured Patrol Vehicles (TAPVs) will travel between Windsor and Barrie as part of a training exercise Thursday to Sunday, the Canadian Armed Forces said in a release Wednesday. The military presence isn’t related to […]

One-in-five city workers made $100K-plus in 2021, fewer than a year prior

The ranks of city workers with six-figure salaries shrank slightly last year. Just-released documents show 580 municipal employees, about 20 per cent of the workforce, will appear on Ontario’s so-called sunshine list when it’s published later this year. That’s down from 594 city staffers in 2020. The previous year, 498 made the list. Roughly 3,000 […]

Smooth-skating local blue-liner opened eyes in unexpected OHL debut

SUDBURY – Will Bishop wasn’t always the same smooth skater who patrolled the Sudbury Wolves blueline in his first two OHL games recently. In fact, the up-and-coming rearguard from London would have listed his skating as a weakness during the early part of his minor hockey career. It took no small amount of effort before […]

COVID-19: London-area records highest one-day death count of pandemic

Local public-health officials recorded the biggest one-day COVID-19 death toll of the pandemic on Wednesday, with eight new fatalities including a triple-vaccinated man in his 40s. The Middlesex-London Health Unit says the eight deaths are not a data-dump, which has created statistic anomalies in the past. Per unofficial LFP records, this sets a new mark […]