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Snowmobiler airlifted to hospital after Norwich Township crash
A snowmobiler was airlifted to hospital after a serious snowmobile crash in Norwich Township Sunday, Oxford OPP say. Police and emergency crews responded to a collision involving single snowmobile on a rural property on Potters Road at about 5:15 p.m. The lone snowmobiler was taken to hospital by Ornge air ambulance with non-life-threatening injuries, Oxford […]
SEASON PREVIEW: London Lightning are back in pared-down league
Tip-off is no start over. The London Lightning aim to make that clear. Sure, the National Basketball League of Canada has been whittled down to an all-Ontario, four-team loop for now, but the two-year wait for its 10th season shouldn’t have a first-time feel. “I wouldn’t say it’s starting from scratch,” Bolts head coach Doug […]
City hall digs into rate of serious crashes, and clear trend emerges
The rate of serious crashes in London plunged over the last decade, but the trend is still far from city hall’s goal of eliminating deaths on its roads. Data from London police and self-reported collisions show a drop of 57 per cent between 2010 and 2020 in the rate of crashes per 100,000 deemed serious, meaning […]
Truck convoy a ‘contributing factor’ in fatal crash along Hwy. 401: Police
Provincial police have identified the man killed in a Highway 401 crash last month in Chatham-Kent, a two-vehicle collision investigators say was “indirectly involved” with an anti-restriction convoy in the area. Chatham-Kent OPP responded to a crash in the eastbound lanes of the highway, just west of Bloomfield Road, shortly after 9:30 a.m. on Jan. […]
Five options for Family Day fun in and around London
If you’re looking for no-cost (or low-cost) ways to have fun on Family Day in London, Free Press reporter Dan Brown has these suggestions. Exercise your lungs Take a walk. Go for a hike. Enjoy cross-country skiing. The goal here is to do your body a favour by getting outdoors one more time as the […]