Category: London Free Press
First talks in three-week strike at defence supplier fruitless: Union
Talks between the union representing workers at an Ingersoll-based defence industry supplier and the company made little progress in ending a strike now in its fourth week, a union leader says.
Charges laid in hit-and-run crash that killed 34-year-old woman
St. Thomas police named a 34-year-old woman as the victim of a recent late-night hit-and-run crash as they detailed newly laid criminal charges in the case.
London doctors test new transplant technique in Canadian first
A team of London doctors have delivered a Canadian medical first, using a new transplant technique that may save more lives and increase the number of viable available to other patients.
Dream Lottery winners left stunned by windfalls: ‘Wow’
Londoner Michael Denman on Thursday became the lucky winner of the grand prize of the Dream Lottery in support of London hospitals
London mouth artist named to Order of Canada
Renowned London mouth artist Theresa Helen (Susie) Matthias was named to the Order of Canada on Thursday, among the federal government’s highest honours.
Jett Luchanko following fellow Londoner Nick Suzuki’s path to NHL draft
Jett Luchankoâs connections to fellow Londoner Nick Suzuki keep growing.
London Knights’ Sam Dickinson on NHL draft: ‘I’m the best defenceman’ available
There are a lot of great defencemen available in the National Hockey League draft starting Friday in Vegas.
Union blames province as London-area Children’s Aid Society cuts jobs
The London-area child welfare agency is cutting jobs and overhauling some services in the face of a “significant” budget shortfall that its union blames on inadequate provincial funding. Nineteen unionized and four management jobs are affected by the shake-up, said the Children’s Aid Society of London and Middlesex. Its executive director said spending cuts alone, […]
‘Beyond bizarre’: Liberal MP rips Tory attack on London doctor
The federal Conservatives’ attack on a London doctor and a drug harm-reduction program are “inappropriate and unacceptable,” a city Liberal MP says.