Category: Midwestern Ontario
Kids rejoice as long-sought new playground opens at London school
On a Friday at an east London elementary school, dozens of pupils have one thing on their minds and they’re not shy about it. “Cut it, cut it, cut it!,” chant dozens of pupils at Ealing public school at 840 Hamilton Rd. as they tug on a red ribbon. Before the ribbon drops, the pupils […]
PHOTOS: Riding high at the Alvinston Pro Rodeo
The seventh annual Alvinston Pro Rodeo was run this weekend by the Brooke-Alvinston Agricultural Society in the rural community located between London and Sarnia. Photos by LFP’s Geoff Robins grobins@postmedia.com
OHL draft: London Knights reflect on 16 picks, including two local players
The first in-person Ontario Hockey League draft in 26 years was a boon for London and the Knights. The Hunters added 16 new prospects in Kingston on the same weekend that Dale Hunter’s horse Crack Shot won a big race at the $1-million Pepsi North America Cup Saturday at Woodbine Mohawk Park. The Danny Syvret-coached […]
‘So scared’: Witness to London mall crash surfaces in collision video
The mall security footage marks 7:39 a.m. on Friday, when a blue SUV is seen moving along the edge of the nearly empty parking lot behind London’s Sherwood Forest Mall, then turning to face the building. After a few seconds idling, the vehicle, seen in a video now widely circulating on social media, accelerates and […]
Dyer: Solar storm damage could be mitigated
When massive solar storms smash into Earth’s magnetic field, they deliver energy and charged particles that scramble satellite electronics