Category: Midwestern Ontario
Q+A: John Davidson on 30 years of Jesse’s Journey and the road ahead
John Davidson, 79, will walk from St. Thomas to London on Tuesday to mark the 30th anniversary of Jesse’s Journey, the 1995 effort when he pushed his 15-year-old son, Jesse, in a wheelchair across Ontario to raise money for Duchenne muscular dystrophy research. Jesse died in 2009 at age 29 but the campaign he inspired, […]
London’s military industrial sector may play a critical role in strengthening Canada’s renewed commitment to defence, as Prime Minister Mark Carney’s pledge to increase military spending by $9 billio
Canada’s aggressive new military rhetoric was on Monday welcomed by an analyst as well as workers at London’s General Dynamics Land Systems Canada plant. The city’s military industrial base may play a key role in Canada’s renewed commitment to national defence. Prime Minister Mark Carney’s pledge to boost military spending by $9 billion this fiscal year could […]
$4.8M funding boost for historic SoHo supportive housing project
A building in London’s SoHo neighbourhood that was built in 1921 and once housed Western University medical students is getting a new lease on life as highly supportive housing units, with the help of an anonymous donor who pledged $4.8 million in capital funding and up to $1.1 million in matching funding in support of […]
Motorcyclist critically injured in crash northwest of London
A motorcyclist was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries after a crash northwest of London Saturday morning, police say. Two riders were heading south on Vanneck Road when one lost control and crashed around 7:30 a.m. in Middlesex Centre, the Ontario Provincial Police said. Anyone with information about the crash is asked to contact Middlesex […]
Doula defrauder gets prison for breaching probation: ‘Egregious’
The now infamous doula-duper, Kaitlyn Braun, 26, was given the sentence she asked for after pleading guilty four months ago: she’ll serve the rest of a conditional sentence in jail and then be sent to prison for a three-year term. “The waiting has been difficult,” said Braun’s lawyer Alison MacDonald. “She just wants to be […]