Category: Midwestern Ontario
A small town, a major blaze and a commitment to rebuild
DUTTON – One year after after a car dealership in the heart of this small community was destroyed by the biggest fire here in a generation, the co-owner says the rebuilding business will be back “better than before.” On July 30, 2025, Cotrac Ford Lincoln on Currie Road in Dutton was engulfed in flames that […]
Make it 70 years (and counting) for landmark London diner: ‘A meeting place’
Richies Family Restaurant in north London is set to celebrate its 70th anniversary Monday, a rare milestone in an industry in which independent businesses are fortunate to last a few years, much less seven decades. Since opening in 1956, the landmark diner at Richmond Street and Fanshawe Park Road has welcomed generations of Londoners into […]
Londoner tests skill in Starbucks barista battle (yes, there is such a thing)
Ten drinks in 10 minutes, with no room for a sloppy pour. London barista Allen Rho took on that challenge at the recent eastern Canadian regional round of the 2026 Starbucks North America Barista Championship, where the pressure of a morning coffee rush became a judged competition. Rho represented Southwestern Ontario at the Etobicoke event […]
Tornado researchers offer new details on storm that lashed beach town
A “microburst” – not a tornado – was the cause of damage during a wild storm in the beach community of Bayfield earlier this month, local researchers say. The Northern Tornadoes Project at Western University has released the findings of its look into the July 3 storm that lashed Bayfield – located about an hour’s […]
Driver, 21, dead after rural crash: Ontario Provincial Police
One person is dead and three others were taken to hospital with minor injuries following a collision between two vehicles in a rural area east of London on Saturday morning, police say. It was about 9:45 a.m. on Saturday when Ontario Provincial Police say officers were called, along with paramedics and firefighters, to a crash […]