Smooth-skating local blue-liner opened eyes in unexpected OHL debut

SUDBURY – Will Bishop wasn’t always the same smooth skater who patrolled the Sudbury Wolves blueline in his first two OHL games recently. In fact, the up-and-coming rearguard from London would have listed his skating as a weakness during the early part of his minor hockey career. It took no small amount of effort before […]

COVID-19: London-area records highest one-day death count of pandemic

Local public-health officials recorded the biggest one-day COVID-19 death toll of the pandemic on Wednesday, with eight new fatalities including a triple-vaccinated man in his 40s. The Middlesex-London Health Unit says the eight deaths are not a data-dump, which has created statistic anomalies in the past. Per unofficial LFP records, this sets a new mark […]

Electric-vehicle charging stations added to local Hwy. 401 OnRoute stops

Two new fast-charging stations for electric vehicles officially opened in Southwestern Ontario Wednesday as part of the province’s plan to build a half-dozen of them along Highway 401. The rapid charging stations are now operating at ONroute service centres in Dutton, West Lorne, Cambridge, Odessa and Napanee, the provincial government announced Wednesday. Ontario’s energy minister […]