Tag: Authors
Cornies: Buyer beware, especially of online consumer ratings and reviews
We’d been married only two years when my spouse and I moved into a rented duplex that had a laundry room
Brews News: Beertown beverage curator shares four summer trends
Whatâs up with beer this summer?
Baranyai: World of difference between the woes of Joe Biden, Justin Trudeau
A recent spate of commentary is drawing parallels between Canadian rumblings for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to step aside as head of the Liberal Party, and calls for U.S. President Joe Biden to take himself off the Democratic ticket
London doctor’s ‘death to Israel’ post triggers backlash
A London doctor has sparked outrage over a social media post calling for âdeath to Israel,â with some pro-Israel supporters calling for her medical licence to be revoked. Dr. Nahla Al Sarraj, now in post-graduate psychiatry studies at Western Universityâs Schulich School of Medicine, in a video post on X spoke about the months-long conflict […]
Furniture store with catchy radio jingle ending four-decade run
His store’s radio jingle is probably embedded in your head to stay, but Randy Snow is folding up his London furniture business after a four-decade run. Snow, who founded The Table & Chair Co. with a partner in the fallout of the early 1980s recession, is packing it in â trading his sofas and sectionals […]
Dog breeder opts not to testify at first degree murder trial
ST. THOMAS â The once-high flying dog breeder Boris Panovski wonât be testifying at his first-degree murder retrial. âThe answer from Mr. Panovski is no,â defence lawyer Margaret Barnes told Superior Court Justice Marc Garson on Friday when asked if the 80-year-old Scarborough man, who has pleaded not guilty to first degree murder and attempted […]
Tenant pleads guilty to killing landlord in fight with hammer, knife
Ronald MacDonald insisted to the police that his landlord had left the city to visit his ailing father in Simcoe. But the truth was that Craig Jacobsâ body was still at the east London home, in the back of MacDonaldâs Ford-150 pickup truck, put there by MacDonald after he had stabbed him to death. London […]
Western University takes step toward cutting ties with author Alice Munro
Western University has paused the research chair named in honour of local Nobel laureate Alice Munro, perhaps the first tangible sign her legacy will be affected after her adult daughter revealed a dark family secret. The Alice Munro Chair in Creativity, established after the Huron County writer’s 2013 Nobel Prize win, was designed to “lead […]
‘Unlikely’ series of events sparked blast at pot production facility: CEO
A fire at a pot production plant east of London ignited a fuel source near the extraction area and caused an explosion, says the companyâs chief executive
Teen’s plea to boost safety at deadly intersection hits home
An inspiring presentation from a teenager who lives near a rural Oxford County intersection where crashes frequently occur â including two fatal collisions in two years â has influenced officials to improve traffic calming measures. Nathan Bean, 17, spoke Wednesday at an Oxford County council meeting on behalf of Zorra Township residents concerned about safety […]