Tag: Downtown London
Urban farm taking root to honour Nathan Deslippe’s legacy: ‘Wonderful’
When Mona Lam-Deslippe first started growing vegetables in tower gardens, she set up the operation in her the office of her downtown London condo.
Longtime London rink gets $3M green-energy overhaul
City and federal officials are pumping more than $3 million into green energy upgrades for Earl Nichols arena in south London, they announced on Thursday.
Man killed in electric bike crash in downtown London
One person is dead following a crash involving an electric bike overnight in downtown London. Emergency crews were called around 12:30 a.m. Wednesday to single-vehicle crash on Horton Street near Wellington Road, where a man was taken to hospital and later died of his injuries, police said. Police havenât released the name of the deceased. […]
PHOTOS: Every dog has its day at Pawlooza
Dogs of all shapes, sizes and breeds took over the Plunkett Estate in west London on Saturday for Pawlooza, one of the biggest dog festivals in North America. The volunteer-run event was expected to draw an estimated 15,000 people and 6,000 canines. All proceeds went to ARF Ontario, a non-profit that works with First Nations […]
‘Safe supply’ drug patient photo draws social-media fire, and his doctor’s defence
A social media post purporting to show a London safe supply patient selling drugs to teenagers is hardly telling the real story, says the doctor in charge of the program. The post contains unprovable allegations, is missing valuable information and is punishing an ordinary person trying to seek help for addiction, Dr. Dennis DiValentino said. […]
As interest rates rise, small-time landlords look to sell off homes
Higher interest rates that have kept first-time homebuyers from entering the local housing market have now started to force mom-and-pop investors in London to sell their properties as their mortgage costs go up.
PHOTOS: Midday music under the sun in downtown London
Tunes on the Patio was a free outdoor concert held at the RBC Place convention centre in downtown London over the noon hour on Tuesday
Man who survived shooting rampage speaks out from hospital bed
David Tokleyâs doctors were skeptical when he told then heâd be walking the next day.
In downtown’s roadwork maze, a bit of a relief and a new challenge
Londoners commuting through downtown will face a new headache starting this week, but another traffic snarl will likely end soon. According to city hall, York Street will be completely closed to through-traffic from just west of Clarence Street to Wellington Street beginning Tuesday through the rest of the year. Just the south sidewalk will remain […]
Two separate crashes, eight hurt within 24 hours in Elgin County
Two long weekend collisions in Elgin County sent eight people to hospital in less than a day, police say. in a series of social media posts Sunday evening and early Monday, Ontario Provincial Police in Elgin County warned first of an investigation into a collision Sunday between a vehicle and a motorcycle on Quaker Road […]