Tag: Editorial
Italian eatery closing as U.S. tariffs curb customer spending: Owner
A beloved restaurant in southwest London’s Byron area is closing due to a “perfect storm” of U.S. tariffs and a need to downsize, its owner says. The upscale Italian eatery, Bocconcini, located at Boler Road and Southdale Road West, will be serving its last customers on April 27 after six years in business. “I’m trying […]
Irene Mathyssen, longtime former London MP, is battling colon cancer as her daughter Lindsay, running for re-election as London-Fanshawe MP, is in a tight race in the upcoming federal election.
The Mathyssen women are in the fight of their lives.
As council weighs homeless camp’s fate, resident wants to stay put
As London city council is set to weigh in on a proposal to clear one of the city’s largest homeless camps, people living there and residents who live on a nearby street are unsure about what could come next. A city council committee backed Ward 1 Coun. Hadleigh McAlister’s emergency motion to close the city-run […]
‘I could hear her screaming’: Man describes pulling partner from burning home
Nick Taylor says he was in the backyard of his east London home when he heard a loud “pop” and saw a bathroom window blow out.
Pope Francis: London-area Catholics mourn death, praise ‘true pastor, shepherd’
Pope Francis died on Easter Monday at the age of 88 at his home in Vatican City following a stroke that led to heart failure. He had been ill since February when he was diagnosed with double pneumonia. Since a portion of his lung was removed in his early 20s, he had suffered frequent respiratory […]