Tag: Local News
Knight flight! Airport-themed VIP suite debuts for new OHL season
There’s a new high-flying seating option for London Knights fans to watch their OHL team play on home ice. The London International Airport has launched the YXU Flight Deck, a Boeing 737 replica-style private section, at downtown’s Budweiser Gardens. Fans enter the VIP suite through an aircraft door into an interior that has room for […]
Local Muslim group gets $200K to support counselling program
London’s Muslim Resource Centre is getting money from the federal government to support its counselling program as the trial of the man accused of killing four members of a local family reignites memories of the horrific violence. Kamal Khera, Canada’s Minister of Diversity, Inclusion and Persons with Disabilities, revealed the local agency was receiving $202,131 […]
PHOTOS: A peek inside the Dream Lottery’s dream home
The fall edition of the Dream Lottery officially kicked off Thursday, boasting three grand prize options including a Byron dream home, $1 million cash or two tiny homes and $750,000 cash. The twice-yearly fundraiser for London’s hospitals –London Health Sciences Centre, Children’s Hospital and St. Joseph’s Health Care London – has raised more than $57 […]
Trades college and affordable housing tabbed for site of former high school in Meaford
Plans are in the works for Meaford’s former high school, as well as its neighbouring running track and green space. A Toronto-based not-for-profit is proposing to turn the site of Meaford’s former high school at St. Vincent Street into an engineering and trades college, while the municipality is setting aside funds and seeking the county’s […]
Lockdown at London hospital after death-threat suspect found inside: OPP
University Hospital went into lockdown Friday morning after a suspect who fled from police on Highway 401 was found inside it. Oxford and Middlesex OPP officers responded Thursday around 11:30 p.m. to the 401 after receiving a report of a person who had made threats against police, OPP Const. Jeff Hare said. Officers spotted the […]