Grey-Bruce backpack program reaches ‘concerning milestone’

The United Way of Bruce-Grey’s backpack program has achieved a “concerning milestone” after it set a record for the most backpacks distributed in a year, and the number is expected to continue to keep climbing. As of Thursday afternoon, the United Way program had distributed 2,377 backpacks throughout Grey and Bruce counties, surpassing the program’s […]

Police search Lake Erie for missing Londoner

Provincial police are searching the waters off Port Stanley Friday morning for a Londoner reported missing after going for a swim in Lake Erie. Emergency crews responded to a marine incident in Port Stanley, a beach side town in Elgin County with a population of about 3,000, at about 3:48 p.m. Thursday, Elgin County OPP […]

PHOTOS: Here come the students!

Thousands of students are streaming into London, some for the first time, as the start of a new school year looms at Western University and Fanshawe College. Some of the more than 5,500 students staying at Western’s 11 residences have moved in but the bulk will do so over the Labour Day weekend, the school […]