Tag: Local News
Western University power plant operators strike, block city buses from campus
Western University’s operating engineers hit the picket line Thursday morning, striking for what they consider fair wages amidst a staffing shortage, their union says.
A defaced rainbow crosswalk, a painful question: Will it continue?
When Wortley Pride founder Kathy Bell woke up last week to emails and messages that the community’s rainbow crosswalk had been vandalized, she was angry.
LIVE: Nathaniel Veltman murder trial, Day 17
Follow the live blog below for up-to-the-minute coverage from the murder trial of Nathaniel Veltman, charged with killing four members of the Afzaal family in London The jury returns to the Windsor courtroom on Thursday following a week-long break in evidence. The Crown has closed its case after calling 19 witnesses. To read our coverage […]
5 things to know about Folk Music Ontario’s big London party
In a city with growing music heft, one that’s held the Juno Awards and the Canadian Country Music Awards, Ontario’s folk music industry touches down Thursday for a four-day conference and awards show in London. Reporter Beatriz Baleeiro runs the 101 on the event. WHO ARE THE STARS? Many people have no trouble rattling off […]
Former hotel becomes supportive-housing lifeline for two dozen residents
Two dozen Londoners with years of living homeless will begin moving Thursday into a novel 25-unit affordable housing building that offers much more than nice rooms.