Tag: Local News
The Boy With Two Names: Our complete coverage
The London Free Press stories of the boy born to an Indigenous mother and Irish father are the stories of Canada, itself – of Indigenous families and white families and immigrant families, of identities lost and found, the opioid crisis and a challenged justice system and reconciling the conflicting dreams of a country.
‘Brady Bunch’ riders raise big bucks in memorial gesture
They called themselves the Brady Bunch. Together they rode in memory of Brady Caley in the Gran Fondo Lake Huron fundraising ride Sunday and this team raised the most money of any team – $38,152. “And it’s lovely, it is the most uplifting day,” said Sue Caley, who lost her 22-year-old son Brady in a […]
Neyaashiinigmiing returns to full, revitalized powwow after COVID
All stood for the Grand Entry into the arena at the 37th annual traditional powwow at Neyaashiinigmiing Sunday. The requested sign of respect helped to remind visitors that the powwow must be understood as an important and spiritual event, as well as a social one. Led by people carrying eagle staffs and colourful flags, dancers […]
One dead, two injured in rural crash north of London
One person was killed and two others seriously injured in a rural crash late Saturday north of London, provincial police say.
Ex-diplomat remembered as ‘fighter for ordinary people’
A Cold War era diplomat, Canada’s representative in southeast Asia, is being remembered as a fighter for the little guy who dedicated his life to the foreign service.