Tag: Local News
Ontario invests over $2.6M in two London groups for trades training
This is a way to provide tools and training needed for in-demand skilled trades jobs, combating the effect of U.S. tariffs and economic uncertainty, Queen’s Park said.
Fall fair season kicking off in Kincardine, Huron-Kinloss
As the summer season comes to an end, fall fairs are starting to pop up around the region. The Kincardine Agricultural Society is hosting its 174th fall fair at Connaught Park on Labour Day weekend. Themed “Fields, Flannels, and Friends,” admission to the event is $5 per person with children aged five and below entering […]
$12M target: London city hall cashes in on Doug Ford’s housing push
Queen’s Park is giving London nearly $12 million for meeting its housing targets for last year, but acknowledges changes to the housing incentive program may be needed amid bleak construction forecasts. Premier Doug Ford and Elgin-Middlesex-London MPP Rob Flack, the province’s municipal affairs minister, announced the cash infusion atop city hall on Monday, awarding the […]
Firefighters battle late-night blaze at east London home
Firefighters battled a late-night blaze at a home in a residential neighbourhood in London’s east end. It was shortly before midnight on Sunday when London Fire Department officials announced on social media that crews were responding to a fire on Arcadia Crescent, which is located northwest of the intersection of Clarke Road and Gore Road. […]
Police renew call for help solving 1988 slaying of woman in her home
Monday marked the 37th anniversary of the still-unsolved stabbing death of Morag Davies, 45, who was attacked and killed in her own bedroom on Aug. 25, 1988. Sarnia police have renewed their call for the public’s help solving the case. This story on her family’s ongoing push for justice was first published in the Aug. […]