Tag: London Free Press
It’s time for London to tune up its bona fides as a music city. But how?
The numbers didn’t add up for Graham Henderson. Toronto had four million people and a music economy of $500 million a year. Austin, Texas had a fifth of the people, 800,000, and three times the music economy, $1.5 billion a year. As president of Music Canada at the time, Henderson set out to figure out […]
PHOTOS: All aboard the Port Stanley Terminal Rail
It’s full steam ahead for the Port Stanley Terminal Rail, an old-style train that’s offering scenic trips out of the Lake Erie village. It opened for its 41st season this weekend and LFP photojournalist Derek Ruttan was there. druttan@postmedia.com
Neighbour details concerns over property at centre of shooting probe
A London home at the centre of a shooting investigation has been targeted by bylaw enforcement in the past, city hall officials say. A heavy police presence descended on a house on Adelaide Street, south of Oxford Street, last Monday around 7:30 a.m. after a shooting victim showed up in hospital two hours earlier. Investigator […]
London Knights GM Mark Hunter looks ahead to OHL finals: ‘Heavy lifting’
There is still heavy lifting in store to get back to the Memorial Cup.
Net gain: Austin Elliott’s path from waiver wire to London Knights backbone
Back in the fall, Austin Elliott was waived through the entire Western Hockey League. On Wednesday, the London goaltender heard his name being chanted at the Kitchener Memorial Auditorium after the Knights booked their third straight trip to the OHL final. “It was (amazing),” the 20-year-old from Strathmore, Alta., said. “To have that many of […]