Tag: London Free Press
Residents relieved as politicians vote to keep operating rural trailer park
Residents of a municipally run seasonal trailer park are breathing a temporary sigh of relief after politicians in their rural Elgin County community voted to keep operating it â at least for now.
Thames Valley students will feel effects as more teaching jobs cut: Union
Thames Valley is eliminating the equivalent of 33 secondary teaching positions as it continues to wrestle with its mounting $16.5M deficit.
Volkswagen is shoring up suppliers for its St. Thomas electric vehicle battery plant, to operate under the PowerCo division, buying into a lithium mining company to feed the plant that will make elect
Raw material for lithium, mined in the James Bay area of Quebec, will start making its way to St. Thomas. Volkswagen is shoring up suppliers for its St. Thomas electric vehicle battery plant, to operate under the PowerCo division, buying into a lithium mining company to feed the plant that will make EV batteries, the […]
U.K. men who came to Southwestern Ontario for âcrime tourismâ deported
A Sarnia judge had a farewell message for a pair of U.K. men who, apparently unsuccessfully, tried scamming several local homeowners out of money with fraudulent cleaning and repair jobs while on a vacation in Canada. âGo home,â Justice Paul Kowalyshyn said Thursday in a Sarnia courtroom. âDonât let the door of the plane hit you […]
City council’s code of conduct: One politician, four probes in the past year
Here’s how city council’s code of conduct works, and who’s been in the spotlight.
Letters to the Editor: December 20, 2024
Teacher should be congratulated; Students should protest by reading
PHOTOS: Santa drops by (literally) for visit at Children’s Hospital
With a little help from VAS Inc. rope access technicians, Santa Claus (Jim Kelly of the FM96 London morning show) rappelled down the side of Children’s Hospital in London on Thursday to greet young children watching from the windows. Santa and crew hoped to raise $10,000 for the Children’s Health Foundation in the Jingle Bell […]
Blue-liner Cam Allen didn’t much like the London Knights. Then they traded for him
Cam Allenâs jaundiced view on the green and gold has changed in a hurry.Â
Thames Valley officials detail plans to name four new schools
The London-area’s largest school board is forging ahead with the naming of four new schools, striking a committee of trustees and administrators to select each one.
Land ho! Big machine’s long voyage to Southwestern Ontario finally reaches shore
An enormous shipment bound for an Elgin County tool and die company has finally arrived at a Lake Erie beach town after a three-month voyage that began more than 12,000 kilometres away.