Tag: London Free Press
London Transit driver reflects on 58-year career – with no at-fault crashes
After more than 58 years behind the wheel, 80-year-old London Transit driver Doug Gardiner has retired. In the process, he set a record for both London Transit and the Ontario Safety League for driving 52 years without a preventable crash. Reporter Jack Moulton spoke with Gardiner about his career and his first few months of […]
Next on city council’s cost-cutting agenda: Axing new bike lanes
As city hall seeks savings to meet Mayor Josh Morgan’s order to cut next year’s proposed tax hike, two politicians have their own idea: Delaying or cancelling bike lane projects. Ahead of Thursday’s meeting of the budget committee, councillors Susan Stevenson and Paul Van Meerbergen are proposing a motion to have city hall staff come […]
Judge blasts driver for police chase from Grand Bend to Windsor
SARNIA — A young Windsor man who led various police units throughout Southwestern Ontario on a wild high-speed chase from Grand Bend to his hometown last summer called it an extremely foolish mistake. “I’ve learned a very valuable lesson through all this,” Jakob Monforton said to a Sarnia judge as he was being fined $4,000 […]
Is it time for London to get its first new public high school in 50 years?
One plot of land, two different possible outcomes for northwest London: a new high school or more than 600 units of housing in multiple buildings. LFP reporter Jack Moulton takes a look at a pitch to help round out a subdivision near the city’s northern border. A SECONDARY SCHOOL? Developer Landea Developments Inc. has put […]
PHOTOS: Marking Victoria Day at Fanshawe Pioneer Village
Visitors took a step back in time on Monday as they celebrated Victoria Day at Fanshawe Pioneer Village in London. Photos by LFP’s Dale Carruthers dcarruthers@postmedia.com