Tag: London Free Press
Despite parental pushback, school year will begin again with PD day
More than 100,000 students in the London area will return to school a day later than in the past, a trend that started during the pandemic.
Sims: Why oh why does Petronella McNorgan still want to drive?
The readerâs email that landed in my inbox went right to the heart of whatâs bothering a lot of us about the Petronella McNorgan case. âBeing a woman of 74 years, I cannot imagine ever wanting to drive again after killing a child. I know I would never be able to forgive myself, whether guilty […]
Police probing threat to London Jewish Community Centre
London police are investigating after local institutions were caught up in nationwide threats to Jewish organizations Wednesday. More than 100 such bodies across Canada received the same threatening email that included threats of death and physical harm and indicated the goal was to cause âterror.â Rob Nagus, executive director of the London Jewish Community Centre […]
Drag queen story time protestor awaits judge’s decision in harassment trial
Bubba Pollock finds out next month if his confrontation with two men and their children at a drag queen story time will add to his criminal record.
‘I thought I was a goner’: Senior recounts being stabbed by stranger
Elizabeth (Betty) OâLoughlin thought she was going to die after a man knocked her to the ground and began stabbing her repeatedly.
Killer deserves dangerous-offender tag for ‘frenzied’ machete attack: Crown
The Crown wants to start the process that, if successful, could lead to a dangerous or longâterm offender designation for a London man convicted of manslaughter in the stabbing death of his boarding house neighbour.
Police raid two Indigenous-run London pot shops
Two Indigenous-run pot shops remained closed Wednesday after provincial police raided the unsanctioned businesses one day earlier.
Man killed in electric bike crash in downtown London
One person is dead following a crash involving an electric bike overnight in downtown London. Emergency crews were called around 12:30 a.m. Wednesday to single-vehicle crash on Horton Street near Wellington Road, where a man was taken to hospital and later died of his injuries, police said. Police havenât released the name of the deceased. […]
Sweet relief for overcrowded London school amid boards’ building boom
A nearly completed new addition will help ease enrolment pressures this fall at one of the largest and most crowded schools in the Thames Valley District school board. The project at Eagle Heights elementary school on Oxford Street in London was tendered to Bronnenco Construction Ltd. at the end of May 2023 and was expected […]