Tag: London
Top doctor reflects as London-area quietly records 500th COVID-linked death
Calling it a milestone to be “mourned and celebrated,” public-health officials have quietly marked the 500th London-area death linked to COVID-19 since its outbreak nearly three years ago.
Trial for man accused of killing Afzaal family moved to Windsor
The highly anticipated Superior Court trial of a man accused of running down and killing four members of a London Muslim family will be held in Windsor. A change of venue was ordered by Superior Court Justice Renee Pomerance during pre-trial motions last summer to move the jury trial of Nathaniel Veltman, 22, out of […]
Four Londoners charged after police dismantle online pot distribution network
Four Londoners and a Woodstock resident face charges after police say they busted an illegal cannabis distribution network in Southwestern Ontario, seizing nearly $1-million worth of pot products and other drugs.
We asked: Why are you on the CUPE picket line?
About 55,000 Ontario education workers, including about 5,000 in the London region, walked off the job Friday to back contract demands and protest a bill passed Thursday by the provincial government that imposed a new deal on them and banned a strike.
A life-saving kidney transplant. A $1-million thank you
A Southwestern Ontario man who received a kidney transplant has donated $1 million to the London hospital that performed the life-saving procedure.
Proposed rejig of federal ridings bad news for London-area voters: politicians
Time is running out to stop a proposal for large urban/rural federal ridings that would make representing voters difficult, two politicians from different parties warn. The deadline to sign up for public hearings on proposed federal riding changes is Saturday, and both politicians say they’re seeking more time from the federal commission proposing the changes. […]
What a federal riding rejig would mean for London, Middlesex County
The federal riding that presently includes Strathroy-Caradoc and much of western Middlesex County would be dramatically changed as proposed by a three-member federal commission.
London student draws TikTok mega-audience with ‘neurodivergent’ account
Olivia Lutfallah says she didn’t start her TikTok account with the intention of attracting a large following: She just wanted to explain some things about attention-deficit and hyperactivity disorder.
Wanted Bruce County men arrested in London
The Ontario Provincial Police successfully tracked down and arrested two wanted Bruce County residents in London with the help of the aviation services unit Monday night. Huron County OPP issued a wanted persons notice Monday at 5 p.m., alerting the public of their search for 21-year-old Pacey Feddes and 37-year-old Matthew Charlton. Police were actively […]
COVID milestone: London lifts 800-day virus emergency
After nearly 800 days, London city hall is lifting the state of emergency declared in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. London Mayor Ed Holder officially terminated the state of emergency Wednesday morning. It was originally declared March 20, 2020, in the wake of massive closures as the virus spread across the country. “The […]