Tag: London
Letters to the Editor: May 20, 2023
Zoo enjoyable
Mayors get elbows up before puck drops on Highway 402 series
To heck with the friendly Knights-Sting token wager between cities for the upcoming Ontario Hockey League Western Conference playoff championship.
Hundreds of UFO sightings in Southwestern Ontario since the late 1980s
For decades, people have reported seeing UFOs of all shapes and sizes in the skies over Southwestern Ontario.
St. Thomas to push for transit links with London at provincial conference
Municipal leaders in St. Thomas will push for better transit connections between their city and London at an upcoming gathering of rural politicians from across Ontario. St. Thomas Mayor Joe Preston, Coun. Gary Clarke and city manager Sandra Datars Bere will also call on the Ontario government to support housing and changes to Canada’s bail […]
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. […]