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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.
Lucknow volunteer working to restore hundreds of local headstones
A local woman’s passion for preservation has led to the restoration of 271 headstones — and counting — at South Kinloss Cemetery in Lucknow. “A lot of these were pioneer children. They died here and then their parents picked up and moved on, so there’s no one left for them,” explained Cherie Brogreen. “I […]
Another wintry wallop slams London region as buses nixed, schools closed
With snow flurries continuing in London Tuesday morning, school buses were cancelled and several schools shut down across the city and region. There was a risk of snow squalls in the city and area with five centimetres of snow expected and wind gusting to 20 kilometres/hour near noon, Environment Canada officials warned. The high Tuesday […]
Brews News: New brewery drops anchor in Port Stanley
Amid the closures of small craft breweries and mergers of others, there’s a Christmas miracle in a Hallmark town.
Rural politicians relieved over $77M funding to cover spiking police costs
Queen’s Park is doling out $77-million to help ease the sticker shock in municipalities provincewide that are facing big increases in the cost to have Ontario Provincial Police patrol their communities.
Small towns brace for big jump in police costs: ‘Nothing you can do’
After abrupt increases to the Ontario Provincial Police budgets, area communities are among Ontario municipalities forced to rethink their 2025 spending plans. Hereâs a look at how some governments in the region are affected by jacked-up police costs. ZORRA TOWNSHIP Prior to the OPP announcement it was raising costs to municipalities it serves, Mayor Marcus […]
Two sent to London hospital, damage pegged at $500K after farmhouse blaze
ELIMVILLE â Two occupants of an Elimville home destroyed by fire late escaped out a second-storey window, South Huronâs fire chief said. Both were taken to hospital in London with injuries not considered life-threatening, Chief Jeremy Becker added. No one else was in the home when the fire broke out, he said. The South Huron […]
Across Southwestern Ontario, smaller communities creak under rapid growth
The province estimates Southwestern Ontario’s population will jump more than 40 per cent to 2.6 million people by 2051. London and Middlesex County are expected to lead the way, growing by 56.7 per cent to about 880,000 people over the next 25 years, with nearby Oxford County close behind at 51.9 per cent. But rapid […]
Stacked townhouses, higher buildings in, single-family homes out: Mayor
London’s skyline could see dramatic changes both in the city’s busiest districts and its neighbourhoods as city councillors approved sweeping changes to the city’s master planning document. The 13-1 vote at Tuesday’s city council meeting opens the door to 45-storey apartment towers downtown and four-storey stacked townhouses on neighbourhood “connector” streets, a designation the city […]
Next election tops agenda as Ontario Liberals gather in London
Election readiness was top of mind as Ontario Liberals flocked to their annual general meeting in London this weekend, with the possibility Ontarians could be sent to the polls as early as the new year.  More than 1,000 Liberal party members and supporters from across Ontario descended on RBC Place starting on Friday for the […]