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London opioid-related deaths drop again as officials offer guarded optimism
Opioid-related emergency department visits, hospitalizations and deaths in London and Middlesex County have declined for a third straight year, just-released public health figures show. Dr. Alex Summers, the top doctor with the Middlesex-London health unit, detailed at a Wednesday press conference the agency’s 2025 opioid crisis report – which indicated those three metrics all declined […]
Woman arrested after Goderich church damaged
GODERICH – A 46-year-old woman of no fixed address was charged after police said a church on Goderich’s Victoria Street North was damaged. Huron OPP said they were contacted about damage to the church on Monday, Oct. 27. A woman was arrested and charged with mischief with a value less than $5,000 and failure to […]
Spinners and weavers celebrate 50 years of quiet ‘rebellion’
Guild members appreciate handmade crafts over factory produced textiles.
Vandalism closes Wingham walking bridge, OPP investigating
Huron County OPP is investigating vandalism that forced the closure of the Wingham trail walking bridge. On Nov. 18, police were called to the bridge, located west of Josephine Street, and found that sections of railing had been broken and cut, most likely by using power tools, according to an OPP news release. Police said […]
The history of taming the Great Black Swamp
This is an excerpt from the book “The Great Black Swamp: Toxic algae, toxic relationships, and the most interesting place in America that nobody’s ever heard of.” Available for purchase on November 11, 2025, by Belt Publishing.
“The Worst Road in America”
Disasters do not happen overnight.