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Trail system at Sifton Bog expands as developers sell land
The London regionâs conservation authority bought a parcel of land beside the Sifton Bog from two local developers.
What’s behind the surge of new Indian restaurants in London?
Move over, butter chicken: A wave of new Indian restaurants in London has hugely expanded the dishes you can sample from the subcontinent.
Strathroy council rejects proposed flag ban that irked LGBTQ group
STRATHROY â Politicians here overwhelmingly rejected restrictions proposed by a town council colleague that would have banned non-government flags on municipally owned land, a possibility that rankled LGBTQ community members. In an 8-1 vote Monday night, politicians turfed Coun. Brian Derbyshire’s bid to allow only municipal, provincial and federal flags on flagpoles on municipal properties, […]
Reader to Reader: November 2, 2024
Readers are thankful for great care and faster service at London’s hospitals
Health officials make youth vaccine plea amid local measles, mumps cases
Health officials in Elgin and Oxford counties are urging parents to keep their kidsâ vaccinations up-to-date after a local measles case and cluster of mumps cases.Â
Police seize $200K in stolen vehicles, parts in Southwestern Ontario raid
A 48-year-old Norfolk County man faces charges Ontario Provincial Police say they seized $200,000 worth of stolen property, including several vehicles. Officers in the OPP Norfolk County detachment’s auto theft ring, working with the Haldimand/Norfolk OPP street crime unit, raided a property on Windham Road 13 just after 7 a.m. on Oct. 25, police say. […]
What we know about retirement home that is suddenly closing
All we know and donât know about the abrupt closing of small Norwich retirement home amid a police fraud investigation.
Man charged after gun fired inside east London building
A London man faces a slew of weapons-related charges after a resident reported hearing a gunshot in a building in the cityâs east end.
A lesson in pressure: School boards race to keep up with population growth
There’s no end in sight to a population boom in the London-area that has strained the housing and rental markets and challenged local school boards, both now racing to build new schools. New projections show London and surrounding Middlesex County will add the equivalent to a city the size of Windsor in population growth during […]
Nursing home set to abruptly close, forcing out residents: ‘Nowhere to go’
A Southwestern Ontario retirement home where police say some residents were victims of fraud has announced it’s closing its doors in two weeks, leaving its residents’ futures uncertain. Miranda Guitardâs husbandâs elderly grandmother is a resident at Trillium Norwich Retirement Home in Norwich, south of Woodstock. She received an email Saturday afternoon from staff alerting […]