Tag: Southwestern Ontario
Officials issue warning over air quality in Elgin, Oxford counties
After far-off wildfires drove air quality in the region into high-risk territory last week, a Southwestern Ontario health unit has extended a special air quality statement.
75 years – and beyond: London lovebirds’ marriage still going strong
Two London lovebirds, ages 99 and 98, are reflecting on a marriage that has now lasted more than three-quarters of a century.
Q+A: John Davidson on 30 years of Jesse’s Journey and the road ahead
John Davidson, 79, will walk from St. Thomas to London on Tuesday to mark the 30th anniversary of Jesse’s Journey, the 1995 effort when he pushed his 15-year-old son, Jesse, in a wheelchair across Ontario to raise money for Duchenne muscular dystrophy research. Jesse died in 2009 at age 29 but the campaign he inspired, […]
FlixBus launching London-to-Niagara Falls route for summer
Londoners planning a summer staycation can skip the Toronto transfer and head straight to Niagara Falls for a hassle-free weekend getaway.
‘Local’ before trade war, London brand thriving at 10-year mark
Trends, fads, time – like all apparel companies, London-based Illbury + Goose has endured its share of the familiar tests in a notoriously fickle industry. To that you can add a pandemic that left many merchants, including small clothing retailers, scrambling to reinvent their business, and – now – a U.S-triggered trade war that’s slapped […]