Tag: Strathroy
Housing starts in London region forecast to fall in 2025
The number of housing starts in the London region is expected to drop in 2025 as fewer apartment towers will get built next year, the head of the regionâs home builders association said Monday. Â
Snow hits parts of Southwestern Ontario as deep freeze descends
Cold and snowy weather returned to Southwestern Ontario on Thursday morning after a few days of warmer temperatures, prompting police to issue warnings amid low visibility and several crashes. As of early Thursday, London had mostly been spared from the worst conditions, but temperatures had plummeted compared to earlier this week â with the effects […]
Officials preach caution near rivers, creeks as heavy snowfall melts
Area conservation authorities are warning the public to be cautious around slippery riverbanks as a blast of above-zero weather melts snow dumped on the London region last week.  Environment Canada was calling for a high of 3 C and rain on Monday, followed by above-freezing temperatures through Wednesday before cooling off later in the week. […]
London-area adds 3,000 new jobs as employment trend stays positive
The London-area economy added close to 3,000 jobs in November, but the regionâs jobless rate still edged up last month as more people looked for work, Statistics Canada reported Friday. In total, the London area, which also takes in St. Thomas, Strathroy and portions of Elgin and Middlesex County, added 2,700 new positions, marking the […]
London-area housing market rebounds as realtors eye ‘steady, solid’ 2025
Londonâs housing market appears to be staging something of a comeback in the latter part of 2024 with both home sales and prices rebounding in November, the latest housing market snapshot shows.
Modest growth in London area home prices, sales in 2025: Forecast
London’s housing market is projected to pick up pace in 2025, but don’t expect a return to the craze of the pandemic years
Fires â one suspicious â disrupt classes at two London-area high schools
A fire Friday morning that forced hundreds of students and staff to be evacuated from a London-area high school is suspicious, police said.
You’ll never guess who’s playing hockey again in the London area
Rob Schremp is playing hockey again in the London area.
House arrest for driver in crash that killed cyclist: ‘Very frustrating’
Sonia Freiter has been forced to deal with life without her husband since his death three years ago while waiting for the criminal justice system to deal with the man who left him to die in a ditch.
Three hurt after small plane crashes, flips over amid landing attempt
Three people were injured after a small plane crash on a rural road south of Strathroy Saturday afternoon, provincial police said. Middlesex County OPP, paramedics and firefighters responded to a plane crash on Olde Drive, between Springfield Road and Melbourne Road, at about 4:45 p.m. Saturday, police said in a news release Sunday morning. Of […]