Tag: Sunday
London Knights star’s ex-NHLer dad rips his world juniors critics: ‘Keyboard warriors’
Naturally, Radek Bonk felt bad for his son Oliver when Czechia eliminated Team Canada from last yearâs world junior hockey championships with 11.7 seconds left in the quarterfinal game.
Have snow, will ski: Boler Mountain opens for season
London’s ski season begins Thursday when Boler Mountain opens a week ahead of schedule. âWeâre excited, because last winter was dreary and rainy, but now the phones are ringing off the hook with the snow we had last week, so it’s great to see it,â Greg Strauss, a member of the non-profit’s management team, said […]
Fay Harshman remembered as caring and generous
Fay Ellen Harshman, a local entrepreneur and community benefactor, died Sunday in her home, surrounded by her family. She was 86. She was well known as the owner of multiple Tim Hortons franchises and as a member of the “Super Six” business group that purchased the then-Owen Sound Platers to prevent the OHL team from […]
Life’s a beach (soon) as sand arrives at London’s new indoor volleyball venue
Leagues are already filling up at Londonâs soon-to-open indoor beach volleyball facility, a six-court space thatâs moving sand in ahead of its January opening date.
Iconic hotel’s collapsed roof totally gone as owner vows to rebuild
BAYFIELD â A steady flow of onlookers watched on in sadness Tuesday as an excavator worked to remove the final pieces of the collapsed roof of a landmark hotel that’s been forced closed for the foreseeable future. Main Street in front of the 1840s-built Albion Hotel remained closed as a precaution while workers removed all […]
‘The Longest Night’ providing grief support at Christmas
It was the third Sunday in November. I had just got home from church and was changing my clothes when the phone rang. It was a nurse at the hospital in Chatham, Ont. She informed me that my dad had been brought into hospital and had died. This was sudden and unexpected. He was only […]
Two charged after London police seize gun, drugs, cash from wrong-way vehicle
Two men face charges after London police seized a loaded gun and drugs during a traffic stop. Officers conducted a traffic stop after spotting a vehicle travelling north in the southbound lanes of a construction zone near Wellington and Southdale roads shortly before 10 p.m. on Sunday, police said. Drug packaging was visible inside the […]
OHL Q+A: Teddy Bear Toss brawl, Beckett Sennecke dazzles, Martone vs. Shaefer
OHL reporter Ryan Pyette is taking questions about whatâs happening on the ice, in the general managersâ suites and in the league office throughout the season. Have a question? Put it in the comment section below or email us at lfpnewsletters@postmedia.com Q: Michael Misa got a one-game suspension for lofting a stuffed animal back into the […]
All you need to know about London’s 25-year transportation master plan
London’s suburbs over the next 25 years will be getting a bigger and better networks of roads, revived bus rapid transit, bike lanes, and sidewalks, according to newly released details of city hall’s 25-year master transportation plan. LFP’s Jack Moulton explains what’s on the table so far. WHAT’S THE PLAN? London’s master mobility plan, in […]
Driver dies in four-car crash south of Flesherton
One person died and another was airlifted to hospital following a four-vehicle collision south of Flesherton on Highway 10 Sunday afternoon. Emergency crews responded to a motor vehicle collision between Road 180 and Road 190 in Grey Highlands about 3 p.m. A 53-year-old driver from Toronto was pronounced dead at the scene and another driver was […]