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In Alice Munro’s hometown, a family secret exposed stuns fans and friends
Editor’s note: This story contains details of sexual abuse WINGHAM â A bombshell family secret revealed by Nobel laureate Alice Munro’s daughter has stunned the Huron County hometown that inspired many of her short stories, with one friend saying she was “shocked” by it. In a column in the Toronto Star, one of the late […]
Daughter of writer Alice Munro details dark Huron County family secret
Editor’s note: This story includes details of child sexual abuse A daughter of Nobel laureate author Alice Munro has written a first-person essay in The Toronto Star detailing sexual abuse by her stepfather at their Huron County home and her motherâs decision to side with her husband over her child. In the piece, published Sunday, […]
Hanover police chase down two suspects in separate incidents Friday
Hanover police ran down two suspects in separate incidents Friday night. According to a police media release, on Friday at 10:25 p.m., officers responded to a report of a male acting suspiciously along the chainlink fence of the Westario Transformer Station at 7th Avenue in Hanover. When officers arrived at the scene the suspect ran […]
Another day, another glitch at lengthy retrial of dog trainer
The judge at Boris Panovskiâs protracted first-degree murder retrial made the understated comment that much of what has happened over the past eight weeks is ânot usual.â
16-year-old charged with careless driving in deadly crash
A teen faces traffic charges, including careless driving causing death, after a crash that killed a 17-year-old last month, provincial police say. Â
Documentary planned on legendary London music venue Call the Office
Even before he was old enough to be allowed in, Londoner Sean Stanley says he was well aware Call the Office was the place to be if you loved rock music.
Western University calls for weekend end to dug-in campus protest
Two months into a dug-in encampment on its campus, Western University has given pro-Palestinian protesters what appears to be an ultimatum to clear out by the end of the weekend. In a statement posted online, Western president Alan Shepard said the encampment that’s been in place since May 8 falls “well outside” the bounds of […]
Q + A: Sunfest duo on festival’s milestone, magical moments
Sunfest is celebrating its 30th birthday this week
Funeral set for ‘pioneer’ who helped build London’s Muslim community
When Hanny Shousher arrived in London in 1949 as a 19-year-old from Lebanon, he spoke no English and there were two other Muslim families in the city. When he died at 94 on Saturday, he left behind two mosques and an Islamic association he helped build, and a community in the region of about 35,000 […]
This Ivey grad wanted ‘nice peaceful graduation day.’ It was anything but
For many university students, graduation is a moment years in the making, to celebrate the work they’ve put into getting their degree. For graduates from the Ivey business school at Western University, their special day was rearranged by hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters who forced a change to the schedule and confronted students and their families. […]