Tag: Western
Farhi bid to move city hall to heart of downtown dismissed
A last-ditch effort to get London city council to consider moving city hall to Dundas and Richmond streets fell flat Tuesday, but not without plenty of discussion. An effort by councillors Peter Cuddy and Susan Stevenson to delay to September consideration of city hall’s plan to redevelop its present home at 300 Dufferin Ave., the […]
Man, teens accused in separate London homicides appear in court
The three people accused in two unrelated weekend homicides in London made brief court appearances Tuesday and will remain in custody while they secure legal representation.
Olympic berth on the line this weekend for 17-year-old Julia Tunks
Julia Tunks has some added motivation heading into the Canadian track and field championships at Montreal this week.
Task force eyed to set city councillor pay for ‘full time task’
Several familiar city hall arguments resurfaced during a Monday committee meeting, and politicians are seeking to resolve them in a review of their pay. Alongside voting to cut their own expense limit by 10 per cent, councillors revisited the part-time versus full-time council debate, and whether they should be paid more for the committees and […]
Gateway welcomes Western medical students
GODERICH – The Gateway Centre of Excellence in Rural Health (CERH) welcomed four students from Western University’s Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry on May 29. The day was part of a week-long visit the medical students spent in rural areas to tour the local hospital and explore rural medicine. At Gateway CERH’s office, this […]
Neighbours stunned by woman’s slaying, decry violence in public housing
Neighbours at a London public housing apartment building are expressing grief over the death of a 62-year-old woman in what police say was the city’s third homicide of the year.
Man charged with second-degree murder in 62-year-old woman’s death
A 44-year-old man is charged with second-degree murder in London’s third homicide of 2024 â one of two to occur this weekend. London police have said it was about midnight on Friday when officers were called to an apartment building near the Wharncliffe-Western roads intersection following reports of a medical emergency. Police say officers found […]
Vigil held for London teen killed two days after high school graduation
More than a dozen people held a vigil Saturday night to mourn an 18-year-old Londoner who graduated high school only two days before being killed, with grieving friends remembering him as a friendly and energetic young man. Abdul Hashim, known to his friends as âZeko,â died Friday night after he was stabbed in the parking […]
Paulgaard: Local stories, told with integrity, should matter to us all
In small town Alberta where I grew up, it was common to see headlines such as The case of the cow in the second-storey window and Coyote captured in town in the local paper.
Police probe shuts down major London intersection after pedestrian struck
London police have launched an investigation after a pedestrian was struck by a vehicle near Victoria Hospital on Saturday afternoon. The collision happened at the intersection of Wellington and Commissioners roads shortly after 3 p.m., police said. A man was taken to hospital following the collision but the extent of his injuries was unknown Saturday, […]