Tag: Wortley Village
Letters to the Editor: December 18, 2024
Review your policies as disasters do happen
Snow daze: Unpacking a wild and woolly week in London
From a surge in snowblower sales to the city asking for help uncovering bagged leaves buried under snow, this week’s big lake-effect storms impacted London and the region in different ways. Here’s a roundup of what Environment Canada had to say about snow squalls that started Monday and returned a couple more times and how […]
Fire-hit Wortley Village building needs engineer’s assessment: City hall
A historic Wortley Village building appears to have dodged a date with a wrecking ball.
Four people sent to hospital, three cats rescued in London house fire
Four people were taken to hospital after fire struck a home near the intersection of Hamilton and Egerton roads east of downtown London on Wednesday morning.
Man, 41, charged after stolen vehicle flees from police in downtown London
A London man faces a raft of charges after police say an individual was seen driving dangerously downtown in a stolen vehicle with a fake licence plate.
Man, 75, charged with arson in $2M Wortley Village fire
Police have charged a 75-year-old man with arson following a middle-of-the-night fire that caused $2-million damage to a historic building in London’s Wortley Village neighbourhood.
Reader to Reader: November 30, 2024
This column is dedicated to the memory of Barb Dunbar, who was the visionary behind Reader to Reader, an initiative created to connect families and individuals socially.
Bah humbug! Police searching for Christmas decoration thief
St. Thomas police are looking for a local Grinch after a suspect stole holiday decorations from two homes this week.
Fire causes $1M damage to historic Wortley Village building
An overnight fire at a historic building in the heart of Wortley Village caused estimated $1-million damage. London firefighters responded around 12:30 a.m. Thursday to a structure fire at building on Wortley Road, north of Bruce Street, where crews used two aerial ladders to douse the stubborn blaze, fire department officials said. All of the […]
Pride London, at crossroads, seeks to move past internal turmoil
Pride London is gearing up for a critical vote on its future, months after an internal dispute over its mandate and focus threatened the organization itself. Members of Pride London are expected to elect new directors and vote on new governance rules for the embattled organization at its Nov. 21 annual general meeting, an attempt […]