London region ERs have closed 77 times this year: Report
Rural and small-town hospital emergency rooms in Southwestern Ontario have been closed at least 77 times so far this year, a new report by a provincial health advocacy group says.
Author: The London Free Press
‘Five-alarm fire’: Record demand at London Food Bank
The London Food Bank has once again surpassed its monthly record, as its biggest food drive of the year gets underway.
Six youths arrested, Woodstock high school searched for weapons
A report of a youth with a suspected firearm near a Woodstock high school on Tuesday led to a lockdown of the school and the arrest of six youths, Woodstock police said.
Nearly 70 victim statements expected at Nathaniel Veltman sentencing
An “unprecedented” number of victim impact statements – 68 of them – are expected to be filed at the sentencing hearing for a white nationalist who murdered four members of a London Muslim family.
London man, 43, charged after child-luring sting: Police
A 43-year old London man is facing three charges, including two counts of possession of child pornography and luring, following a Waterloo Regional Police investigation.
Teen charged in London taxi carjacking that preceded police shooting
An 18-year-old is charged following an investigation into the arrest of a suspect who survived police gunfire while fleeing from a cab stolen in London. Elgin OPP and area police were alerted around 3 a.m. on Nov. 29 about a vehicle that had been stolen in London. Officers spotted the vehicle an hour later heading […]
Teen charged in taxi carjacking that preceded police shooting
A teenager faces charges in the carjacking last week of a London taxi that ended up in Aylmer, where an OPP officer fired her gun while trying to arrest a suspect fleeing from the vehicle.
At London’s Labatt brewery, officials mark one million cans (of water, not beer)
London’s Labatt brewery has just passed the one-million-can production mark – not of beer, but of water packaged to aid communities facing emergencies, disasters and spikes in need. Labatt’s Canadian disaster relief program, created to provide safe drinking water to help communities nationwide, recently donated more than 24,000 cans from London to food banks in […]
A comically out-of-reach pedestrian button, explained
Even for city hall critics, this is a stretch.
PHOTOS: High school girls volleyball, Medway vs Laurier
Medway and Laurier went to five sets when the two TVRA Central girls volleyball teams played Monday at Laurier. Medway came back from being down 2-1 to win the match, taking the final set 15-10 to earn their first win of the season. Photos by Derek Ruttan druttan@postmedia.com
Politicians shake off neighbour pushback, OK four-storey apartment building
A developer has gotten the initial OK from municipal politicians for a four-storey apartment building despite concerns over the traffic it will generate and a pedestrian pathway proposed by city hall. Monday, members of council’s planning committee voted unanimously to endorse a 39-unit apartment complex proposed by Willow Bridge Homes Ltd. at 488-492 Pond Mills […]
Councillors seek ban on displaying images of fetuses on London streets
Two councillors are pushing for a bylaw amendment to ban graphic anti-abortion images from display on London streets, building off a city hall crackdown targeting flyers last year.
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