Great Lakes Commission
Smoke plumes visible in Metro Detroit likely emanated from a marsh fire across Lake St. Clair on Squirrel Island in Ontario, Canada. Read the full story by the Detroit News.
London Free Press
Attention, Woodstock shoppers. It’s a good time to check that old lottery ticket you bought.    Ontario’s lottery and gaming regulator is urging the winner of the May 4, 2024 Lotto 6/49 draw to come forward and claim their $5 million prize, with less than two weeks to go before the ticket expires.   The […]
Great Lakes Commission
Victory Cruise Lines is relaunching in April with Great Lakes and Canada cruises. Those include All 5 Great Lakes cruises, which visit Erie, Huron, Michigan, Ontario and Superior, sailing from […]
London Free Press
Ontario’s police watchdog has cleared an OPP tactical officer who fired a less-lethal weapon at a knife-wielding man during a standoff at a Seaforth home four months ago. Ontario Provincial Police were called on Dec. 20 around 3:30 p.m. to a domestic disturbance at a Seaforth home where a resident asked police to remove a […]
London Free Press
The London Food Bank is entering the all-important final weekend of its spring food drive, an annual campaign that’s coming amid relentless demand for assistance and trade war uncertainty.  Leading into the Easter weekend, food donations are up from the same point in the 2024 campaign, London Food Bank co-executive director Jane Roy said Thursday, […]
London Free Press
A Stratford street was a bloody mess on Wednesday afternoon after a transport truck carrying turkey carcasses spilled its contents onto the road, painting the pavement a creepy crimson. Stratford police said the truck was headed out of the city on Ontario Street and destined for a feed mill just after 4:30 p.m. when a […]
London Free Press
A 24-year-old faces charges, including impaired operation, after a boat capsized near a boat launch in Port Stanley, Ontario Provincial police say. The boat overturned near the launch on Carlow Road in the beachside community about 40 kilometres south of London at about 5 p.m. on April 13, Elgin OPP said. Police, paramedics and Central […]
London Free Press
Ontario’s police watchdog has cleared London police of wrongdoing in the death of a senior who jumped from the balcony of his apartment six days before Christmas. Two police officers were sent to an apartment building near Southdale Road and Pomeroy Lane in southwest London on Dec. 19 shortly after 1 p.m. to apprehend a […]
London Free Press
Candidates running in three London ridings in the federal election met with voters at an informal gathering Wednesday at Goodwill Industries on Horton Street. Organized by the London Chamber of Commerce and sponsored by the London St. Thomas Association of Realtors, the event also offered an opportunity for London’s business community to speak with candidates […]