More than 250,000 London and area voters cast ballots at advance polls ahead of Monday’s federal election, reflecting a trend that saw high turnout across the country. The advance polls for the federal campaign, held during the Easter long weekend, saw a 25 per cent increase in participation nationally and turnout also was strong across […]
Here’s your primer on the five London-area races and ridings and the contests in the wider five-riding region for Monday’s federal election. LONDON CENTRE The riding: It’s sort of a new kid on the block this time with a new name — it had been London-North-Centre — and new boundaries that leave out the northernmost […]
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 […]
We're still neighbours with the U.S., but trust, respect and friendships are in peril
Two people face charges following a Woodstock crash involving two drivers who were racing, police say. Emergency crews were called Sunday around 2:37 a.m. to a crash at the intersection of Springbank and Cree avenues, where investigators determined two vehicles appeared to be racing when they approached a bend in the road and collided with […]
One person is dead following a collision between a train and a vehicle just outside of Tillsonburg.
The provincial political landscape in the 10-riding London region looks exactly the same as it did before – an orange island in a blue ocean
Here's what you need to know as Election Day dawns across the 10-riding London region
With the nomination deadline over, and the contests now set, Jennifer Bieman breaks down the ridings and who's running in the London region.
London-area candidate vacancies early in the provincial election campaign are a sign of bigger picture political dynamics and are unlikely to hurt parties’ chances, political watchers say. Just three of the 10 London-area ridings have a full slate of candidates from the four major parties – Progressive Conservative, Liberal, New Democrat and Green – more […]
A retail business in Exeter is out almost $10,000 after an employee fell for a Bitcoin scam, Huron OPP said. The employee of the business that wasn’t identified by police received a text message on their phone that appeared to be from their supervisor, police said Thursday. The message instructed the employee to collect all […]