A new concert event is on the horizon for London, to be held on the tarmac at London International Airport as organizers promise it will be the largest musical event in the city’s history.
The numbers didn’t add up for Graham Henderson. Toronto had four million people and a music economy of $500 million a year. Austin, Texas had a fifth of the people, 800,000, and three times the music economy, $1.5 billion a year. As president of Music Canada at the time, Henderson set out to figure out […]
A 35-storey residential tower could soon rise above a key intersection at the northern edge of downtown London in a spot that a trendy retailer vacated roughly one year ago. A Toronto developer is proposing a 512-unit tower with ground-level commercial space, 77 underground parking spaces, and 270 bike parking spaces at the southwest corner […]
Wands casting fire. A spell that lights it up like a flashlight. A staircase that dances on its own.
U.S.-Canada trade tensions led to a steep drop in Canadians heading south last month – a trend that, if it continues, could help boost the London region’s tourism sector, an industry watcher says. Some 1.5 million Canadians made return trips to the U.S. by car in March, a 31.9 per cent drop from the same […]
London's latest mega-development is in motion. And believe it or not, this one's not in the city's booming northwest.
One was an old factory, the other an overlooked area downtown. Both are now go-tos. This is Part Five of Postmedia's How Canada Wins series.
The acclaimed Broadway musical Waitress is making its debut at the Grand Theatre in London before heading to Hamilton’s Theatre Aquarious.
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A veteran stand-up comedian who’s shared the stage with the Beach Boys and John Candy is back in London this weekend – nearly 50 years after he first performed at his high school here. Glen Foster was a new kid at Sir Frederick Banting secondary school, having moved here from Cambridge, when he decided to […]
The loss of Hudson’s Bay stores at London’s two landmark shopping malls will leave massive holes in the city’s retail space that won’t be easy to fill, experts say. But look for a diverse mix from office to entertainment, culture and community, and even some smaller retail offerings to fill the void, they agree, as […]