Opioid settlements with companies like Purdue Pharma, Walmart, and Johnson & Johnson have led to headline-grabbing multibillion-dollar payouts. But most of the windfall is flowing to state and local governments, not directly to victims of the crisis.
One city politician wants answers as to whether city hall can recoup $1 million in lost property tax revenue from a London cricket processing plant now facing bankruptcy.
Salacious details can harm the dignity of victims and witnesses, as well as defendants who are later acquitted.
A collection of news and notes from the 2025 Memorial Cup in Rimouski, Quebec: HUNTER’S HORSE: Dale Hunter could hit a memorable Daily Double with his hockey-playing Knights at the Memorial Cup in Rimouski and his impressive standardbred horse Crack Shot racing in the Gold Leg of the Ontario Sires Stakes Saturday at Woodbine Mohawk […]
A London man is charged with manslaughter after the fatal drug overdose of a teenager, police say.
Brookside student Harlyn Madge, 7, died in April 2024, just one month after being diagnosed with a brain tumour.
In a matter of weeks, more than 250 knives have been seized at London Health Sciences Centre emergency departments.
It was refreshing to read council has voted against renaming Plantation Road Larch Road, and has agreed to use part of the surplus to reduce the projected tax increase for Londoners.
As city hall seeks savings to meet Mayor Josh Morgan’s order to cut next year’s proposed tax hike, two politicians have their own idea: Delaying or cancelling bike lane projects. Ahead of Thursday’s meeting of the budget committee, councillors Susan Stevenson and Paul Van Meerbergen are proposing a motion to have city hall staff come […]
It was the $5-million mystery that gripped people across Southwestern Ontario: Who bought the winning lottery ticket that nearly hit its one-year expiry date before being cashed in? The question appears to have a happy answer. But high-profile lottery mega-wins don’t always have such positive endings. LFP’s Brian Williams looks back on other fascinating Southwestern […]
London Free Press
The U.S. nuclear guarantee, the foundational doctrine of NATO’s deterrence strategy, was an article of faith for all members. Now it’s gone.