Women

ack in the spring, Julia Tunks made the longest-standing record in Canadian track and field obsolete. This week in Ottawa, the 19-year-old London Western track and field club member will try to get back the national senior women’s discus title. Tunks threw a career-best 62.95 metres in April at Mullican Field in Ramona, Okla., to […]

A Free Press reader says Canadians are not "nasty and mean," but rather resilient and innovative.

London Health Sciences Centre has weathered a series of scandals and seismic shifts in its executive structure in recent years, from departures of high-ranking mainstays and a full reimagining of its relationship with another city hospital to the appointment of a provincial supervisor. Here’s a timeline of tumult in LHSC’s top ranks since November 2019. […]

London police have issued an arrest warrant for a Woodstock man in relation to multiple human trafficking-related charges involving a teenager.

A London researcher who focuses on poverty and homelessness and a celebrated harmonica player and composer from Sarnia are among 83 people appointed Monday to the Order of Canada. Gov. Gen. Mary Simon announced the appointments of Cheryl Forchuk and Mike Stevens for their contributions to the nation. “Forchuk is an esteemed nurse scientist at […]

Here are the London Public Library’s 10 most-requested holds heading into summer, featuring psychological suspense, heartfelt character dramas and real-life reckonings from today’s most compelling voices.

Following the presentation by the Bruce Botanical Food Gardens (BBFG) in April, the South Bruce branch of the Retired Women Teachers of Ontario/Organization des eneignantes retraitées de l’Ontario (RWTO/OERO) was inspired to make this the destination for their annual year-end picnic, June 19. Unfortunately, the chilly, rainy weather forced the ladies to hold the retirees’ […]

Not long ago, the city of London was a golden path to world and Olympic gold.

The London Devilettes are three-for-three in producing Professional Women’s Hockey League first-round draft picks.

Three teens are facing charges after an argument escalated into an assault and armed robbery of two people in London’s north end

A collection of news and notes from across the London-area sports scene

A Free Press reader says "people at city hall just can't leave the subject of a new city hall alone."