London Free Press
An African group that makes its instruments and costumes from discarded materials and Indigenous performers from around the globe are part of a diverse lineup for this year’s Sunfest. Alfredo Caxaj, the festival’s artistic director and founder, and Mercedes Caxaj, co-artistic director and Alfredo’s daughter, announced the lineup Thursday at the London Brewing Co-operative. Nearly […]
London Free Press
The London-area health unit at the epicentre of a provincewide measles outbreak is reporting more than 100 new infections in a week for the first time since the outbreak began in October. Southwestern Public Health reported 104 new measles cases in Elgin and Oxford counties, Woodstock and St. Thomas since May 8 on Thursday. The […]
London Free Press
London politicians have killed a six-year effort to rename a west London street with slave-era connotations after soundly rejecting a double-pronged attempt to restart the process. During Tuesday’s city council meeting, politicians voted 9-6 both against renaming Plantation Road to Larch Road, and conducting more public engagement to consider a renaming. “The history of the […]