London police responded faster to calls last year after five years of steady increases the chief called “totally unacceptable,” new figures show.
As we head into the Victoria Day long weekend, here's a look at the weather forecast and planned city festivities.
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In April, Bellaire resident Ping He-Pridemore became one of America’s newest citizens. Originally from China, she decided to stay in the U.S. after she fell in love with her husband and the country.
On Thursday, the Oshawa Generals achieved a rare feat. They beat the London Knights at home in a playoff game. That doesn’t happen with much regularity. In fact, it has only occurred three times in the past 27 post-season contests held at the construction-filled building now called Canada Life Place. The Knights lost Game 2 […]
As measles cases continue to rise, the London-area health unit urges parents to seek early vaccination for children under the age of five
LFP sportswriter Ryan Pyette is breaking down the OHL Western Conference final series between the London Knights and the Kitchener Rangers. Here are five things to follow: Rest or rust? The Knights had a big layoff between the Owen Sound sweep and the start of the Erie series. It took London a half-game or so […]
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Minnesota and Wisconsin are bitter rivals at just about everything. So in 2019, when Wisconsin’s secretary of tourism claimed Wisconsin had more lakes than Minnesota, the embers of an age-old debate were stoked. Minnesota is known as the “Land of 10,000 Lakes”, but does Wisconsin really have more?
Joanne M. Pierce, College of the Holy Cross The 88-year-old pontiff had been well aware of his fragile state and advanced age. As early as 2015, Pope Francis had expressed the desire to be buried in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, a fifth-century church in Rome dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary. He was […]
A heated discussion about the future of a homeless encampment near downtown London caused politicians to evacuate chambers and a woman to be barred from city hall.
A teenager faces charges after a suspect in a beer theft assaulted a St. Thomas police officer, police say. Police were called on Wednesday at about 8:30 p.m. to a convenience store, where an individual took two cases of beer without paying, St. Thomas police said on Thursday. The suspect was located a short distance […]
London police were investigating a shooting that left a man with serious injuries. Officers were notified a man had arrived at a local hospital with a serious but non-life-threatening gunshot wound shortly after 8:30 a.m. on Saturday. The investigation is in its early stages, police say, and investigators are asking anyone who may have information […]