Plans

A London restaurateur has opened what she says will be the city’s first zero-food-waste eatery. After two years of planning, designing and building, Jess Jazey-Spoelstra officially opened the doors to Los Olivos on Tuesday following a soft launch during the weekend. “This was my baby,” said Jazey-Spoelstra, who opened Bear and Frankie’s at Covent Garden […]

During construction of its signature downtown Cornerstone building in 2011, Youth Opportunities Unlimited (YOU) faced sudden criticism of the ambitious and taxpayer-funded project. Some council members and city officials complained about a $2.2-million overrun and delay, because of what they called “luxury features” in the renovation of a historic building at York and Richmond streets. […]

Thirteen school trips to the U.S. approved by the Thames Valley District school board! Who sits on this board?

Alex Campeau was the tallest player selected in the first round of the Ontario Hockey League draft. But the 6-foot-4 centre from Cornwall, who was London’s 23rd-overall pick Friday, combines that size with a skill set he hopes will remind people of one the most exciting current Knights stars. “I really model my game after […]

Jim Whitley's “git ‘er done” farm skills aided him in manufacturing, but his Honda experience benefitted the farm and pasture too

From tariffs to taxes to defunding CBC and abortion rights, approximately 200 people heard from Huron-Bruce candidates at a meeting April 10 in Port Elgin.

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 […]

With more ice storms expected in the decades ahead as the climate changes, utilities are trying to figure out how to be ready for the next ice storm.

London homeless helpers understand city council’s desire to dismantle an encampment after a fire and propane tank explosion – they just wonder where residents will go. This week, a council committee backed Ward 1 Coun. Hadleigh McAlister’s emergency motion to close the city-run service depot at the Watson Street Park encampment, and to have city […]

Plans to create a high school tackle football team in Kincardine are officially moving forward following a large donation from the local legion. “This funding gets us to our goal. We can now purchase — and are in the process of doing so — the remainder of the equipment we need for the players, training […]

Plans to create a high school tackle football team in Kincardine are officially moving forward following a large donation from the local legion. “This funding gets us to our goal. We can now purchase — and are in the process of doing so — the remainder of the equipment we need for the players, training […]

Thames Valley schools must have a plan in case students on 13 school trips to the U.S. are turned back at the border, officials say