More than 250,000 London and area voters cast ballots at advance polls ahead of Monday’s federal election, reflecting a trend that saw high turnout across the country. The advance polls for the federal campaign, held during the Easter long weekend, saw a 25 per cent increase in participation nationally and turnout also was strong across […]
The federal election campaign came to London Friday night, with Liberal Leader Mark Carney and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh holding separate rallies within five kilometres of each other. Facing the prospect of losing some of the 24 seats the party had in the last Parliament, Singh carved out time in the crucial home stretch of […]
Here’s your primer on the five London-area races and ridings and the contests in the wider five-riding region for Monday’s federal election. LONDON CENTRE The riding: It’s sort of a new kid on the block this time with a new name — it had been London-North-Centre — and new boundaries that leave out the northernmost […]
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Tomorrow, the school's Native American Student Organization will host its annual graduation pow wow, open to the public.
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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 […]
The new and councillor-run London Transit Commission (LTC) held its first meeting Wednesday, focused on staff bringing the seven politicians up to speed on operations and budgets.
Year-end exams loom for Thames Valley District school board students except for those in certain grades and teachers aren’t happy about it.
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. […]
The boys soccer teams from two Woodstock high schools, College Avenue and Huron Park, played at City Wide field in London on Monday. Photos by LFP’s Derek Ruttan druttan@postmedia.com
By month's end, downtown London drivers will confront a major change: buses coming the other way in one lane of King Street, a longtime one-way street.
As Canadians count down to the federal election on April 28, Elections Canada has outlined key dates between now and then for voters.