Roop Chanderdat is sticking with history and tradition. Though the London Majors will play two Intercounty Baseball League home games this summer as the Forest City Cobra Chickens, there is no name change forthcoming. “We’re the Majors,” the club’s longtime co-owner and manager said. “It’s exciting that an April fool’s joke took off like that. […]
More than a quarter of buses are running late and that likely means another council conversation about a budget increase for more service
London is looking to increase housing downtown and along transit corridors by offering up to $10 million in forgivable loans to developers
Residents have likely seen them – shelters for London's upcoming BRT system rising up in the city's core along those new red lanes.
If elections are moments to gauge the mood of a nation, express its aspirations and speak aloud its worries, this week's balloting delivered a remarkable result.
About 160 pupils from Grades 7 and 8 across the Thames Valley District school board competed on Wednesday in the STE3M robotics competition held at Fanshawe College. Photos by LFP’s Mike Hensen mhensen@postmedia.com
In an election-night shocker, Conservative candidate Kurt Holman turned his low-profile first run for public office into a huge win by taking London-Fanshawe in Monday night’s federal election, ousting NDPer Lindsay Mathyssen. LFP reporter Jonathan Juha spoke with him in the afterglow of his victory. Let’s start from the beginning. Tell us a bit about […]
A labour and employment lawyer has been appointed supervisor of the Thames Valley District school board school board in the wake of a sweeping audit, Queen’s Park announced Tuesday.
Lindsay Mathyssen won’t say goodbye. She’s just hitting “pause,” she said Tuesday as the reality sinks in that for the first time in 19 years a Mathyssen will not be the NDP MP for London-Fanshawe. Lindsay Mathyssen, defeated Monday by Conservative Kurt Holman after serving two terms, reflected on her time in office and how […]
It’s all over but the voting as a snap federal election for the ages concludes Monday. Our Jack Moulton has all you need to know in the 10-riding London region: LIVE COVERAGE AT LFPRESS.COM London Free Press reporters and other Postmedia newsrooms nearby are fanning out Monday night to bring you live coverage of the […]
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 […]