Farming, fertilizer and the future: How manure tech is evolving in Ohio

Farming, fertilizer and the future: How manure tech is evolving in Ohio
Great Lakes Commission
his year’s Manure Expo, held at the fairgrounds in Fulton County, Ohio, showcased the high-tech transformation of manure management. New tools on display at the expo aim to solve the […]
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London discus star Julia Tunks eyes shot at reclaiming national title

London Free Press
ack in the spring, Julia Tunks made the longest-standing record in Canadian track and field obsolete. This week in Ottawa, the 19-year-old London Western track and field club member will try to get back the national senior women’s discus title. Tunks threw a career-best 62.95 metres in April at Mullican Field in Ramona, Okla., to […]
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Q+A: London literary star Emma Donoghue on her new hit play

London Free Press
mma Donoghue has turned a set of 19th-century immigrant love letters into a folk musical, The Wind Coming Over the Sea, at Blyth Festival.
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Roma Roth, 56, is the writer, showrunner and director on Sullivan’s Crossing, a smash hit that was the top series earlier this month and now still stands in the network’s top 10.

Roma Roth, 56, is the writer, showrunner and director on Sullivan’s Crossing, a smash hit that was the top series earlier this month and now still stands in the network’s top 10.
London Free Press
A hit Netflix series that dethroned Squid Games in the top spot at the global streaming giant is directed by a London woman who thanks her Western University connection for help in making it happen. Roma Roth, 56, is the writer, showrunner and director of Sullivan’s Crossing, a smash hit that was the top series […]
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Western football player turned singer shakes off furor, scores No. 1 hit

Western football player turned singer shakes off furor, scores No. 1 hit
London Free Press
A rocky few weeks for a Western Mustangs football player who's become a high-profile country singer has ended with a new peak in his music career.
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Kincardine approved as residency training site by Western University

Kincardine approved as residency training site by Western University
The Lucknow Sentinel
Kincardine will host a full-time family medicine residency program beginning next year. “This approval is a significant milestone for our community,” Dr. Jason Murray, residency program site director, said in a July 24 news release. “Not only does it elevate Kincardine’s role in training the next generation of physicians, but it also enhances our community’s […]
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Algal blooms pop up in western Lake Erie, Sandusky Bay

Algal blooms pop up in western Lake Erie, Sandusky Bay
Great Lakes Commission
armful algal blooms have appeared in two locations in Lake Erie, including Sandusky Bay. Toxins have been detected in the Sandusky Bay bloom but no toxins have been reported yet […]
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McBean: What Canada can learn from the Texas flash flood

McBean: What Canada can learn from the Texas flash flood
London Free Press
The flash flood in Texas that killed more than 130 people should be a wake-up call for Canada, a climate expert says
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Lake Erie feels like a ‘bathtub’ right now. Here’s why that’s fueling fears for harmful algae blooms in Ontario

Lake Erie feels like a ‘bathtub’ right now. Here’s why that’s fueling fears for harmful algae blooms in Ontario
Great Lakes Commission
ising water temperatures are creating unusual “bathtub conditions” in western Lake Erie this summer, raising concerns for harmful algal blooms. Read the full story by Inside Halton.
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Sources close to LHSC state Musyj will be in London until at least 2028. He still maintains a  residence in Windsor, as well as a home in London.

Sources close to LHSC state Musyj will be in London until at least 2028. He still maintains a  residence in Windsor, as well as a home in London.
London Free Press
It looks like London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) supervisor David Musyj will be sticking around. Musyj was seconded to London from Windsor Regional Hospital, where he was chief executive, as a temporary measure in May 2024. When he was appointed by the province as LHSC’s supervisor four months later, a spokeperson for the health minister said […]
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Exeter’s Graham Bedard to perform at Lucknow’s Music in the Fields

Exeter’s Graham Bedard to perform at Lucknow’s Music in the Fields
The Lucknow Sentinel
Winner of the 2025 Emerging Artist Showdown, Graham Bedard takes the stage ahead of Jordan Davis and Tenille Townes in Lucknow on Aug. 23.
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Letters to the Editor: July 10, 2025

Letters to the Editor: July 10, 2025
London Free Press
A Free Press reader says London needs to speed up the conversion of commercial space into residential space, which should bring more people downtown.
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