Damage

The Canada-U.S. trade war is hurting more than business and industry, driving up costs and reducing funding to non-profit and charitable agencies, according to a London umbrella group for the sector. Of nearly 100 London and area agencies surveyed, 65 per cent said costs will rise and more than 50 per cent said they will […]

London police and bylaw officials will be at a public meeting to address community concerns about a home damaged in a fatal fire this month.

As Montmorency County works to rebuild the community from northern Michigan's historic ice storms, they are working to mitigate wildfires, economic damage and a federal regulation that may block some aid for houses.

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 […]

A major academic building at Western University is closed while London police investigate a suspicious fire that has forced the university to move some exams. London firefighters responded at 2:30 p.m. Thursday to the Social Sciences Centre. Firefighters quickly extinguished the blaze but damage was significant and fire investigators were called in, the department said […]

State and federal authorities are assessing damage to private property this week in 12 counties in northern Michigan.

An investigation was underway Thursday after fire damage a London church. London Fire Department officials said in a statement on social media shortly before 6 a.m. that firefighters were at the scene of a blaze at Our Saviour Lutheran Church, located at 1449 Brydges St. in the city’s east end. Officials called it “an exterior […]

Sugar maples recover better than most species, according to a researcher at the University of Vermont.

Organizations say they’re working to restore the areas before the peak outdoor tourism season begins.

The state House is poised to vote on legislation to allocate $75 million dollars toward recovery efforts following massive ice storms across northern Michigan in March.

A 35-year-old St. Thomas man is facing arson charges after a fire at a home north of the city’s core, police say. Police were called to a home at 54 St. Catharine St. in St. Thomas on March 1 for reports of a fire. St. Thomas firefighters worked to extinguish the flames and help the […]

The yellow blooms of the forsythia are proof the soil has warmed enough that the grass is actively growing.