A grassroots group of municipal politicians is urging voters to make homelessness a provincial election issue, with the equivalent of a city larger than Sarnia living on the street across Ontario. Calling the encampments that have cropped up in municipalities big and small in recent years a “human rights crisis,” the Ontario Coalition for the […]
London is in the path of a Family Day weekend winter storm that was expected to drop as much as 30 centimetres of snow on the region, Environment Canada says. The national weather agency issued a winter storm warning for London and much of Southwestern Ontario that started Saturday morning and was expected to last […]
Free Press reader disappointed seeing fellow Canadians booing the U.S. national anthem at sporting events.
North Bay will host Doug Ford, Bonnie Crombie, Mike Schreiner and Marit Stiles in a leader's debate Friday. Watch for our live coverage.
London-area, intercity public transit routes have seen a near five-figure boost in ridership during the past two years, new figures show.
Jake Higgs has a simple plan to motivate Ontario’s up-and-coming entry at the Montana’s Brier in two weeks at Kelowna, B.C.
Unspecified "significant" changes have been made to school bus routes after a seven-year-old was hit and killed after stepping off his bus
London police said a pedestrian was struck by a train near the city's eastern edge on Thursday morning.
School buses were cancelled for both major London-area school boards and multiple morning crashes were reported on both Highways 401 and 402 Thursday after an overnight snowstorm swept across the region. Shortly before 6 a.m. Thursday, officials announced on social media that all school vehicles for both the Thames Valley District school board and London […]
London’s year-long commitment to new shelter spaces for the city’s homeless will be smaller than what it was just weeks ago. During Tuesday’s meeting of city council, politicians opted not to find funding for 10 supportive housing spaces and delayed a number of components in a staff report promising $5.2 million in funding to Ark […]
London city councillors have given their thumbs-up to the mayor’s effort to try to protect and promote local businesses amid tariff threats from the United States. City council voted unanimously Tuesday to support a motion to have the city review its procurement practices to ensure the city is choosing Canadian companies for goods, services and […]