Elgin County is examining how its growing population will get around in the coming decades.
A pedestrian is dead in Ingersoll after being struck by a train, Ontario Provincial Police in Oxford County said on Monday morning. Police closed Mutual Street North (between Carnegie Street and Wilson Street) and Thames Street South (between Carnegie Street and Oxford Lane) amid the investigation and the OPP was warning drivers to avoid the […]
A Cambridge resident faces charges, including of operating a vehicle while impaired, following a weekend car-train collision in Oxford County, police say. The Saturday morning collision occurred about 5:30 a.m. in Blandford-Blenheim, a largely rural township northeast of Woodstock, Ontario Provincial Police said. Police said a 38-year-old had minor injuries from the collision and was […]
Londoners were warned to limit time outdoors on Friday as smoke from far-off wildfires drove the region’s air quality into high-risk territory.
London’s unemployment rate went up by half a percentage point for a second straight month in May, Statistics Canada reported Friday, as the ongoing trade war between Canada and the U.S. continues to take a toll on the local economy. The London region, which also takes in St. Thomas, Strathroy and portions of Elgin and […]
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One man swept up in an Ontario-wide crackdown on online luring brought snacks to a meeting he thought was with a child.
A local childcare provider says she’s getting the runaround when it comes to subsidized rates through the Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care (CWELCC) system. “There are no spaces left to expand (under the CWELCC system) according to what the government divvies up to every county,” Joan Finlay, owner of Unique Minds Childcare Inc. in […]
Police are investigating the theft of a rainbow Pride flag from a Norwich Township school – the third such act of vandalism in the area in less than 20 days.
Politicians of many colours and levels frequently like to toss an old favourite into the election promise mix. They promise to get tough on crime.
A driver killed in a crash southwest of London died after their vehicle struck a tree and burst into flames, provincial police say. Emergency crews responded Monday around 12:45 p.m. to a single-vehicle collision on Pratt Siding Road in Southwest Middlesex, the OPP said. Investigators determined the vehicle left the road, struck a tree and […]
Lakota Isaac’s longtime lawyer said his client is a large man who may appear intimidating, but is a gentle giant.
One person is dead after a single-vehicle crash in a rural area southwest of London, provincial police said on Monday.