London Free Press
London’s unemployment rate jumped by half a percentage point in April as the local economy shed nearly 2,000 jobs and the toll of the U.S.-Canada trade war came into sharper focus.   Statistics Canada reported Friday the jobless rate for the region, which includes St. Thomas, Strathroy and portions of Elgin and Middlesex counties, hit […]
London Free Press
Two people were killed and a third was critically injured following a crash southwest of London on Tuesday night. Emergency crews responded around 8:40 p.m. to a crash on Longwoods Road in Middlesex Centre involving a car and a pickup truck, Ontario Provincial Police in Middlesex County said. The driver of the sedan was pronounced […]
London Free Press
Ontario’s police watchdog is investigating after a driver fleeing from police on Highway 401 crashed near Ingersoll. Oxford OPP tried to stop a vehicle around 3:30 a.m. Sunday in the westbound lanes of the 401, but the driver took off, police said. A short time later, the vehicle was involved in a single-vehicle collision on […]
London Free Press
Provincial lottery officials say they have a tentative answer to the $5-million question that’s gripped Southwestern Ontario: Who bought the uncashed seven-figure ticket that’s set to expire this weekend? It was April 17 when the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. urged the person who bought in Woodstock the winning May 4, 2024 Lotto 6/49 ticket […]