As budget deadlines loom, the state House and Senate fiscal agencies both project a softening economy will leave the Legislature with less money to work with than initially projected in January. Plus, state Representative Joe Tate jumps into the U.S. Senate race, and Governor Whitmer dodges on former President Joe Biden’s health.
The national U Sports champion Western track and field team will provide 12 athletes to Canada’s 50-member athletics team for the FISU Summer World University Games in Bochum, Germany July 21-27.
A Chatham-Kent OPP officer became emotional at times testifying in court Thursday about what led to a Brantford man being shot on Highway 401 in July 2021.
A Free Press reader thinks the city needs to end the build incentives zoning insanity for luxury units no one can afford.
With the Thames Valley District school board under supervision, and trustee meetings cancelled, how will people find out what’s going on?
Ward 12 Coun. Elizabeth Peloza, who first brought the issue to city hall, pledges to put it back up for discussion Tuesday.
Taylor Elgersma has signed with the Green Bay Packers, becoming the fourth pivot from a Canadian university to sign with an NFL team
City council's decision to end the scheduled service depots runs the risk of alienating homeless campers and increasing their desperation
Roop Chanderdat is sticking with history and tradition. Though the London Majors will play two Intercounty Baseball League home games this summer as the Forest City Cobra Chickens, there is no name change forthcoming. “We’re the Majors,” the club’s longtime co-owner and manager said. “It’s exciting that an April fool’s joke took off like that. […]
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More than two years after a reported theft of 45,000 chicks from a Huron County farm, OPP have laid charges – against the farmer who reported the theft. Huron OPP said Wednesday a 41-year-old South Huron man is charged with fraud over $5,000 and public mischief in a case one farmer described as “mind-boggling” when […]
An alleged high-ranking Hells Angels member who was gunned down in a Toronto-area parking lot is remembered for his dedication to his family and biker brothers. Craig McIlquham, 55, of Oakville, died in the hospital April 29 after he was shot outside the Mandarin restaurant at 1881 Fairview St. in Burlington around 8:30 p.m., Halton […]