Firefighters from across Norfolk County worked for more than five hours Friday night and Saturday morning to contain a large fire of about 2,000 discarded railway ties near Mabee’s Corners in Courtland. Norfolk’s deputy fire chief, James Robertson, said the “significant outdoor fire” on Orange Hall Road involved intense flames and heavy smoke, with the […]
It wasn’t long before the homeless returned to an encampment in the backyard of an east London home after police and firefighters cleared the scene following a fatal blaze, neighbours say. A fire ripped through 1884 Avalon St., northwest of Clarke Road and Dundas Street, on April 17, killing resident Teresa Cartwright and causing $500,000 […]
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Hundreds gathered on the greenspace in London’s Old South on Saturday for Wortley Pride, an annual event celebrating 2SLGBTQIA+ communities. The festival featured music, performances, food trucks and art displays and vendors. The gathering also drew a small group of protesters. More than a dozen police officers kept watch on the sign-carrying demonstrators and a […]
A Free Press reader thinks too many London councillors seem "all too eager to silence anyone who asks questions pertaining to transparency and accountability."
Many of us, especially in those rural towns, got the chance to learn in buildings that were trailblazers in school design
Traffic lights are now operational at an intersection in London’s southwest, months after a fatal collision just down the road led to a petition for improved safety measures. The city announced the activation of traffic lights at the intersection of Longwoods Road and Westdel Bourne near Lambeth on Thursday. The rural intersection had been monitored […]
The deficit-ridden Thames Valley District school board is cutting 42 full-time jobs including positions in senior administration, according to an internal memo released this week.
Police have obtained arrest warrants for three suspects in a Richmond Row carjacking, and on Friday were asking for the public's help locating them.