Only 35 per cent of respondents gave the city a very good rating when asked if it is a safe place to live.
Excitement is already building for the next Lucknow Reunion, set to take place June 30 to July 3, 2028, in commemoration of the town’s 170th anniversary. Lucknow area residents Tracey Simpson, Morten Jakobsen, and Cheryl Johnston have been appointed as co-chairs to oversee the event and are currently seeking volunteers to join the planning committee. […]
Jack-o-lanterns will once again illuminate the trail for visitors of Bruce Botanical Food Gardens (BBFG) in Ripley the day after Halloween. “We had over 100 pumpkins last year and we hope to have that many again this year,” said Heather Newman, BBFG president, in an Oct. 15 email. Following the success of the inaugural Jack-o-lantern […]
Did you hear the one about the pioneer who walked his dinner home? That would be the first settler in the eastern part of Arran Township, David Chalmers, a bachelor and a bit wet behind the ears. It was back in 1851, before Arran was surveyed into farm lots. Historian Norman Robertson tells the story, […]
More than 3,000 full-time jobs were added in the Bruce, Grey, Huron, Perth region in September. Those gains were partially offset by losses in part-time employment, totalling 1,400 jobs. The unemployment rate for the region served by the Four County Labour Market Planning Board fell marginally by 0.1 per cent to 4.8 per cent last […]
A Free Press reader says the success of the city depends on Londoners patronizing "downtown, its venues, culture, restaurants, history, events and free activities."
Joshua Gray was sentenced in 2018 for a knife-point robbery at a Sarnia pharmacy on Aug. 22, 2017.
A 16-year-old from Huron-Kinloss is now facing a charge of assault with a weapon.
Grey Bruce Public Health is requesting the public’s help in identifying the owner of a dog that was involved in a biting incident in Lucknow on Oct. 3. Around 7:30 p.m., an individual was bitten by an unleashed large black dog, possibly a bullmastiff, that ran across the road toward them while they were walking […]
A hold and secure at F.E. Madill Secondary School in Wingham has been lifted following the arrest of a student that allegedly threatened another student this morning. According to a Huron County OPP news release, just before 9 a.m., police were contacted to investigate. The hold and secure was activated by school officials while staff […]
One person suffered serious injuries and three others were treated at the scene by paramedics after a two-vehicle crash at an east-end intersection on Sunday night, London Fire Department officials say. It was shortly before 9 p.m. Sunday when fire officials announced on social media that they’d been called to a crash at Veterans Memorial […]
During their Sept. 13 meeting, For Our Youth members learned to make salsa and about microplastics found in Lake Huron.