The federal election campaign came to London Friday night, with Liberal Leader Mark Carney and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh holding separate rallies within five kilometres of each other. Facing the prospect of losing some of the 24 seats the party had in the last Parliament, Singh carved out time in the crucial home stretch of […]
London and Kitchener seem to meet every spring in the playoffs and it’s safe to say the two teams generally hate each other
Here’s your primer on the five London-area races and ridings and the contests in the wider five-riding region for Monday’s federal election. LONDON CENTRE The riding: It’s sort of a new kid on the block this time with a new name — it had been London-North-Centre — and new boundaries that leave out the northernmost […]
LFP sportswriter Ryan Pyette is breaking down the OHL Western Conference final series between the London Knights and the Kitchener Rangers. Here are five things to follow: Rest or rust? The Knights had a big layoff between the Owen Sound sweep and the start of the Erie series. It took London a half-game or so […]
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Minnesota and Wisconsin are bitter rivals at just about everything. So in 2019, when Wisconsin’s secretary of tourism claimed Wisconsin had more lakes than Minnesota, the embers of an age-old debate were stoked. Minnesota is known as the “Land of 10,000 Lakes”, but does Wisconsin really have more?
Sam Dickinson had the best offensive season by a London Knights defenceman in franchise history. That 29-goal, 91-point performance in just 55 regular-season games earned him the Max Kaminsky Trophy as the OHL’s top defenceman Thursday. He followed Rick Green (1975-76), Brad Marsh/Rob Ramage (1977-78), Bob Halkidis (1984-85), John Erskine (1999-2000), Danny Syvret (2004-05) and […]
First was former New Jersey Devils forward Michael McLeod. “Not guilty,” he said twice, once after hearing the charge of sexual assault and again after hearing his second charge of sexual assault as a party to the offence. Ready for his trial. He sat down. Next was former Philadelphia Flyers goaltender Carter Hart. “Not guilty.” […]
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Attention, Woodstock shoppers. It’s a good time to check that old lottery ticket you bought. Ontario’s lottery and gaming regulator is urging the winner of the May 4, 2024 Lotto 6/49 draw to come forward and claim their $5 million prize, with less than two weeks to go before the ticket expires. The […]
Remember what happened the last time Nick Suzuki and the Montreal Canadiens went to the Stanley Cup playoffs? The Habs went on a surprise run to the final before losing to Tampa Bay. Four years and a quick rebuild later, the 25-year-old Londoner has qualified again – along with memorable ex-Knights Christian Dvorak and Josh […]
Denver Barkey wouldn’t let the Knights get rattled. When Kasper Halttunen’s goal early in overtime was reversed for an offside entry after a marathon video review, the London captain made sure his teammates stayed focused. A few minutes later, Sam O’Reilly completed the sweep of the Otters with a tally 6:49 into the extra session […]
It happened so fast. Easton Cowan, Landon Sim and Jacob Julien all scored in a 31-second span in the final minute of the first period. London’s outburst stunned the 3,350 Tuesday at Erie Insurance Arena and the Knights’ Game 3, 4-0 win has pushed the Otters to the brink of second-round elimination. “It was a […]