London Free Press
Power outages caused by overnight storms closed two Elgin County elementary schools on Thursday. Straffordville public school and Port Burwell public school were closed, officials with the Thames Valley District school board announced early Thursday. Their on-site EarlyON Centres, child care centres and before and after school programs were not operating at those sites for […]
London Free Press
A driver is dead after a single-vehicle crash in Tillsonburg on Wednesday morning, Ontario Provincial Police say. Vienna Road at Simcoe Street and Old Vienna Road in Tillsonburg was closed following a single-vehicle crash, Oxford OPP said on social media Wednesday at about 10 a.m. The crash happened shortly after 9 a.m. and the driver […]
London Free Press
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 […]
London Free Press
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 […]