Ontario Provincial Police said they were investigating after an 81-year-old from Woodstock died in a two-vehicle crash involving a passenger vehicle and a commercial vehicle along Hwy 401 in Oxford County. Emergency crews were called at about 11:50 p.m. on Saturday to the two-vehicle crash in the eastbound lanes of the 401, near the Mill […]
The best musicians across the Thames Valley District school board performed at Canada Life Place in downtown London during the annual Variety Is . . . showcase concert. Photos by LFP’s Mike Hensen mhensen@postmedia.com
Opened in stages this year, the new home of the Humane Society Middlesex & London (HSLM) is now fully operating and open to the public. Here are some key things to know about the east-end facility, which LFP reporter Beatriz Baleeiro toured this weekend. HOW WE GOT HERE They’ve gone from a house at 624 […]
The Conservative seeking re-election as MP in the Southwestern Ontario riding of Oxford has drawn fire from his Liberal opponent over missing a debate, the latest clash between the two in the campaign's final days.
More than 250,000 London and area voters cast ballots at advance polls ahead of Monday’s federal election, reflecting a trend that saw high turnout across the country. The advance polls for the federal campaign, held during the Easter long weekend, saw a 25 per cent increase in participation nationally and turnout also was strong across […]
A body was pulled from the Thames River in the area of Horton Street at Ridout Street on Saturday morning, police said. The London Fire Department was called to Thames Park just after 6 a.m. following reports of an individual in the water just south of downtown, police said. The body was removed from the […]
A major academic building at Western University is closed while London police investigate a suspicious fire that has forced the university to move some exams. London firefighters responded at 2:30 p.m. Thursday to the Social Sciences Centre. Firefighters quickly extinguished the blaze but damage was significant and fire investigators were called in, the department said […]
Just four days in, a judge has declared a mistrial and ordered a new jury be selected at the sexual assault trial of five players from Canada’s championship-winning 2018 world junior hockey team. While the decision may have caused the trial to slightly wobble, it hasn’t derailed it. A new jury panel had already assembled […]
Thames Valley school board officials have a plan to boost grades, improve student literacy and math scores that haven’t kept up with provincial scotres, according to a report released this week.
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 […]
Ontario education minister Paul Calandra has put the Thames Valley District school board – home to 84,000 students – under Queen’s Park supervision following a controversial three-day Toronto retreat by top officials last summer that cost $38,000. Investigators, auditing the board’s books, found a lack of financial oversight in the budgeting process led to a […]
