Global issues are fuelling protests across Ontario and putting a strain on police forces monitoring the demonstrations, a new report says. International conflicts, the COVID-19 pandemic and other large-scale public events led to a 184 per cent increase in the deployment of public order unit police units between 2018 and 2022, the report from Ontario’s […]
As Sunfest launches its 31st edition on Thursday, founder and executive director Alfredo Caxaj tells Free Press reporter Beatriz Baleeiro about the festival he built, along with the global travels that help bring it to life. Q: You’ve travelled the world to scout and book Sunfest acts since you began the festival three decades ago. […]
A Kincardine resident is facing multiple charges after allegedly crashing their vehicle into the ditch then fleeing the scene. Just after 11 p.m. on July 1, South Bruce OPP received a report of a motor vehicle collision on Bruce Road 6, east of Ripley. When officers arrived, they found a pickup truck in the ditch […]
arlier this spring, a cleanup of the Goderich shoreline had nearly 150 volunteers remove 270 pounds of garbage.
A large swath of downtown London was blocked off on Wednesday morning due to a natural gas leak, fire officials say.
An 18-year-old Londoner who drowned at Ipperwash beach this week was trying to save his little brother, a family friend says.
London fire crews responded to a large blaze involving construction materials east of downtown late Tuesday, officials say.
London police have issued an arrest warrant for a Woodstock man in relation to multiple human trafficking-related charges involving a teenager.
The Children’s Environmental Health Clinic Ontario is the only pediatric environmental health clinic in the province
“There’s a Thames River, there’s a Middlesex County, there is Hyde Park. It’s like an alternative version of London, England.”
Canada Day held special meaning for dozens of Londoners who became Canadian citizens on Tuesday during a ceremony at Dundas Place
A person found dead in the west end of St. Thomas was younger than 18, police say. Elmina Street was closed at Oak Street on June 30 after a body was found in the area of Elmina and Hemlock streets after 10 a.m., St. Thomas police said Monday. The road was closed for an undetermined […]