London Free Press
It was the $5-million mystery that gripped people across Southwestern Ontario: Who bought the winning lottery ticket that nearly hit its one-year expiry date before being cashed in? The question appears to have a happy answer. But high-profile lottery mega-wins don’t always have such positive endings. LFP’s Brian Williams looks back on other fascinating Southwestern […]
London Free Press
Roop Chanderdat is sticking with history and tradition. Though the London Majors will play two Intercounty Baseball League home games this summer as the Forest City Cobra Chickens, there is no name change forthcoming. “We’re the Majors,” the club’s longtime co-owner and manager said. “It’s exciting that an April fool’s joke took off like that. […]
London Free Press
London’s unemployment rate jumped by half a percentage point in April as the local economy shed nearly 2,000 jobs and the toll of the U.S.-Canada trade war came into sharper focus.   Statistics Canada reported Friday the jobless rate for the region, which includes St. Thomas, Strathroy and portions of Elgin and Middlesex counties, hit […]