London Free Press
The SoHo Community Association in London will hold its SoHo Soaper on Saturday, a downhill race featuring homemade carts and meant to bring the neighbourhood together. LFP reporter Jacob Reid has what you need to know: What is soapbox racing? Soapbox racing dates back to early-1900s Dayton, Ohio, when kids built gravity-powered carts from wooden soap […]
London Free Press
A local ice cream producer is celebrating 30 years of sweet success. It’s been three decades since the London Ice Cream Company opened its doors in a small pink building on Base Line Road. Founded by Alan Sagent in 1995 and taken over by Cyril Chalykoff in 2006, the business has seen a lot of […]
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 […]
The Lucknow Sentinel
HURON – Environment and Climate Change Canada has issued a special air quality statement as smoke from wildfires in the west begins clouding the Huron County area. The June 5  statement encompasses southern Huron County, Bluewater, Goderich, northern Huron County, Wingham and Blyth. According to a press release from Huron Perth public health, wildfire smoke […]
The Lucknow Sentinel
A local childcare provider says she’s getting the runaround when it comes to subsidized rates through the Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care (CWELCC) system.  “There are no spaces left to expand (under the CWELCC system) according to what the government divvies up to every county,” Joan Finlay, owner of Unique Minds Childcare Inc. in […]