The U.S. Coast Guard Sector Northern Great Lakes began ice-breaking operations in the Great Lakes on Wednesday for the winter shipping season. Currently, the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Spar will […]
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The London region was greeted by heavy and wet snow on Wednesday morning.
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Schools in Middlesex, Oxford and Elgin counties are closed following an overnight dump of heavy snow that coated area roads, with more snow on the way. The Thames Valley and London District Catholic school boards said Wednesday morning all schools outside London are closed. London schools are open and buses are running, the boards said. […]
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Heavy snowfall was expected to hit London and surrounding communities in the wee hours of Wednesday, a storm that Environment Canada expected could continue into the afternoon. The snowfall warning – colour-coded yellow, the least-severe – was delivered Tuesday evening with a simultaneous warning of freezing drizzle as winter-like cold weather grips the region. The […]
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The Medway Cowboys and Catholic Central Crusaders played in TVRA senior boys high school hockey at Stronach arena in London on Wednesday. The game ended in a 3-3 tie. Photos by LFP’s Derek Ruttan. druttan@postmedia.com
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The London Knights play host to the Kitchener Rangers on Wednesday night in the annual Teddy Bear Toss game at Canada Life Place.
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OPP are investigating after a tow truck operator was struck and killed while helping a stranded motorist on Highway 401 on Wednesday morning.
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OPP are asking for the public’s help tracking down a pickup truck after a ceramic coffee mug was thrown at a vehicle near Stratford.
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Well, blow me down. To be more precise, blow us down. Environment Canada issued a special weather statement on Wednesday morning about strong winds that were expected to be blowing through the London region until Friday morning. Expect wind gusts of between 70 to 80 kilometres/hour starting Wednesday for London, Parkhill and eastern Middlesex County. […]
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Opioid-related emergency department visits, hospitalizations and deaths in London and Middlesex County have declined for a third straight year, just-released public health figures show. Dr. Alex Summers, the top doctor with the Middlesex-London health unit, detailed at a Wednesday press conference the agency’s 2025 opioid crisis report – which indicated those three metrics all declined […]
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The historic 1800s-era farmhouse in Hyde Park that’s home to Crossings Pub and Grill could have a date with the wrecking ball on the horizon after city politicians endorsed a plan for two apartment buildings to replace it. Members of city council’s planning and environment committee voted 4-1 Wednesday both to deny heritage designation for […]
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The London Knights don’t like mid-week road games. For the second straight Wednesday, they surrendered multiple first-period goals and a ton of early shots. It hurt them in Guelph Nov. 5 and cost them again in a 3-2 defeat to the Flint Firebirds before 2,932 at the Dort Financial Center. The Firebirds scored twice in […]