A collection of news and notes from across the London-area sports scene:
There were some great players in Owen Sound over the years and this guy outscored him.
The results are in. The first year of London’s green bin program, launched in January 2024, saw significant uptake and limited non-compliance, a new report to council’s community and protective services committee says. The program, the most significant change made to London’s waste collection system since 1996, reached 130,000 households and approximately 325,000 people. Our […]
Apparently there is no such thing as a meaningless game between the Windsor Spitfires and London Knights. With the Spitfires locked in as the West Division champs and the London Knights having claimed the Midwest Division title and top seed in the Western Conference, the two rivals were basically playing a meaningless game on Sunday. […]
SARNIA – A Lambton County man convicted of mischief around the time a stretch of Highway 402 was shuttered during the 2022 so-called Freedom Convoy has been jailed for a series of new crimes including assaulting and obstructing a police officer. Steve Verberne, 48, from Watford, recently pleaded guilty to those two charges along with […]
The idea of serving alcohol at city facilities such as hockey rinks is getting an ice-cold reception before it even leaves the bench.
Taymoor Pasha’s massive fentanyl stash – the largest fentanyl seizure in London history – has given the local courts a chance to draw a line in the sand in the ongoing war against opioids. “Put large-scale traffickers on notice to say traffic if you dare and risk decades of your life,” federal drug prosecutor Vince […]
Where trains once brought in the world, worldly thinking is now riding new rails in St. Thomas. This is Part Three of Postmedia's How Canada Wins series.
The London region's Indigenous health agency is in turmoil, jeopardizing the well-being of staff and health of thousands of patients
GUELPH – The London Knights are resting some of their biggest guns in preparation for the playoffs. NHL first-rounders Easton Cowan (Maple Leafs) and Oliver Bonk (Flyers) sat out the club’s sixth straight win, 6-3 over the Guelph Storm before 4,785 Wednesday at the Sleeman Centre. The expectation is the Knights, who wrapped up first-place […]
Corey Perry is hoping there are a few more long playoff runs left in his hockey career. The Edmonton Oilers forward, who turns 40 in May, made it back to London to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the London Knights’ 2005 Memorial Cup championship Tuesday at Canada Life Place. He would love to still be […]
Coach Vickie Croley, a Western track and field fixture for 32 years, helms men’s and women’s teams to national university championships.