A collection of news and notes from across the Southwestern Ontario sports scene
London Free Press
The Erie Insurance Arena can be a chore for a visiting team when the place is packed. But not for the London Knights this season. The Canadian Hockey League’s top-ranked club have outscored the Otters 11-2 in two visits so far and won their seventh straight by squashing their rivals 5-1 before 6,146 Saturday night. […]
London Free Press
What’s the difference between smash-and-grab raids and protection rackets? Not all that much from the legal point of view, but protection rackets have a lower level of risk and a higher rate of returns.
London Free Press
A network of London advocates and homelessness survivors is calling on city hall to build a women and gender-diverse only homeless hub. That’s just one among more than a dozen “calls to action” announced Wednesday by All Our Sisters, developed after a forum of about 200 people held last fall in London. “Since our first […]
London Free Press
A collection of news and notes from across the Southwestern Ontario sports scene The Western men’s hockey team is one win away from its first Ontario university playoff series win in five years. Zach Power scored a decisive third-period tally and goaltender Matteo Drobac turned aside 27 shots in a tight 2-1 victory over the […]
London Free Press
Confirmed cases of measles have spiked over the past two days in one area of Southwestern Ontario amid an outbreak declared last month.
Interlochen Public Radio
Seasonal federal workers help control the eel-like, parasitic fish each year.
Interlochen Public Radio
In the past few years, state and local governments across the U.S. have begun spending billions in opioid settlements paid by companies accused of fueling the overdose crisis. But where is that money going, who is getting it, and is it doing any good?
London Free Press
A partnership between two London-area school boards and a non-profit trainer is helping students and apprentices get specialty training on state-of-the-art tech equipment. The Strathroy-Caradoc skilled trades hub, located in the same building as Holy Cross and Strathroy district collegiate institute secondary schools, welcomed visitors Wednesday to view its new manufacturing equipment including welding booths, […]
London Free Press
Three days of advance polling in Ontario’s Feb. 27 election open Thursday. Here’s all you need to know if you want to cast your ballot ahead of time. Jonathan Juha reports. THE BIG PICTURE With one week to go in Ontario’s snap election, its first mid-winter vote in 44 years and the first early election […]
The Lucknow Sentinel
A time honoured tradition of public speaking continues at Brookside Public School. The school’s public speaking competition was held on Feb. 6 and what a success it was. There were many first-time speakers in the gym this year. We heard about hockey and hockey teams, snow days, different tractors, Harry Potter, the pet dog, family […]