London Free Press
A man was taken to hospital with a gunshot wound after he was shot near Dundas and Wellington streets on Tuesday.
London Free Press
Stratford’s swans have been local celebrities since the first pair was donated in 1918.
London Free Press
"It's a building that is beyond repair," said Kevin Morrison, executive director of the Old East Village BIA.
London Free Press
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. […]
London Free Press
It’s no coincidence city council has fought hard to bring down London’s 2026 tax hike for what will be their last budget before a civic election, one expert says, but previous sky-high increases may still haunt them at the polls. While still subject to approval at a special council meeting on Nov. 26, budget talks […]
London Free Press
The London Knights were down 2-0 before they could blink, both on terrible turnovers.
London Free Press
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 […]
London Free Press
A Petrolia man a local politician said he helped police arrest last year has been sentenced to nearly two years of confinement.
Great Lakes Echo

By Akia Thrower

A new study reveals how gray wolves in Isle Royale National Park seasonally alter their habitat preferences to align with beavers’ habitat preferences, a shift that might have implications for the island’s ecosystem.

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Kincardine News
Shut down by the pandemic, a local charitable initiative is being reinstated by Kincardine and District Senior School (KDSS) after a five-year hiatus. “We are excited to be bringing the Christmas Knights event back as we work directly with the Kincardine Food Bank,” Sophia Booth, KDSS Christmas Knights student co-ordinator, said in an email. The […]
London Free Press
Rents across London dropped at one of the fastest rates in the country in October, the latest snapshot of Canada’s rental market shows. But the downward pressure on prices – the result of softening demand and increasing supply of units – is doing little to bring rents down in a particular segment of London’s market: […]
Great Lakes Echo

By Eric Freedman

Tiny pieces of moss can be crime-busters, says a study examining how law enforcement agencies, forensic teams and botanists have used moss to solve murders, track missing people, calculate how long ago someone died and – in a notorious Mason County case – try to locate the body of a baby murdered by her father.

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