London Free Press
London police will receive $150,000 from the Ontario government to support victims of crime and improve the reporting of hate-motivated incidents, local MPP Rob Flack has announced. The funding, part of a broader provincial plan, will be also be used to establish a “dedicated hate-incident reporting platform,” according to a statement from Flack, MPP for […]
London Free Press
On Thursday, the Oshawa Generals achieved a rare feat. They beat the London Knights at home in a playoff game. That doesn’t happen with much regularity. In fact, it has only occurred three times in the past 27 post-season contests held at the construction-filled building now called Canada Life Place. The Knights lost Game 2 […]
London Free Press
A northwest London home where a nurse was gunned down in 2021 has been taken off the market after less than three months. Two masked gunmen shot Lynda Marques, 30, on Sept. 10, 2021, while she was parked in the driveway of her home at 2229 Wateroak Dr. Two Toronto-area men were arrested six months […]
London Free Press
London’s unemployment rate jumped by half a percentage point in April as the local economy shed nearly 2,000 jobs and the toll of the U.S.-Canada trade war came into sharper focus.   Statistics Canada reported Friday the jobless rate for the region, which includes St. Thomas, Strathroy and portions of Elgin and Middlesex counties, hit […]
London Free Press
A man is dead following a motorcycle crash Monday on Highway 401 in Chatham-Kent, Elgin County OPP say. The crash happened near Orford Road around 2 p.m., police said. A man was taken to hospital where he died. Police have not revealed his identity. Highway 401 westbound lanes at Victoria Road were closed for an […]