A collection of news and notes from across the London-area sports scene
By Anna Barnes
The Detroit River serves as an important geographic feature, connecting lakes St. Clair and Erie and creating a natural border between the U.S. and Canada. Despite its physical prominence in Detroit, its rich cultural significance is lost among many community residents. Programs are underway to address that disconnect.
As kicks in the teeth go, this was an all-timer. The Western Mustangs have rarely been blown out in their 96-year football history. They almost never get embarrassed at home – but they were soundly thumped in a humbling 60-13 defeat to the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks Saturday at Western Alumni Stadium. It’s the worst […]
Rock The Park’s 2026 lineup is already taking shape. Just two months after the multi-day music festival brought thousands to downtown London’s Harris Park for shows by the likes of Hozier and the Red Clay Strays, organizers have already booked a headliner for next summer. Jordan Davis – an American country singer with five No. […]
Trevor Birtch, 50, has hired Toronto-area lawyer Jordan Gold to take over his defence.
Also, Forked River has brewed Roadrunner, a wet hopped pale ale, as a fundraiser for Jordan’s Run the Runway and the YMCA’s Camp Queen Elizabeth.
For two weekends each year, the number of people in the small village of Lucknow expands by thousands thanks to successful charity events run by the local Kinsmen Club. This is an instalment in Postmedia’s How Canada Wins series.
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Off-road vehicles have been allowed on state forest land since 2018. But sometimes they blaze their own trails. Now, things are at a breaking point.
London native Taylor Elgersma won’t start the season on the Green Bay Packers’ active roster. The Packers placed the former Wilfrid Laurier University star quarterback on waivers Tuesday as NFL teams made their final cuts to reach the 53-man roster limit. Green Bay will start the season with just two quarterbacks, starter Jordan Love and […]
The Ripley Reunion returned on the long weekend, bringing together thousands of residents and visitors for a four-day celebration of community. Held every 10 years, the reunion ran from Thursday, July 31, to Monday, Aug. 4. It was considered a resounding success, with an estimated 10,000 people passing through the beer gardens over the weekend. […]
esidents on an east London street described on Monday being awoken to the sound of gunfire and a large police presence after an overnight shooting. Emergency crews were called around 1:20 a.m. to a home on Fieldgate Circle, northeast of Gore and Clarke roads, where officers found a man with a gunshot wound, police said. […]
xford's MPP was first elected to the provincial legislature in June 1995