A stretch of Highway 402 was closed Sunday because of extreme heat affecting the pavement.
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A six-year-old boy was rescued from Lake Huron after drifting away from shore on what Ontario Provincial Police described as an “inflatable ring.” The child, who police said was wearing a “personal floatation device,” drifted from shore near Black’s Point Beach, south of Goderich, on Monday just after noon, police said. The boy was located […]
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London-area students with speech disorders are waiting up to three years to see a community speech-language therapist – an unacceptable delay that’s causing learning issues, advocates say.
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A Free Press reader calls for leadership in health care, on regulatory bodies, and on the public to demand better from mental health units.
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London’s police chief touted the early success of his public drug use crackdown, saying officers have averaged 10 drug seizures a day in the program's first two months.
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Friday marked the official start of summer and it’s arriving with several days of hot, humid weather across the London region.
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A Southwestern Ontario public health unit at the epicentre of a provincewide measles outbreak has reported the fewest new weekly cases in months. The four new measles cases reported by Southwestern Public Health – the health unit for Oxford and Elgin counties, Woodstock and St. Thomas – between June 12 and 19, mark the lowest […]
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Woodstock’s embattled former mayor has notched a second mistrial in his long and complicated journey through the criminal justice system.
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Old East Villagers had to leave their homes after an excavator hit a natural gas line, causing a “serious” gas leak Thursday morning, a London fire official says.
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An Oxford County couple is raising concerns about road safety after a dump truck tipped over at the edge of their rural home’s driveway.