2+ day, 4+ hour ago   (738+ words) The shakeup moves several ministers, leaves others untouched and creates a new artificial intelligence portfolio. TORONTO – Ontario’s Progressive Conservative government announced a surprise cabinet shuffle Thursday morning, with nine cabinet ministers showing up at Queen’s Park to receive their new…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (273+ words) The collision involved a pickup truck and an SUV, police say. A 50-year-old London man is dead and another person remains in serious condition after a two-vehicle collision northwest of Woodstock, police say. Shortly before 5:15 a.m. Thursday, OPP officers, along with…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (263+ words) The constable faces an assault causing bodily harm charge stemming from a March incident. Ontario’s police watchdog has charged a London police constable after a man was injured during an interaction with an officer at Victoria Hospital. Police arrested and…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (174+ words) Regarding the article London Transit seeks $2M hike, eyes on-demand service debut (Sept. 2). London Transit claimed ridership between January and July dropped 13.2 per cent due to declines in post-secondary enrolment. A month later, LTC chair Skylar Franke says “overall, ridership shows…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (856+ words) The site was approved for a six-storey building last year, but a taller proposal is now moving forward. A proposed apartment building on Sarnia Road near Western University is getting a height boost to the chagrin of neighbours, even though…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (202+ words) A Free Press reader asks: Where are our provincial politicians with these inhumane conditions of homelessness and addiction in cities across the province? Closing psychiatric hospitals has had the worst effects on our communities and province. Did it ever occur…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (841+ words) The man had no criminal record before joining the cross-border firearms trafficking operation. Playing just a small part in a gun-smuggling ring looked like a quick way to make easy money. But that decision cost Brian Hamilton-Hyatt, who had no…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (295+ words) A 46-year-old London man is facing multiple charges after police seized two replica firearms, drugs and identity documents belonging to other people Monday evening. Shortly after 5:45 p.m., London police received a report from a witness who saw a man point what…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (40+ words) London Free Press London Mayor Josh Morgan unveils re-election campaign platform London municipal election: City council candidates in their own words Moving in! 6,000 first-year students arrive at Western University...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (967+ words) Both London-area school boards are opening new schools and planning more as enrolment pressures reshape where students learn. The two major London-based school boards, serving the city and several surrounding communities, are opening and building new schools to accommodate the…...