The countdown is on to the 2025 Kincardine Scottish Festival and Highland Games. From July 4 through 6, all are invited to downtown Victoria Park to partake in all things Scottish. Opening ceremonies take place on July 4 at 6:30 p.m. A performance by Oldman Flanagan’s Ghost begins at 7:15 p.m. followed by Ally the […]






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 […]





She was dressed just in a towel and smiling at the camera on Canadian hockey star Michael McLeod’s cellphone. It was 4:26 a.m. inside a room at the Delta Armouries hotel in downtown London in June 2018. “It was all consensual. Are you recording me?” she asked in the video, played Wednesday for jurors at […]





A spring storm blew across London Tuesday, toppling trees and leaving nearly 12,000 homes and businesses without power. The late-afternoon storm brought rain, hail and powerful winds gusts of nearly 70 km/h that lasted for about an hour before the sunshine returned around 5 p.m. “For a quick storm, there was quite a bit of […]





A beloved restaurant in southwest London’s Byron area is closing due to a “perfect storm” of U.S. tariffs and a need to downsize, its owner says. The upscale Italian eatery, Bocconcini, located at Boler Road and Southdale Road West, will be serving its last customers on April 27 after six years in business. “I’m trying […]





Brandon Prust has preached driving hard to the net from the moment he started coaching. Connor Clark followed that advice and it saved the London Nationals’ season. The 19-year-old tapped home a loose puck for the go-ahead goal with 2:25 left in regulation in a 4-2 Game 4 victory over St. Marys Wednesday at the […]