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 […]





The For Our Youth (FOY) club gathered on April 26 for a chilly but productive meeting at one of our favourite locations — the Bruce Botanical Food Gardens (BBFG). We saw some familiar faces at the March Break Ripley and District Horticultural Society meeting, but stormy winter weather prevented us from getting together in February, […]






Back in the fall, Austin Elliott was waived through the entire Western Hockey League. On Wednesday, the London goaltender heard his name being chanted at the Kitchener Memorial Auditorium after the Knights booked their third straight trip to the OHL final. “It was (amazing),” the 20-year-old from Strathmore, Alta., said. “To have that many of […]





The woman who pleaded guilty to the bizarre and tragic shooting of her boyfriend in March 2023 is being released on bail pending a sentencing hearing next month.