May

C-a-n-a-d-a. In Canada, we like to drink them all.

Sam Routley, Western University Canada’s Liberals have, once again, risen from the dead. Their re-election with Mark Carney at the helm is a remarkable development in Canadian federal politics — the party not only managed to reverse the dire predictions of its demise but also, despite voters expressing a desire for change, retained its control […]

One of my favourite dishes when I was first introduced to Chinese food was wonton soup — delicious pork wontons floating in a light broth along with snow peas and thin slices of barbecue pork. We would order it every time we went to our favourite Chinese restaurant. In later years, I would learn how […]

To paraphrase an idiom: There's no "I" in Team Alberta, but there are two in Danielle Smith.

Provincial lottery officials say they have a tentative answer to the $5-million question that’s gripped Southwestern Ontario: Who bought the uncashed seven-figure ticket that’s set to expire this weekend? It was April 17 when the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. urged the person who bought in Woodstock the winning May 4, 2024 Lotto 6/49 ticket […]

Ontario's southwest will bear the brunt of the tariff war between Canada and the U.S., with the London region projected to lose 11,500 jobs, a new Ontario report says.

A London-area public health office at the epicentre of a provincewide measles outbreak is reporting its largest weekly surge in cases of the highly infectious disease since it began recording weekly statistics.

A third Oxford County community has been issued a boil water advisory over the past two days by public health officials.

A new parking zone on Queen Street limits drivers to a three-hour timeframe. “Our Business Improvement Area (BIA) members requested this change to help better serve their patrons,” said Jennifer Lawrie, Kincardine’s manager of legislative services/clerk, in an April 29 news release. “It helps to make sure that there is parking in spaces appropriate to […]

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 […]

Canada was growing, following the Second World War. It was strong and full of hope.

An east London home where a woman was killed in a recent fire had previously landed in the crosshairs of bylaw officials and was the scene a past blaze related to homeless people living in the backyard.