A teenager from London drowned and a child was rescued by bystanders at Ipperwash beach on Monday, provincial police say. Emergency crews responded shortly after 4 p.m. to reports of swimmers in distress at the Lake Huron beach near East Parkway Drive in Lambton Shores, Lambton County OPP said Tuesday.  An 18-year-old was found unresponsive […]

The Agriplex at London’s Western Fair District has a new name, part of a pledge from the organization to enhance its reputation as an event destination for Southwestern Ontario. Friday, Western Fair officials announced it will now be known as the J-AAR Expo Centre, part of a 10-year deal between the Western Fair Association and […]

Provincial police closed a Southwestern Ontario beach after a swimmer went missing in Lake Erie over the weekend. Emergency crews were called Sunday shortly after 3 p.m. to Port Burwell beach for a report of two swimmers in distress, Elgin OPP said. One swimmer was pulled to safety and taken to hospital with non-life threatening […]

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 […]