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 […]





Artificial intelligence poses an unprecedented cyber security threat to business, industry and institutions, and London agencies will be given a crash course Thursday on how to guard against crippling attacks. AI can be used by hackers to attack targets with speed and sophistication and a strong counter is needed against the threat, said Neil Beaton, […]





Police are investigating after a rainbow Pride flag was damaged at a Norwich elementary school – the second such act of vandalism in just over a week in the Oxford County town, which has a fraught history with LGBTQ symbols. Two people damaged the flag at Emily Stowe elementary school on Jerdon Street shortly after midnight […]





Ontario’s police watchdog has closed its investigation into a collision involving a cruiser and a snowplow that injured two snowmobilers north of Wingham three months ago. Ontario Provincial Police in Huron County shut down the southbound lanes of London Road during a winter storm on Feb. 17. An officer had pulled over and activated the […]





The London-area health unit at the epicentre of a provincewide measles outbreak is reporting more than 100 new infections in a week for the first time since the outbreak began in October. Southwestern Public Health reported 104 new measles cases in Elgin and Oxford counties, Woodstock and St. Thomas since May 8 on Thursday. The […]