Yesterday, the twelve finalists for the 12th Annual Pillar Community Innovation Awards were announced at Innovation Works. The Pillar Community Innovation Awards celebrate how individuals, organizations and enterprises invest in positive community impact in the categories of Innovation, Leadership, Impact, Collaboration and Community Choice. The selected finalists have been deemed …
Read More »City Council Recognizes Queen Elizabeth Scholarship winners
City Council recognized Kai Sun and Robert Nadal as the 2018 recipients of the Queen Elizabeth Scholarship yesterday – a $2,000 scholarship, awarded annually to recognize two high school students with the highest scholastic achievement based on the average of the student’s best six subjects in their graduating year. Kai …
Read More »Change In Stop Control at Wonderland Road and Glanworth Drive
The temporary stop signs that were installed on Wonderland Road South at the intersection of Wonderland Road South and Glanworth Drive will be removed today. The change in stop control is a result of an expected increase in traffic along Wonderland Road South due to the construction of a new …
Read More »Seven People Facing 40 Charges After Weekend Student Party Crashed
Three firearms were seized, two men were injured, and seven are facing charges after a weekend robbery at a student party. On Sunday at approximately 2 a.m., police responded to a large student party on Thurman Circle after two occupants were assaulted by uninvited guests and personal items were stolen. …
Read More »Suspicious Fire On Wonderland Road South, $25000 In Damages
At approximately noon yesterday, members of the London Police Service and the London Fire Department attended an apartment complex at 675 Wonderland Road South in relation to a residential fire. Black smoke was observed coming from the second floor windows upon arrival. The fire was extinguished and there were no …
Read More »The Wheels On The Buses Will Go Round And Round
The Thames Valley District School Board (TVDSB) and London District Catholic School Board (LDCSB) both announced today via Twitter, that they had reached an agreement on a new contract with Southwestern Ontario Student Transportation Services (STS). Despite negotiations between STS, who represent the school bus operators in contract talks, and …
Read More »Knights Get Veteran Defenseman Timms In Trade With Petes
The London Knights and Peterborough Petes completed a trade today that will see defenseman Matthew Timms coming to the Knights, in exchange for two priority selections. Timms has spent four seasons with Peterborough, and the former second round selection scored 35 points in 46 games last season. He had a …
Read More »Long-Time NDP MP Irene Mathyssen Announces Retirement
New Democrat MP Irene Mathyssen announced today, that she will not be seeking re-election in 2019. Mathyssen has held the London-Fanshawe riding since 2006, and prior to that served as an MPP from 1990 to 1995 in Bob Rae’s NDP provincial government. Over the past decade Irene has served as …
Read More »Knights Open Training Camp Sessions Tomorrow
The London Knights will be opening their 2018 Training Camp presented by Start.ca starting tomorrow at Budweiser Gardens. The camp is open to the public with intra-squad games taking place starting at 8:00am Tuesday and running through until Thursday. There are four intrasquad teams – Team Green, Team Gold, Team …
Read More »On The Beat: August 27th
Here are your local headlines for August 27th: SIU naloxone probe a ?complete waste of resources?: London police board chair 27 Aug 2018 at 6:23am Heat warning remains in place 27 Aug 2018 at 5:06am Paralyzed Humboldt Broncos player learns old skills after collision 27 Aug 2018 at 5:01am London’s …
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