A Goderich man is facing charges after liquid was thrown at an officer while police say they were responding to a call regarding damaged property. Read More

The London police board decision to hire the former legal counsel of the Thames Valley District school board – where governance issues led to a Queen's Park takeover – to advise the city's top cop will raise citizen concerns, one expert says. Read More

A 16-year-old from Chatham has been arrested and faces a raft of charges after gunshots were fired at a downtown London building in November, police say. Read More

A 12-year-old boy is charged with arson after a fire at an east-end residential building in London, police say. Read More

Ugly holiday weather that has lashed the London region could continue into Tuesday, Environment Canada warned amid snow squall and wind warnings that arrived on the heels of last week's ice storm. Read More

No one was injured in a fire that ripped through two townhomes in London’s south end, a London fire department official says. Read More

SARNIA – Ryan Brown’s change of scenery began in familiar surroundings. Read More

_The London Free Press has put together 80 multiple-choice questions about major news, business, sports and entertainment events from the past 12 months. Now it’s your turn to think back on 2025 and test your knowledge and memory with our year-end quiz!_ Read More

It’s been a bittersweet year for autoworker Rachel Knapp, who lost both her father and her job at an Ingersoll factory idled by slow sales of an electric cargo delivery van. Read More

_The Forest City Film Festival is under new leadership for the first time as London filmmaker Ethan Hickey, 24, takes over as executive director. Founder Dorothy Downs will stay on in a consulting role after a decade at the helm. LFP’s Ryan Goodison spoke with Hickey about his plans for the festival._ Read More

_Sarnia police on Sunday renewed their call for tips to help solve the slaying of Robert "B.J." Raymond – who was killed exactly 24 years ago, on Dec. 28, 2001, after a fight behind a bar in the border city. Our Sarnia Observer colleagues have been covering the case since the beginning and this story appeared in their print editions on Sept. 2, 2003._ Read More

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Two weather alerts have been issued for the London region for Sunday and Monday, warning of heavy rainfall and strong winds that could lead to local flooding and power outages. Read More

Canadians wear toques in winter and running shoes in summer, not “beanies” or “trainers.” We like a double double at Timmy’s, but the rising cost of coffee beans might put it over a toonie; we may have to drop a caribou. Read More

The Russian word "derzhavnost" is usually translated as "great power status," but the real meaning is closer to the gangland concept of "respect." The word was beyond the reach of my feeble Russian vocabulary until I heard it about 20 times in 20 minutes while interviewing an ultranationalist ideologue called Aleksandr Dugin about 20 years ago. Read More

I’m the founder of Hear Her Foundation, a London-based non-profit focused on mental health and community support. Read More

Every year, extreme weather events wreak havoc across Canada, disrupting the lives of tens of thousands. Financial losses from these events have surged, surpassing $7 billion in 2024, due in part to climate change, asset accumulation and more people living in high-risk areas. Read More

It’s customary during weeks such as this to recount the past year: highlights, lowlights, lists, persons of the year, words of the year, cultural trends, notable deaths, most popular baby names and so on. If you can imagine a category, there’s a list. Read More

One of the best parts of many holiday meals for me is the leftovers. I love the aroma of a delicious turkey stock simmering on the stove, knowing it will be the base for delicious soups in the months ahead. Read More

As gardeners, we always are planning for the next garden, next plants or planters. We always are trying to figure out what is going to happen next or what needs to be done next. Read More

A new book by two Canadian researchers challenges police claims that outfitting officers with body cameras increases transparency and accountability. Read More

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A London tattoo artist passionate about native birds is on a mission to tattoo every Canadian species while giving back to those who protect them. Read More

London recorded one of lowest-ever years for homicides in 2025 and police laid charges in all the cases for a seventh straight year. Read More

_The seasonal carol The Twelve Days of Christmas delights audiences with its mounting list of gifts, from a partridge in a pear tree to 12 drummers drumming. But after another year of punishing food inflation, let alone the surging price of gold, what would it cost to buy your true love all the gifts in the song's lyrics that date back to 1780 England? Reporter Beatriz Baleeiro went price shopping to find out. Hang onto your wallet . . ._ Read More