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The provincial government has committed to building a new elementary school in southwest London where students have already outgrown existing classroom space. 

London police are asking for dash cam video from anyone who was driving on Highbury Avenue near Westminster Drive at around 2:50 p.m. Monday.

Opting against two Indigenous names, a selection committee for the Thames Valley District School Board is recommending that Ryerson P.S. be renamed Old North P.S. after the north London, Ont., neighbourhood where it’s located. 

Opting against two Indigenous names, a selection committee for the Thames Valley District School Board is recommending that Ryerson P.S. be renamed Old North P.S. after the north London, Ont., neighbourhood where it’s located. 

Opting against two Indigenous names, a selection committee for the Thames Valley District School Board is recommending that Ryerson PS be renamed “Old North PS” echoing the name of the north London neighbourhood where it’s located. 

London Mayor Ed Holder highlighted the ups and downs of the last year and called on the provincial and federal governments to crack down on people who refuse to get vaccinated and urged a national conversation about the state of Canada’s health care system.

The Middlesex-London Health Unit reported one more death of a man in his 70s with COVID-19 on Tuesday, who was vaccinated. Hospitalizations remain steady with with 149 patients being treated for the virus, including 21 in critical care.

The operator of a horse and buggy is dead following a collision with a sports utility vehicle in Huron County early Tuesday morning. 

Staff shortages because of COVID-19 have forced the shutdown of Princess Elizabeth Public School for the week. Instead of in-person classes, students will have to log in to learn remotely until the end of the month.

After a week of being back to in-person learning, a handful of London-area schools are near the 30 per cent absenteeism threshold that requires school officials to notify the health unit.

January 24 marks two years since London, Ont., detected its first case of COVID-19, a discovery that would significantly change life as Londoners once knew it. 

Hundreds of truckers are expected to form a so-called “Freedom Convoy,” traveling cross-country in protest of the COVID-19 vaccine mandate. They’ll be stopping at the Flying J truck stop in London this Thursday.

The Middlesex-London Health Unit reported the deaths of five more people with COVID-19 since Friday, all of who were vaccinated. There are 143 patients being treated for the virus at local hospitals, including 23 in critical care.

Curling Canada announced London, Ont. was chosen to be the next host of Canada’s national men’s curling championship, taking place March 3 to 12 next year.

Stevie Brocksom launched the project after conducting an informal poll of their friends, a third of whom said they’ve gone without menstrual products.

The Nuclear Waste Management Organization of Canada is being sued by a former employee who claims he was constructively dismissed because he was “too much on the side of the community.”

The Nuclear Waste Management Organization of Canada is being sued by a former employee who claims he was constructively dismissed because he was “too much on the side of the community.”

London Police’s Major Crime Section is investigating a suspicious death after a body was found inside a vehicle that was on fire. 

It was a difficult year in many ways, but Londoners gave generously to help support others in this community as part of CBC London’s annual fundraiser. 

It’s a project that’s 672 days in the works: a circle of seniors from the region have opted to write emails dedicated to each day in order to stay in touch safely during some COVID-19’s darkest days.

A Strathroy family is asking the public for help in locating hundreds of stolen exotic birds.

London’s largest shelter for men and women is housing people in the chapel and in isolation rooms as it deals with the first COVID-19 outbreak since the pandemic began. 

The London Police Services board will be looking to fill another vacancy as Jeffery Lang is resigning his seat to take over as president and CEO of the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board.

About 15 per cent of inmates at London’s troubled provincial jail are currently infected with COVID-19, a worry because there is little room to isolate and many inside have underlying health conditions that could make the virus more deadly.

About 10 per cent of inmates at London’s troubled provincial jail are currently infected with COVID-19, a worry because there is little room to isolate and many inside have underlying health conditions that could make the virus more deadly.

The Middlesex-London Health Unit reported the deaths of two more people with COVID-19 on Friday, who were both men in their 80s and vaccinated. There are 153 patients being treated for the virus at local hospitals, including 22 in critical care.

Road is closed between Wallace Ave and Livingston Ave

Donna Atkinson-Wilson, founder of the Keeping Kids Warm charity, has been hanging about 150 knitted winter toques up in the trees at Victoria Park for people to take.  

Ally Jol, a community registered practical nurse living in Old East Village had some of her work items stolen from her car this week. And she’s not the only one. There were approximately nine other robberies from vehicles reported in the neighbourhood in the last 90 days.

London’s largest hospital operator is looking to transfer some regional patients back to their home hospitals as the Omicron-fuelled COVID-19 variant continues to put pressure on staff and space.

The Middlesex-London Health Unit (MLHU) has issued a cold weather alert in the London area for the second time in less than one week.  

A man who stalked and frightened more than a dozen women, many of them in the area around Western University in London, Ont., has pleaded guilty to six counts of criminal harassment and is likely to be deported from Canada.

The Middlesex-London Health Unit reported the deaths of six more people with COVID-19 on Thursday. Four of the deceased were fully vaccinated, with three having had a booster dose. There are 166 patients being treated for the virus at local hospitals, including 23 in critical care.