Brent Lale

6 days ago | ctvnews.ca | Brent Lale

Advance polls opened Friday across the country, 10 days ahead of election day. Registered voters can cast a ballot at their assigned polling station between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. Friday through Monday Apr. 21. In the riding of London West, dozens of voters cast a ballot in the first hour Friday morning at the Church of the Epiphany on Briscoe Street. Advance polling station A voter enters the advance polling station on Briscoe St. in London, Ont. in the riding of London West on Friday Apr.

1 week ago | ctvnews.ca | Brent Lale

The Elgin-Middlesex Canucks have accomplished step one in their journey to a National U18 hockey championship. Lucas Van Steensel’s overtime winner against Vaughan booked them a ticket to the Telus Cup. “You have to win the Alliance, which is a very good league,” said Canucks head coach Brian Dobbin. “We beat Waterloo in five games and then you go to the Ontarios, play the winners of all the other leagues. It’s quite a daunting journey to get to the Telus Cup.”That was step one.

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The St. Thomas Fire Department battling a raging fire in the city on Monday afternoonThe former Weatherhead Company of Canada Limited plant caught fire early Monday afternoon. Fire Chief Dave Gregory says they had a full callback of firefighters, and 50-60 are on scene right now. An aerial truck is helping to douse the building with water, as St. Thomas police controls a large crowd of onlookers.

1 week ago | ctvnews.ca | Brent Lale

After a long, hard winter, the Forest City needs a makeover. As part of Earth Month festivities, London Clean and Green held a community-wide clean-up Saturday that encouraged groups to get together to tidy up their neighbourhood. “The kick-off to the season is always a big cleanup,” said Justin Sim of Antler River Rally, who organized the cleanup at Ann St. Park. “We have tons of bags out here and pulling all sorts of strange things out of the river like bikes and appliances.

1 week ago | ctvnews.ca | Brent Lale

A few dozen protesters were trying to send a strong message — they do not support a Tesla dealership opening in the Forest City. With signs in hand, they gathered on the sidewalk outside Tesla on Wonderland Road Saturday afternoon, as hundreds of cars honked in support as they drove by. “There’s been a lot of, a lot of protests happening throughout the [United] States, throughout Canada, protesting Elon Musk and the Trump administration,” said Jim Koegelheide, the organizer of the London, Ont.