John Ryan
Assistant News Editor at London Free Press
London Free Press story sleuth & copy polisher; legacy media lifer (so far)
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1 week ago |
lfpress.com | Brad Millington |John Ryan
The inaugural season of the TGL golf league closed in March with a final championship-deciding series. The upstart, team-based, men’s league made headlines for its celebrity backers, including star golfers Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy. Even more noteworthy is TGL’s unique format. Events were played inside SoFi Center, a custom-built venue in Florida with an audience capacity of 1,500. At one end lies the “ScreenZone,” where a golf simulator is used for longer shots such as drives and iron play.
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1 month ago |
lfpress.com | John Ryan
The 88-year-old pontiff had been well aware of his fragile state and advanced age. As early as 2015, Pope Francis had expressed the desire to be buried in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, a fifth-century church in Rome dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary. He was so devoted to Mary and her basilica that after each of his more than 100 trips abroad, he would visit it after returning to Rome to pray and meditate.
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1 month ago |
lfpress.com | Cory Smith |John Ryan
Stratford police said the truck was headed out of the city on Ontario Street and destined for a feed mill just after 4:30 p.m. when a car, near Road 111, turned left in front of it and activated the truck’s automatic emergency brakes. A Stratford street was a bloody mess on Wednesday afternoon after a transport truck carrying turkey carcasses spilled its contents onto the road, painting the pavement a creepy crimson. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.
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1 month ago |
lfpress.com | John Ryan
The mother of a newborn baby boy left on the front porch of a London home with a note has been identified and located, London police said Friday evening. “There is no longer a concern for her well-being,” police said in a news release. “We would like to thank the public for their compassion and engagement in this situation. Thankfully, everyone is safe,” Det. Insp. Sean Travis said in the release.
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2 months ago |
lfpress.com | John Ryan
Catherine Carstairs, University of Guelph and Kathryn Hughes, University of GuelphMeasles was supposedly eradicated in Canada more than a quarter century ago. But today, measles is surging. Public Health Ontario recently announced that there have been 173 cases in the province in the past two weeks and 350 cases since autumn 2024. Many cases have required hospitalization. Last year, a child died. The cause of this resurgence is declining vaccination rates. Measles is extremely infectious.
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