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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2 weeks 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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3 weeks 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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1 month 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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2 months ago |
lfpress.com | John Ryan
Escalating trade tensions between Canada and the United States have ignited a new wave of Canadian patriotism, with consumers consciously choosing made-in-Canada products as an act of economic self-preservation and national pride. Hours after his inauguration in January, U.S. President Donald Trump began threatening to impose 25 per cent tariffs on Canada and Mexico.
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