Sebastian Bron
London Free Press
London, ON, Canada
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A mom holds onto hope as her brain-injured son heals after hit-and-run
“Sitting here with him, him strumming to a guitar with me . . . It makes me want him to come back to us. We just have to take it day by day.” → Read More
Silent auction raises more than $11,000 for OEV blast victims
The idea of hosting a silent auction this weekend to support those impacted by the Old East Village explosion started with a routine phone call. → Read More
Fanshawe student from India ID'd as crash casualty
A 24-year-old woman from India has been identified as the lone causality of a single-vehicle collision north of London last Friday. Middlesex OPP said the woman, travelling as a passenger, was pronounced dead at the scene of a crash on Highbury Avenue at 14 Mile Road, after a vehicle swerved off the roadway and rolled […] → Read More
Western researcher probes Forest City's thriving sex trade from 1880-85
It was the late 19th century. industrialists drilled for oil at the forks of the Thames River, breweries and flour mills and major banks lined the downtown core, and a moral panic over London’s rampant and burgeoning sex trade began to fester. By 1880, prostitution in the Forest City — then an entertainment stopgap between […] → Read More
We came across a London linguist who has crossword building down
While his teen counterparts were watching TV or playing sports, Will Nediger was solving puzzles — and making them. “I’ve pretty much always been solving puzzles and crosswords since I was a kid and I thought, ‘Well, maybe I can try my hand at this. How hard can it be?’ ” Nediger said. Turns out, […] → Read More
Participation House's new name fits with expansion across Ontario
A longtime leading London social agency providing medically complex care is rebranding to reflect its growth and increasing provincial presence. More than 200 people gathered at the Watson Porter Pavilion at Fanshawe Conservation Area on Thursday to celebrate Participation House Support Services changing its identity a simpler, more concise “PHSS – Medically Complex Care in […] → Read More
Signs of brain activity give hope to kin of teen cyclist critically injured in crash
When Tristan Roby, the teenage cyclist critically injured in a hit-and-run nearly three weeks ago, clutched his fingers from a hospital bed late Sunday night, his mother knew there was still a fight left to be fought. “I didn’t know he was going to survive the weekend. The nurse was changing the bandage on his […] → Read More
Grocer brings fresh-from-garden produce to Old East
Rainbow Swiss chard, kohlrabi, ma lan baby turnips, pink celery. These organically grown vegetables may seem fit for an artisan’s grocery checklist, but one London supermarket is hoping to change that. The Old East Village Grocer has begun hosting weekly pop-up markets on its patio, offering customers and passersby a wide variety of organic, locally […] → Read More
Cyclist hit two weeks ago faces added injury complications
The 18-year-old London cyclist critically injured in a hit-and-run nearly two weeks ago is “hanging on but struggling,” his mother said Friday. Tristan Roby, a recent Sir Wilfrid Laurier secondary school graduate, has been in a coma since July 21, when he was struck by a car while biking with his childhood friend on Exeter […] → Read More
Trio sought in London highrise flood that caused at least $3M damage
London police are seeking public assistance in identifying three suspects linked to a south-end highrise flood that did as much as $5 million in damage. → Read More
Storm delay can't stop T-Pain from entertaining Harris Park revellers
The only weekend damper at Rock the Park’s final night was limited to some wet shoes, patches of muddy grass, and, briefly, people clad in plastic ponchos. → Read More
Londoners protest anti-abortion movie
About two dozen protesters stood outside London’s SilverCity on Friday evening, raising issues with a movie many critics have dubbed anti-abortion propaganda. → Read More
'Niagara Falls in the stairway': London police probe suspicious highrise flooding
London police are investigating the possibility that someone may have sabotaged a water pipe that flooded three floors of a south-end apartment building, forcing many residents out of their homes Wednesday. It was just before 7:30 a.m. when police were called to a 14-floor building at 940 Commissioners Rd., at the southern tip of Adelaide […] → Read More
Expect lots of sun and heat, little humidity heading into weekend
If you’ve been waiting for cooler weather, keep waiting. Environment Canada’s forecast for the London region is calling for several more days of temperatures hovering in the high 20s and low 30s, with sunny skies through the weekend. The good for Londoners trying to beat from the heat? Less humidity. The national weather service is […] → Read More
Motorcyclist dead in multi-vehicle crash near Dorchester
A multi-vehicle collision just east of Dorchester has left one motorcyclist dead. OPP and paramedics responded to a crash involving three vehicles on Hamilton Road and Breen Road at about 6 p.m. Monday night. OPP Const. Adam Crewdson said a group of vehicles was heading west to London when an eastbound driver crossed the median […] → Read More
Fire inspector probing west London highrise blaze
A short-lived fire broke out at a highrise apartment building in the city’s west end on Monday afternoon. → Read More
London libraries make reading fun, engaging for kids this summer
London Public Library wants kids to know that reading isn’t going out of style — not while they’re around, anyhow. → Read More
London police probe attempted daytime sexual assault in Gibbons Park
Police are investigating an attempted sexual assault that occurred on Friday afternoon near London’s Old North neighbourhood. At about 3:30 p.m., a woman was walking her dog in Gibbons Park, near the pathway to St. James Street, when a man on an old and rusted bike circled around her while making crude gestures. As she […] → Read More
School's (almost) out for summer and 2019's hottest week yet looms
Get your swim gear ready, Southwestern Ontario. We’re staring down the hottest week of summer yet. Environment Canada’s forecast for the London region is calling for seven straight days of mainly sunny skies, with a slim chance of rain on just Tuesday and Friday. The streak of heat picks up steam on Wednesday, where we’re […] → Read More
Weekend inmate death makes 15 in past decade at London's troubled Elgin-Middlesex-Detention Centre
An inmate died this weekend at London’s troubled provincial jail – three months after the last death, a provincial spokesperson says. The death occurred Saturday. Few other details are known. “The (province) can confirm that an inmate from the Elgin-Middlesex Detention Centre passed away (Saturday),” Community Safety and Correctional Services spokesperson Greg Flood said. “The inmate […] → Read More