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Written By David Gomez MIDDLESEX COUNTY – County council has approved updates to both its employee support services and the final phase of renovations at the Middlesex-London Paramedic Service (MLPS)…
Written By David Gomez MIDDLESEX COUNTY - A new system aimed at improving how emergency medical calls are prioritized and dispatched is set to be introduced across Middlesex County later…
Written By Jeffrey Reed For almost five decades, I have written about golf in Southwestern Ontario. People often ask me, ‘What are you most proud of when it comes to…
Tuesday, March 23, 2026: Irene Deschenes 24 ptsGeorge Tanner 18 ptsSusan McNaughton 12 pts Eleanor Cook &Frank Roberts High Score Lois McDonald Low score Friday, March 27, 2026: Laura McCallum…
Written By Amiee Bloemendal,Mt. Brydges BusinessAssociation (MBBA) With the warmer weather returning many of us in the community start thinking about patios, summer evenings, and local events. We sometimes forget…
Written By David Gomez SOUTHWEST MIDDLESEX - Emergency response demands, staffing levels and future equipment needs were among the key topics highlighted as Council received the municipality’s 2025 Fire Department…
Written By Olena Riznyk PARKHILL – Children today are navigating an online world many parents don’t fully understand–and often without supervision.That was the focus of a recent Internet Safety information…
Written By Olena Riznyk LUCAN – A child reading aloud to a dog may sound unusual–but at the Lucan Library, it’s part of a growing effort to make reading less…
Written By Jan Sims MIDDLESEX CENTRE - Middlesex Centre has a new member of the municipal senior management team. Courtney Godfrey took up the job of Director of Community Services…
Written By David Gomez ADELAIDE METCALFE - County council has approved a funding request from the Township aimed at advancing the development of industrial lands along Centre Road.The application, submitted…
Written By Jan Sims MIDDLESEX CENTRE - Middlesex Centre will be taking a look at paving more gravel roads after a petition was put forward to council about a pothole…
The Komoka Community Market will open on May 16th, 2026. The organizers, vendors, young entrepreneurs, musicians, and various community groups and businesses involved, are all preparing and looking forward to…
Written By Olena Riznyk STRATHROY – A long-anticipated transformation of a former downtown bar into a community arts hub took a step forward on March 26, as The Wright Place…
Media Release provided by the Glencoe and District Curling Club GLENCOE – On Saturday March 28, local MPP Steve Pinsonneault met with the team at the Glencoe and District Curling…
Beginning April 20, Middlesex County Library will be offering a free five-week tech training program for seniors at the Ilderton Library on Monday mornings from 10am-noon.This program, known as Seniors…
Written By Brad Harness Francine was not a big woman and when she collided - let herself collide - with her neighbour Mark, she more or less bounced off of…
Written By John Bradley The term “Artificial Intelligence” was formally introduced in 1956 during the Dartmouth Conference, organized by computer scientist John McCarthy and other pioneers. Researchers believed that machines…
Baby chicks grow very quickly, and in a few weeks are developing feathers and becoming increasingly mobile. Newly hatched chicks are fed chick-starter, a specially formulated, finely ground mix of…
Get ready for a day of discovery at the Strathroy-Caradoc Home, Garden & Leisure Show 2026, happening on April 18, 2026, at the West Middlesex Memorial Centre.From 9 a.m. to…
Tuesday, March 10, 2025: Gord Mitchell,Carolann Huston &Laura McCallum 24 pts Carolyn Demers 18 pts Gary Douglas 12 pts Paul Giles High score Friday, March 13, 2025: Paul Giles 18…
Written By David Gomez MIDDLESEX COUNTY - Efforts to expand high-speed internet access across Middlesex County were the focus of an update presented to council on March 10, outlining significant…
Written By Alan Good TRAVEL - Have you ever gotten into your vehicle and just pointed it in one direction and drove? We’re talking about just going for a ride,…
Written By Alan Good Are you stuck in a rut? Think you’re too old to improve? Do people refer to you as “elderly” “senior” or “that old guy/woman”? Do you…
Written By Olena Riznyk PARKHILL – A new exhibit at the Parkhill Carnegie Gallery is telling a story shaped by loss, reflection, and creative experimentation.Making Mark Art, featuring more than…
Written By Jan Sims MIDDLESEX CENTRE - A report outlining how much was paid last year to Middlesex Centre members of council and Board appointees went before council at its…
Written By Bill Simpson On one of my earliest explorations when I moved down to this area last year, I took the Burwell Road from Longwoods (a couple of kilometers…
Written By Nancy Abra, The London Writers Society (LWS) For weeks, the landscape has been frozen in winter’s grasp. White, blackish-green, tones of grays and browns, lifeless in colour. Our…
Written By John Caverhill Adam Bailey and his wife Gertrude, whose farm adjoined ours, had six sons. After the warl, their third son Harold, just out of the army, started…
Written By Olena Riznyk LUCAN BIDDULPH – Council moved through a mix of planning decisions, infrastructure issues and longer-term policy discussions, with discussions including development pressures and the performance of…