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London

• Central Elgin gets $80M in offsets for land lost to VW mega-factory
  Millions in cash, a big key to unlock future growth – and provincial muscle to help. “Frustrated” only weeks ago by what he called the slow pace of compensation talks, after his municipality lost a big chunk of land to neighbouring St. Thomas to help it land a $7-billion Volkswagen factory, Central Elgin’s mayor was […]
• Western University building 770-student residence on Richmond Street
  One of two new residence buildings promised by Western University last year is set to make its way to city hall this summer, promising more housing for the school’s student body of more than 38,000. Going before council’s planning committee in June is a proposed eight-storey building at the eastern entrance to the campus at […]
• Defence lawyer challenges delays by witness in disclosing abuse details
  Every time the witness spoke to the police, they said they disclosed a little bit more of what they said happened to them. However, what one of the defence lawyers wanted to know was why the witness at a shocking abuse and sexual assault trial didn’t tell the police and child welfare investigators everything from […]
• Police officer taking bid to overturn conviction to Supreme Court: Lawyer
  A London police officer convicted of failing to provide the necessaries of life will make a last-ditch attempt to appeal his conviction to the Supreme Court of Canada, his lawyer says.

Mitchell

• EV charging stations now operational in West Perth; rate to be monitored
  West Perth will monitor its eight electric-vehicle (EV) chargers over the next six months to determine if the municipality is overcharging customers, council decided during its April 15 meeting.  Earlier this year, the municipality strategically installed the chargers at both the front and back parking lot of the municipal office on Wellington Street, and in Keterson Park […]
• West Perth ringette players return from national event
  West Perth’s Lydia Duncan rehabilitated her knee to the point where she could resume playing ringette at the highest level this 2023-24 season.   And she was rewarded with a bronze medal.  Duncan, who grew up just north of Mitchell, played defence this season for the third straight year with the Waterloo Wildfire of the […]
• Hicks descendants looking forward to Homecoming celebration
  Mitchell’s 150th Homecoming celebration this summer will be like a big family reunion.  For one family, though, they can definitively point to Mitchell’s founder, Col. John Hicks, as an ancestor.  Might as well start at the beginning, right?  Blyth resident Cindy Soares is the sixth generation of Col. Hicks, while niece Kelly Chmilar of Mount Forest […]
• Well-earned provincial silver for Mitchell U18 girls
  Knowing they had a rather large bull’s-eye on their collective backs, the Mitchell GC Financial Solutions Group U18 girls’ hockey team — as defending provincial ‘C’ champions — aimed for the rare repeat at the Ontario Women’s Hockey Association championships over the April 12-14 weekend in the Greater Toronto Area.  The Meteors rocketed all the […]

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