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London

• Baranyai: Speed cameras proven solution to known problem
  Traffic calming solutions paid for by taxpayer will take time
• Dyer: Probability of U.S. collapse depressingly high
  "Predictions are hard, especially about the future," says a Danish proverb, but still we make them, especially when we care about the future.
• Q+A: Mike Lumley retiring as Western Mustangs men's baseball coach
  Mike Lumley has been the manager of the Western University men’s baseball team since its inception in 2001.
• Donation keeps London velodrome open for another year
  A financial injection from a London developer is giving the city’s indoor cycling track a new lifeline.

Mitchell

• Plenty of youngsters bodes well for Mitchell ringette's future
  Twenty-one players registered in Mitchell’s Fun 1 category of ringette – under eight-years-old, or “newbies” to the sport – is a testament to the growth of the program as another season begins. Add in three teams at the Fun 2 level (U9) and another four at Fun 3 (U10), it’s easy to predict the future […]
• After more than half a century, Wayne Kelly passes down family business
  After 53 years, Wayne Kelly finally decided enough was enough. So he retired. The 73-year-old from Mitchell was, along with his late brother Doug, second-generation owners of Frank Kelly & Sons Garage Ltd. in Mitchell’s east end. Now after working diligently behind the scenes, he’s turned the business over to his oldest son, Wade, whose […]
• Childhood cancer fundraiser has local origin
  Mitchell resident Katie Vander Velde wasn’t in attendance for the Cops for Cancer fundraising event held in her hometown Sept. 27.  Her admiration came from a distance, she says, but she literally has a deep connection to it.  It started years ago when Vander Velde’s mom, Lorna Parkinson, read a newspaper story about a police officer out […]
• Purolator's national red bag campaign benefits food bank
  Purolator, in partnership with The Salvation Army, successfully launched its first-ever national red bag campaign in Mitchell this fall, resulting in an impressive 2,734 pounds of food donated to the local food bank, officials say. On Sept. 13, volunteers from Purolator and The Salvation Army distributed red donation bags to homes across Mitchell. One week […]

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