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- Fanshawe College honours grad from Ukraine who found peace in LondonThree years ago, Elizabeth Bakalova spent her high school graduation in a Ukrainian bomb shelter. This week, she crossed the stage at Fanshawe College’s convocation to accept both an award as a distinguished student and the President’s Prize. The honours recognize her work supporting her fellow students as the Fanshawe Student Union’s vice-president of advocacy […]
- London tech firm seeks creditor protection amid $92M debt loadThe CEO says business will continue operating normally as company restructures finances.
- LFP Letters to the Editor: June 17, 2026A Free Press reader says he will take Canadian football over the “beautiful” game of soccer.
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- Humble McNaught chosen as West Perth's 2026 senior of the yearWest Perth Mayor Walter McKenzie noted before his presentation of the municpality’s annual Senior of the Year that the 2026 recipient “flies below the radar.” Ray McNaught does just that, and communities thrive because of the efforts of people like McNaught who get things done with little or no fanfare. The recognition, held every June […]
- U17 Hornets' deserving runners-up in FastballfestThe Mitchell Silo King U17 girls’ fastball team finished as runners-up in the second leg of Fastballfest June 12-13. Fastballfest was held over two separate weekends, the first involving teams in the U11, U13 and U15 divisions (which unfortunately was cut short because of weekend rain on May 22-24), and the second involving teams in U17 and […]
- Young Astros fare well in Stratford tournamentA pair of Mitchell Astros OBA teams brought home some hardware from the Stratford tournament over the June 12-14 weekend. The DG Eckert Construction 9U Astros went undefeated in round-robin play with three convincing victories before doubling their hosts in the semifinal 6-3 Saturday night to try to beat the rain and then losing an […]
- Will painting rural roads slow down drivers? West Perth will find outA two-block area on Line 32 west of Road 180 south of Dublin will have a yellow line painted in the middle of the rural roadway as a pilot project to try to slow down travellers in West Perth. Operations director Adam Ryan provided West Perth councillors with a vehicular speed report on rural roadways, […]