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A Free Press reader who now lives in Germany, sends thanks to the Londoner who helped their son during an incident in 2024.

It took 11 innings but the London Majors beat the Welland Jackfish 6-5 on Friday night at Labatt Park, winning the opening game of their best-of-seven series in the first round of the Canadian Baseball League playoffs. The teams had identical records (31-17) in the regular season. Game 2 is set for Saturday night in […]

Free Press readers sound off on the topics of the day, including former London councillors, Donald Trump and Canadian Parliament.

The U.S. president not openly declared his support of a united Canada in the run-up to the Alberta vote

Mother Nature once again left her mark in West Perth, and she was quick about it. A wicked windstorm with torrential rain pummelled the region at approximately 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 2, closing roads, toppling century-old trees, damaging fence lines and roofs, twisting light standards and bringing flag poles down and leaving debris everywhere. […]

Airtight defence and a relentless balanced offensive attack were keys for the Mitchell D.G. Eckert Construction 9U Astros en route to the 2026 Ontario Baseball Association (OBA) ‘C’ championship in Kingsville Aug. 28-30.  Mitchell was a perfect 5-0 in the seven-team tournament, capping a season where they finished a remarkable 28-3 overall, including the Western Ontario […]

Mitchell’s 15U Western Ontario Baseball Association (WOBA) team left no doubt they were the best after capturing the WOBA South title on their home field Aug. 29 after rain and team drop-outs played havoc with the schedule.  The Astros finished in first place in league action and joined five others in the championship side of the tournament, […]

For the first time since pre-COVID, the Mitchell Shooters slo-pitch team has captured the championship of the Huron-Perth Ladies Slo-pitch League.  And the league’s oldest regular player helped lead them there.  Joanne Skinner, who proudly turns 62 in October, threw every pitch in the four games the third-seeded Shooters played over the Aug. 28-30 weekend, […]

Cobourg’s Beyond the Blue Box continues to give back to the community and has dished out $3,000 in scholarships.

Here is your monthly gardening column from master-gardener Tanya Crowell.

Two dedicated local youth are in the spotlight and being honoured as recipients of this year’s Dixie Mikel scholarships in recognition of their volunteerism and commitment to Northumberland Hills Hospital.