At first, it was only a few stones. Now it’s a large section of the wall crumbling to the ground at a London historical landmark — and heritage activists want to know why nothing has been done. The wall between the jail and the old courthouse, now home to the Middlesex County building, has needed repairs for almost one year, said Architectural Conservancy Ontario (ACO) London past president Mike Bloxam. 

The London Tecumsehs are fed up with finding used needles at their home park. The baseball club uses CNRA Park off of Egerton Street. Club president Wayne Bilger said they really like playing at the park, but used needles have no place there. “We’ve been picking up needles since we came,” Bilger said.

Days after Doug Ford wavered from a promise to scrap progressive sex education from schools, Ontario’s new premier is facing another choice that will test his social conservative roots. Ford’s government was asked Thursday to approve a request from local public health officials to extend the life of the province’s first temporary supervised drug injection site, located in downtown London.

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They’re faking permits, changing expiry dates on the real thing and even photocopying the passes of deserving people. Worse, others don’t even bother to pretend — they just barge in, taking the precious spaces reserved for those who can’t easily get around. But more than 200 scofflaw parkers in London are now $375 poorer after a city hall blitz targeting illegal use of accessible parking spaces.

There were a lot of happy tails wagging in west London on Saturday. Thousands of dog lovers and dogs gathered at the Plunkett Estate for the dog festival, Pawlooza, The events support Animal Rescue Foundation (ARF) Ontario, which finds new forever homes for stray dogs and cats, and Leads Employment Services, which helps people living with disabilities find employment.

A Brantford dancer currently performing on Broadway says he enjoys sharing his knowledge with young dancers. Attila Joey Csiki is starring in Christopher Wheeldon's production of An American in Paris at the Palace Theatre in New York City. When he has time off during the summer, Csiki returns to Brantford to share his love of dance by teaching classes.

A new summer exhibit featured at the Norfolk Arts Centre in Simcoe aims to address issues impacting First Nations communities. Shelley Niro's exhibit, "Indian Summer," is on display until September 2. Several pieces in the collection focus on Niro's perspective of the number of murdered and missing Aboriginal woman in Canada and Idle No More.

"Girls Just Want To Have Fun" is an unusual song for a funeral - but Norma Dick was anything but usual. A humorous obituary, joking about "who really killed JFK" and asking for donations to the anti-Donald Trump movement, is unusual, too. But Nori Smith knew her mother was a special person and she wanted her obituary to stand out because her mother stood out.