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BEER: A sour suite for summer's end

Sour that summer is on its final stretch? There’s a beer for that.

What’s fuelling Canada's increase in outsourced violence?

An emerging form of brokered violence involves local youth, encrypted communications and symbolic targets

New St. Thomas sculpture puts colourful spin on railway roots

Seven-metre artwork marks the gateway to St. Thomas’s growing Yarmouth Yards industrial park.

Man convicted after Pride festival clash appeals verdict, sentence

Defence argues Richard Sillers acted in self-defence during 2022 Wortley Pride confrontation.

St. Thomas hits key milestone in push to end homelessness

More people moved into housing than became homeless in the first half of 2026.

Family questions care for ill group home resident during strike

Jane Mason’s family says her health deteriorated amid the Community Living London strike.

Politicians back $2.1M funding shift from outreach to winter response

The federal funding previously supported daytime drop-in services and encampment outreach in London.

Clean-up begins after huge rainstorm prompted state of emergency

FINGAL - Repairs and clean-up continued this weekend in Southwold Township, a largely rural municipality southwest of London, after roughly nine…

Dyer: South Africa's justice system miraculously OK

The courts managed to keep their independence right through a decades-long siege.

LFP Letters to the Editor: August 8, 2026

Free Press readers sound off on the topics of the day, including the crossword print size, Canadian health care, and the Freedom Convoy.

COLUMN: Giller out of Gaza, into prisons

Book prize severs ties with genocide-connected partner, launches inmate book club initiative

Dyer: To avoid tiresome wars, let's speculate on dictator's heiress

What will become of sweet little Kim Ju Ae, the 13-year-old daughter of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un?

New platform for menopause care launches as women face gaps in access

Effica Health chief medical officer Catherine Hansen says care is “severely lacking” in current system.

U.S. still unhappy with Canada’s dairy policies

The U.S. has complained about the way Canada administers permits that allow limited imports of Canadian dairy products.

Ex-Windsor police fleet manager sent to jail for $30K fraud

'I think it's wholly appropriate for the accused to have to pay back this money,' the judge said.

London’s longest-serving councillor to seek fourth term

Ward 9’s Anna Hopkins has the longest continuous tenure after Van Meerbergen was out for one term.

Baranyai: Action needed to protect kids from online harm

There are better sources of parenting advice than tech billionaires, but we should definitely pay heed to how few of them let their children use…

BEER: Cowbell celebrates nine years with Huron County expansion

Also, a taste of beer is celebrating the Artemis 2 flyby mission to the moon