The Ontario Nurses' Association (ONA) is warning that London-area cancer patients will face longer wait times as London Health Sciences Centre makes cuts to its nursing staff.

Have you ever wondered how far a snake would slide on the snow if you threw one?

London's Fanshawe college is making a proposal to Board of Control this week, looking to convert some downtown properties into a location to house a new school for applied and performing arts.

Police are looking for two male suspects after a 42-year-old male was assaulted during an armed home invasion in the city's east, Monday (Feb. 8).

It's a case of gender mix-up for London police after investigators discovered a suspect in a recent robbery at a northeast London variety store was identified as a woman and not a man as was originally thought.

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Elgin County OPP is investigating a single motor vehicle collision which occurred on Highway 401 just east of Iona Rd. Southwold Township around 10 a.m. on Jan. 28.

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West Lorne Heritage Homes and the West Elgin Community Health Centre are working together along with Community Support Services and Assisted Living and the Municipality of West Elgin to complete the plans for the new West Lorne Heritage Community Centre.

Southwold Township is pushing the provincial government to regulate the keeping of exotic animals in the aftermath of a tragedy this January when a Southwold man was killed by his pet tiger.

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Bluewater Councillor Kay Wise was the first to issue the challenge at Bluewater Council's Feb. 1 session.

Lance Bedard is about to enbark on the release of his second "EP" and the community is invited to attend.

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CATHY DOBSON The Observer Dr. Glen Maddison, a local physician just back from an exhausting rotation in a Haitian hospital, says many pregnant women are desperate for food and water and shouldn't be standing in long lineups for aid.[...]

SHAWN JEFFORDS The Observer A Petrolia resident and council critic who posted a series of videos on YouTube of alleged structural problems at the municipal community centre has been banned from public facilities in the town.[...]

Observer Staff Police are advising residents to be wary of calls regarding a family member in financial trouble after a Wyoming couple was duped out of $4,400 dollars.[...]

NEIL BOWEN The Observer A ferrier who sexually assaulted a woman in a horse stall was delivered a 60-day jail sentence in Sarnia court. Earl Folkins, 48, of Lambton County, was convicted of the August 2008 assault following a trial spread over many months.[...]

St. Marys Minor Ball Association will be holding registrations for the upcoming season. A sign-up desk will be placed in the lobby at the Pyramid Recreation Centre. Dates are Saturday, Feb. 6 from 9:30 to 11 a.m., and Tuesday, Feb. 9 from 6:30 to 8 p.m.

The Frayne Custom Cabinets Additional-Entry Bantams open a third-round, best-of-three OMHA playoff series against Lambeth Lancers this weekend.

STRATFORD - St. Marys Lincolns’ coach Merlin Malinowski didn’t want to take anything away from Stratford Cullitons.

What price for physical fitness? It’s a question currently being bounced around by DCVI athletics staff and the town, as tightening education budgets and the need for the Pyramid Centre to make money come to loggerheads.

Despite assertions from health care administrators that the status quo is not sustainable, a group of St. Marys and area residents continue to lead a charge to save the local hospital from cuts to service.