OLd East Village

• Old East Village neighbours answer call to help elderly woman after thieves broke into home

  “It actually started off as a neighbourly chit-chat, and that's when she was telling me about the break-ins,” neighbour Sunday-June Charity, 44, said.

  Health

  May 1
• Lorne Avenue Park opens in Old East Village

  The city of London announced Wednesday that Lorne Avenue Park is now officially open and ready to welcome local households under the current Stay-at-Home order.

  Canada

  Apr 29
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• Fed up with break-ins, London, Ont. businesses eye formation of overnight foot patrol

  The incidents have come amid an already challenging time for small businesses in London's Old East Village, given the ongoing impacts of COVID-19 as well as new construction.

  Crime

  Mar 25
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• Construction returns to Old East Village for Phase 2 of Dundas St. infrastructure renewal

  Dundas Street between Adelaide Street North and English Street will be closed to vehicle traffic starting Monday until construction wraps up in the fall. 

  Canada

  Mar 15
• London explosion: Kitchener’s Daniella Leis sentenced to 3 years in prison

  The sentencing comes nearly four months after Daniella Leis pleaded guilty to four counts of impaired driving causing bodily harm in relation to 2019's gas explosion.

  Crime

  Feb 11
• Sentencing adjourned for Kitchener’s Daniella Leis in London explosion case

  The adjournment to Feb. 11 marks the latest development in the case surrounding the 2019 gas explosion in London's historic Old East Village neighbourhood.

  Crime

  Jan 21
• Sentencing in case surrounding London, Ont., explosion begins Thursday

  The Aug. 14, 2019 explosion took place in London's historic Old East Village, leaving three homes destroyed and four first responders suffering numerous injuries in its wake.

  Crime

  Jan 20
• Iconic Hard Rock Hotel coming to London’s Old East Village

  The hotel, which is planned to have 353 rooms, will be the latest addition to the historic site of the former Kellogg's Canada factory.

  Canada

  Jan 15
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• $2.5-million lawsuit launched in wake of Old East Village explosion

  The Aug. 14, 2019 crash sparked a massive explosion that completely levelled a home, damaged others and resulted in the evacuation of an entire neighbourhood.

  Canada

  Jan 14
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• Londoners who lost homes react to guilty plea in Old East Village explosion

  Daniella Leis has pleaded guilty to four counts of impaired driving causing bodily harm in a case related to the explosion.

  Canada

  Oct 22, 2020