London Free Press

In a Canadian first, London Health Sciences Centre doctors used a portable medical device to keep a donor heart beating outside the body during a heart transplant. In what LHSC officials are calling a “milestone procedure” that took place in February, the hospital’s transplant team used the provincially shared TransMedics Organ Care System, also known as the “heart in a box,” to transplant a donor heart into a patient.

EXETER – It was a celebration 70 years in the making. The four surviving members of the Exeter Kinsmen Midgets that won the 1956 all-Ontario C baseball championship were honoured in a pre-game ceremony at Alvin Willert Field in Exeter on Wednesday, Sept. 23.

ILDERTON – Members of the Ilderton Ignite U16 girls’ soccer club are provincial champions after winning the recent Ontario Cup competition. The Ignite captured the outdoor championship with a 4-2 victory over the Mississauga Soccer Academy Rebels in Vaughan on Saturday, Sept. 19. Helping the team to victory were Exeter’s Sunny Noble and Lucan’s Abigail Hundey and Rachel Dobinson, the latter who was named player of the game in the final. It was a long road to the championship.

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EXETER – It was a weekend of mixed results for the Exeter Hawks, who began things with a high-scoring victory over Petrolia before dropping a close match against North Middlesex. The Hawks, in the second weekend of their Provincial Junior Hockey League season, hosted the Flyers at the South Huron Rec Centre on Friday, Sept. 18, skating away with a 10-6 win. Jonas Schmidt led the way for the Hawks offensively, with three goals and two assists on the night.

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RWU rises 10 positions to No. 25 among Regional Universities North, debuts at No. 17 among private universities, and in value and social mobility. BRISTOL, R.I., Sept. 22, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Roger Williams University has achieved its highest ranking ever in the U.S. News & World Report Regional Universities North category, rising 10 positions to No. 25 in the 2027 Best Colleges rankings.

More than 100 people gathered at the London Club downtown on Monday night to listen to three of London’s 12 mayoral candidates give their pitch for the top job. LFP city hall reporter Jack Moulton has the details. Also running for mayor: John Feher, Lawrence-Zachary Howe, Barry Douglas Jacklin, Tariq Khan, Dan Lenart, Bronagh Joyce Morgan, Christine Rosehart, Jeff Yam and Mustafa Zeboon.

When Premier Doug Ford stood on the podium to speak to Ontario Progressive Conservative Party members at their annual policy convention in February, the crowd was supposed to be friendly. Then a man stood up in front of the stage and unfurled a banner.

Five Canadian carriers have earned a spot among the best airlines in the world, with the country’s top contender moving up the rankings this year. Skytrax released its list of the top 100 airlines on Friday as part of the 2026 World Airline Awards. The results of this year’s rankings were based on a survey of passengers from 100 nationalities and 24.8 million eligible responses.