The province's Special Investigations Unit is asking for witnesses after a collision over the weekend in Strathroy. A  Strathroy-Caradoc police officer tried to pull a car over on the 402 Sunday, when it crashed at Colonel Talbot Road, around 1am. The 38 year old male driver suffered a broken ankle. The SIU has assigned five investigators, two forensic investigators and a collision reconstructionist to probe the circumstances of this incident. Anyone who may have witnessed this incident is asked to call 1-800-787-8529 extension 1988. Read More...

A new Director of Education has been chosen at the Thames Valley District School Board. With the retirement of current Director Bill Tucker at the end of the summer, they've chosen Laura Elliott to replace him. Elliott says she's really looking forward to it, and that she plans on focusing on students that need a little extra help in school. She's been head of the Program Services Department at the board, and started her career as a high school teacher. Read More...

Toronto Liberal M-P Bob Rae is resigning his seat in the House ofCommons. Rae -- who was Ontario's premier in the N-D-P government during the early 1990's -- served more recently as interim federal Liberal leader in Ottawa. Former MP for London North Centre Glen Pearson says Rae is a good man and a great politician. He has represented the riding of Toronto Centre as a Liberal since 2008. Rae says he is taking a new job as chief negotiator for First Nations in talks with the province about the Ring of Fire mining development in northern Ontario. Read More...

There's a group in Ontario that wants to raise the legal drinking age from 19 to 21 in an effort to curb alcohol abuse. The Centre for Addition and Mental Health released 10 recommendations yesterday, which includes raising the drinking age, to delay the onset of drinking and cut alcohol-related deaths. While many say doing that would just encourage more underage drinking, experts say increasing the age of majority decreases accidents and fatalities. Read More...

A big meeting is happening at city hall today, a discussion about improving downtown London. A blueprint for downtown development will be presented to the planning committee with six key ideas. It includes changing Dundas from Wellington to Richmond to make it open to pedestrians only Councillor Paul Hubert says it would require a few other changes but it would be beneficial in the long run. The meeting will get underway at 4 this afternoon. Read More...