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Article content London’s best-known military monument has been defaced with anti-war graffiti. The Holy Roller, a Sherman tank that’s stood in Victoria Park for decades, was spray painted overnight Saturday. “F— war,” vandals scrawled on the tank. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. The vandalism drew a rebuke from one of London’s deputy police chiefs. “Very sad to see such desecration!” Deputy Chief Stu Betts wrote on social media. A London police spokesperson confirmed police are aware of the vandalism but didn’t provide any addit...

The preservation project for the 'Holy Roller' tank in Victoria Park is being given a boost on a couple of fronts.

  LONDON, ONT. -- Just a month into retirement from the Royal Canadian Navy, David Lewis knew he needed to find a new career. But it had to have a ‘scent’ of resemblance to his old job, “I loved what I did and I did it. It was hard to pull myself away from it.” The solution, a tender craft with a hard edge - candle-making. In just 18 months, with a YouTube education, he has built Battle Rattle Candle Company. His inventory includes dozens of scents, from the odour of basic training (which has a scent similar to freshly laid dirt) to various aspects of deployment.

Wheeler’s Family Entertainment Center in Moss Bluff has closed its doors. It was the last remaining skating rink in Southwest Louisiana. In a way, it marks the end of a way of having fun and getting a little exercise future generations will never know. “We’re ready to get out, but I cried when I posted the news,” said Greta Laborde Huval. The memories just came flooding back.” Her husband’s parents, Harold and the late Dorothy Huval, built the family entertainment center in 1983. “I thought it was a good investment,” the 94-year-old Harold Huval said. G...

My New Orleans Seven Three Distilling Co., which came to the rescue during quarantine with its made in-house hand sanitizer, is once again satisfying the needs of locals with the recent release of its Irish Channel Whiskey. While this is the third release of the whiskey, it is the first release since December 2019 thanks to a supply chain delay during the pandemic. The Irish American whiskey blend is aged in French oak cognac barrels, and the distillery has released eight barrels worth of the brown liquor. Grab a bottle at the distillery or at grocery stores. 301 N. Claiborne Ave., 265-8545,