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Larry Cornies
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Journalist, husband, dad, papa. Fortnightly Postmedia News columnist, former journalism educator at Western, Ryerson, Conestoga. Based in London, Canada. #LdnOnt
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Life in the path of Lake Huron’s atmospheric lake-effect snow machine can be frustrating at times, but early in the season it offers a snow-globe type of charm. #LdnOnt #snow
November 17, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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From today's Seattle Times:
October 21, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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Complete federal cabinet list:
May 13, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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A showcase featuring the work of 14 budding playwrights at @thegrandlondon.bsky.social last night brought its inaugural Cascade Playwrights Lab to a close, with five-minute scenes read by actors Mark Crawford, Alexandra Kane and Ellen Denny. The Grand plans to expand the program next year. #LdnOnt
Actors Mark Crawford, Alexandra Kane and Ellen Denny sit in chairs behind music stands on an unadorned floor and plain background as they read from scripts. The backs of audience members' heads are visible in the foreground.
May 13, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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Dragged this out of the basement. Seems an increasingly quaint notion. Perhaps we can get back there someday. #Canada #USA
Front and back of a large picture book titled Between Friends, "a first from all Canadians to their American neighbours on the occasion of their Bicentennial."
March 25, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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Looks as if the former Boston Pizza on Wonderland Road South is becoming a new Piper Arms location. #LdnOnt
March 16, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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When I taught religion at a church school in the late 1970s, my Grade 11 students were always rapt when I relayed the events of Jan. 21, 1525, in Zurich. I wondered if I'd see the 500th anniversary of #Anabaptism. Yet here we are. The courage of those young men still amazes me.
Artist's concepts of university student Conrad Grebel, Catholic priest Georg Blaurock and university student Felix Manz were painted by Oliver Wendell Schenk in 1972.
January 21, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Late last month, I wrote a column about the passing and legacy of #LdnOnt pipe-organ builder Gabriel Kney. I've followed up with some additional details in a blog post here. artsbeat.ca/2025/01/09/t... #organs #music
A view, looking upward, of the magnificent pipe organ at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minn. The cabinet is a rich mahogany, the silver pipes glisten, and the ceiling above is painted with blue and gold patterns.
January 9, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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The display actually faces the other way, toward the store entrance. But from this side, it makes shoppers feel as if they've travelled into the future. #newyear #retail #LdnOnt
January 7, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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The arrival of Jan. 1 means former Museum London head of administration Cydna Mercer has officially retired. She was recently honoured by Galeries Ontario Galleries for her 24 years of service. For me, she has been a valuable contact. #LdnOnt #art #galleries museumlondon.ca/news/2024/cy...
January 1, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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Here's #LdnOnt Mayor Josh Morgan's New Year's Honour List for 2025. Details about each honouree can be found here: london.ca/mayors-new-y... #newyear
December 31, 2024 at 6:33 PM
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Just one more note related to my column on Gabriel Kney. Of all the pipe organs he built, this was his favourite: a three-manual, mechanical action organ, comprised of 2,787 pipes, at @uofstthomasmn.bsky.social #organ #music
A pipe organ stands tall against beautiful arches and a painted ceiling inside the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minn.
December 28, 2024 at 2:20 PM
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#LdnOnt morning. #sunrise #nofilter
December 23, 2024 at 1:08 PM
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Learned today that renowned organ builder Gabriel Kney died last month at age 94. He established Gabriel Kney Pipe Organ Builders Ltd. in #LdnOnt in 1967 and eventually built more than 130 organs for clients in Canada and the U.S., including the one in Toronto's Roy Thomson Hall. #organ #music
Gabriel Kney looks into the camera. Behind him is a white church. He is bespectacled, with blond hair, a white shirt, a dark tie and a dark suit coat.
December 20, 2024 at 1:52 AM
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Listening to #Christmas music from #Australia and #NZ, where snow is absent, drovers replace magi and Christmas is greeted with "Orana!"

"Friarbirds sip the nectar of flowers
Currawongs chant in wattle-tree bowers
In the blue ranges lorikeets calling
Carols of bush birds are rising and falling."
December 16, 2024 at 11:11 PM
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Trying to repair a stubborn Christmas light before it gets dark. Friday the 13th, a ladder and electricity — what could go wrong? #LdnOnt
A red LED Christmas bulb appears in the foreground, attached to a wooden pergola. In the lower distance are property fences and two red chairs.
December 13, 2024 at 8:41 PM
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The Grand Theatre has now posted its annual report and financial statements for ’23-’24 online. You'll find them here: www.grandtheatre.com/2023-24-annu... #theatre #LdnOnt
Grand Theatre executive director Lyndee Hansen and artistic director Rachel Peake relax in the theatre's red seats. Both have an outstretched arm and both are wearing blue dresses.
December 10, 2024 at 1:29 AM
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The City of London is asking for residents' help in clearing snow from around fall leaf bags. A press release says collection of bags will resume Saturday in Zone E, then cycle back to Zone A on Dec. 10. It will likely take until Dec. 21 to complete the final leaf pickups. #LdnOnt #recycling #snow
Brown, two-ply paper leaf bags sit nearly buried beneath snow along a curb in London, Ontario.
December 6, 2024 at 8:25 PM
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Let’s just say snowfall accumulations vary. Here in southwest #LdnOnt, the overnight total comes in at around 4 cm. Worth shovelling, but barely. #snow #wx
A yellow snow shovel lies in a partly scraped driveway, uncollected leaf bags visible in the background.
December 3, 2024 at 2:12 PM
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This morning's front-page photo in the London Free Press by Mike Hensen, of two grandparents walking their grandkids home from school, is like a holiday card to the community. #LdnOnt #snow #photography #weather #wx
An adult, followed by two children, ages 3 and 5, and another adult trudge through deep snow on the way home from school. They pass snow-laden evergreens, while, in the background, there is a two-storey home. It is snowing heavily, giving the image a foggy appearance. The adults are Peter and Nancy Cookson; their grandchildren are Kirby and Maxine.
December 3, 2024 at 10:26 AM
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Tale of two cities: Just drove the length of Wonderland Road in #LdnOnt. Partly sunny skies at Southdale; squalls at Fanshawe Park Road. Such is life in the snow belt.
December 2, 2024 at 5:05 PM
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[Column] She never went to journalism school or had a byline, but readers of The London Free Press never had a more influential advocate. Remembering Barbara Dunbar: lfpress.com/opinion/colu... #LdnOnt #journalism #newspapers
A smiling woman, likely in her 40s or 50s, smiles at the camera, her face framed by wavy, shoulder-length hair.
November 30, 2024 at 12:30 PM
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It's behind a paywall, but there's a nifty feature by @jakeedmiston.bsky.social in today's @torontostar.bsky.social on the chase for the perfect tomato. As a native of #Leamington, I savoured every word.
A close-up shot of a plump, red, oval tomato, hanging on a vine, overlaid with the words "Is this the world's next top tomato?"
November 30, 2024 at 12:09 PM
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Same issue at our house. So I’ll follow suit.
A vinyl album titled Bridge Over Troubled Water plays on a turntable.
November 24, 2024 at 4:05 PM
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This morning's front-page story in The London Free Press about city hall's budget cuts didn't include the complete letter to councillors from the non-profits, nor the signatories. So I've put them here. #LdnOnt artsbeat.ca/2024/11/16/n...
An intentionally blurry colour photo of a cityscape
November 16, 2024 at 9:10 PM