SARNIA — A young Windsor man who led various police units throughout Southwestern Ontario on a wild high-speed chase from Grand Bend to his hometown last summer called it an extremely foolish mistake. “I’ve learned a very valuable lesson through all this,” Jakob Monforton said to a Sarnia judge as he was being fined $4,000 […]
A Chatham-Kent OPP officer became emotional at times testifying in court Thursday about what led to a Brantford man being shot on Highway 401 in July 2021.
A man is dead following a motorcycle crash Monday on Highway 401 in Chatham-Kent, Elgin County OPP say. The crash happened near Orford Road around 2 p.m., police said. A man was taken to hospital where he died. Police have not revealed his identity. Highway 401 westbound lanes at Victoria Road were closed for an […]
Ontario’s police watchdog is investigating after a driver fleeing from police on Highway 401 crashed near Ingersoll. Oxford OPP tried to stop a vehicle around 3:30 a.m. Sunday in the westbound lanes of the 401, but the driver took off, police said. A short time later, the vehicle was involved in a single-vehicle collision on […]
Here’s your primer on the five London-area races and ridings and the contests in the wider five-riding region for Monday’s federal election. LONDON CENTRE The riding: It’s sort of a new kid on the block this time with a new name — it had been London-North-Centre — and new boundaries that leave out the northernmost […]
A Free Press reader enjoyed an article on Hudson Bay Co. but wondered why no photos from London were included in the feature.
A driver fleeing from provincial police was responsible for a crash that killed him and seriously injured two others four months ago, Ontario’s police watchdog says
Ambitious streetscape project will showcase the best of the city's historic core. This is Part 5 of Postmedia's How Canada Wins series.
What for decades has been the butt of a joke at city hall about missed opportunities suddenly became a little more serious Tuesday after politicians endorsed lobbying Queen’s Park for a ring road. In a 12-3 vote, city council, sitting as the strategic priorities and policy committee, voted to support having the mayor and city […]
Lanes in both directions of Highway 402 were closed Wednesday morning as Ontario Provincial Police officers carried out a “sudden death investigation,” officials said. The highway was closed between Nauvoo and Forest roads, according to Lambton OPP. It’s part of a morning of havoc on 400-series highways across the storm-hit London region. “It has caused […]
