A 50-year-old swimmer was taken to hospital in critical condition after being rescued from Lake Huron, Ontario Provincial Police say. The individual was swimming in Lake Huron at Pinery Provincial Park when they got into trouble and became unresponsive at about 5 p.m. on Saturday, the OPP said on Monday. The Pinery is located about […]
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ne person was killed in a two-vehicle crash near Norwich on Tuesday afternoon, Ontario Provincial Police say. Oxford County OPP said they, along with other emergency services, were called to the intersection of Highway 53 and Subway Line in Norwich Township just after 1 p.m., where a passenger vehicle carrying two people had collided with […]
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An Elgin County man is facing a string of charges after a standoff in Southwold Township, Ontario Provincial Police say.
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Ontario Provincial Police say one person was taken into custody after two people barricaded themselves inside a home in Southwold Township on Wednesday morning.
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A Tillsonburg woman lost $5,000 after falling victim to an online romance scam, Ontario Provincial Police said on Tuesday.
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Hwy. 402 reopened Friday following a crash that provincial officials say spilled 100 litres of acid and led to a shutdown along the westbound lanes of the London-area highway. Ontario Provincial Police say it was Wednesday afternoon when a big rig carrying 45,000 litres of monochloroacetic acid was “cut off” by a passenger vehicle on […]
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A woman was in hospital with life-threatening injuries after a collision between a bike and a vehicle southwest of London, Ontario Provincial Police said on Thursday.
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A big rig carrying 45,000 litres of acid crashed into the ditch along Hwy. 402 on Wednesday afternoon, closing a section of the westbound lanes, police say. Ontario Provincial Police Sgt. Ed Sanchuk said it was about 1 p.m. on Wednesday when a passenger vehicle “cut off” a transport truck, which crashed into the ditch. […]
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Police are investigating another theft of a rainbow Pride flag in Norwich – the fourth incident this spring involving stolen or vandalized flags in the area. Two unknown men took the flag from a residence on Jerdon Street on Saturday at 1 a.m., Ontario Provincial Police said. The suspects are described as shirtless white men […]
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A 27-year-old is dead and a man the same age is charged with first-degree murder after police say a fatal stabbing triggered a large investigation in a residential part of Strathroy. Police say officers were called to Ashby Crescent, in a neighbourhood near Metcalfe Street West, just after 5 p.m. on Friday following reports of […]
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Ontario’s parole enforcement unit is looking for a man wanted on a nationwide arrest warrant who has ties to London and Sarnia.
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Chatham-Kent Ontario Provincial Police Const. Sean O’Rourke has been found not guilty of manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a man on Highway 401 in July 2021.