London police are investigating what they say is an alleged hate motivated incident after a man threatened to set an elderly woman’s east-end house on fire. Police say it was Thursday between 8 a.m. and 8:20 a.m. and the woman was outside her home in the area of Marconi Boulevard and Trafalgar Street. The man […]
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A London woman is facing charges after a fire in the White Oaks neighbourhood led to a dramatic escape and displaced dozens of residents Sunday morning.
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One person was taken to hospital with unknown injuries while another used a bedsheet to escape the flames following a Sunday morning blaze at an apartment building in London’s White Oaks neighbourhood, fire officials say. As many as 50 people were displaced due to the fire, which broke out around 10 a.m. on the fifth […]
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Ontario’s police watchdog has closed its investigation into a collision involving a cruiser and a snowplow that injured two snowmobilers north of Wingham three months ago. Ontario Provincial Police in Huron County shut down the southbound lanes of London Road during a winter storm on Feb. 17. An officer had pulled over and activated the […]
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A person riding an e-bike who was injured in a crash near Stratford has died, provincial police say. The rider lost control and crashed on Perth Line 42 in Perth East about 10 p.m. May 15, Perth OPP said. Perth East is a township of about 13,000 north of Stratford. A 30-year-old Perth East resident […]
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A London man is charged with manslaughter after the fatal drug overdose of a teenager, police say.
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Provincial police seized more than $11 million worth of illegal cannabis from a Southwestern Ontario property.
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A senior London police officer is facing charges after a three-month investigation into allegations related to an incident in Ottawa on the Family Day long weekend. Insp. Ryan Scrivens, 48, has been suspended with pay since February. On Wednesday, London police said Scrivens has been charged with assault causing bodily harm and assault. “The community […]
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A London teen is charged after one man was stabbed and another was struck in the head after two groups clashed downtown, police say.
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London’s police chief credits targeted enforcement and community engagement for a nearly 50 per cent reduction in gun violence in the city.
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London police responded faster to calls last year after five years of steady increases the chief called “totally unacceptable,” new figures show.
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Investigators are looking for a man who sexually assaulted a woman on a walking trail in northeast London, city police say. The woman was walking in a wooded area west of Edgevalley Road between 3:30 p.m. and 4 p.m. Wednesday when a man walking behind her assaulted and sexually assaulted her, police said. The woman, […]