Oxford OPP are reminding the public that legitimate businesses and the government will not ask for payment with bitcoin or payment cards after two residents were defrauded of $240,000 in separate scams. Police said they were notified Monday that a resident of Zorra Township is out more than $200,000 after falling for a bitcoin scam, […]
Children in care may face compromised health care and longer waits, as Children’s Aid Society closes its medical clinic.
SAULT STE. MARIE – A man who died in a house fire that police say was deliberately set almost exactly two years ago – resulting in the recent arrests of three people – was originally from Southwestern Ontario, according to his obituary. Dwayne Kozuch previously lived in the Oxford County communities of Otterville and Woodstock, […]
An in-depth study released Thursday by the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) – a non-profit organization representing 444 municipalities in the province – details the growing toll of homelessness on individuals, families, communities and governments. Here’s some things to know. ONTARIO’S HOMELESSNESS CRISIS The study, called Municipalities Under Pressure: The Human and Financial Cost […]
Oxford County politicians have pushed ahead a plan to rezone property in Woodstock's east end for an industrial subdivision.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) reports seven commercial poultry locations in Southwestern Ontario have been affected by a highly contagious avian influenza since Dec. 14. Worry about bird flu has been ramping up because of a B.C. teen’s recent case and the spread of the virus to dairy herds in the United States. WHAT […]
Southwestern Ontario is bracing for the first significant snowfall of the new year.
Ontario Provincial Police officers in Oxford County were investigating after a vehicle crashed into a business in Ingersoll. Police say it was about 12:30 p.m. on Thursday when a passenger vehicle crashed “through the front of a business” on Charles Street East. A photo made public by police shows a white, four-door vehicle, with more […]
Officials are launching a plan to revitalize Ingersoll's downtown district as they aim to draw in more businesses and visitors.
One person suffered injuries that police described as life-threatening in a three-vehicle crash amid dense fog in rural Oxford County on Monday morning.
As St. Thomas prepares for a population boom from a manufacturing surge driven by Volkswagen's factory, city council has approved a pair of proposals that will add a total of nearly 400 new homes.
A London resident was killed and another person was injured in a crash west of Woodstock. Emergency crews were called Tuesday at about 11:10 a.m. to a two-vehicle collision on Highway 2 in Zorra Township. Investigators determined two vehicles collided between 31st and 33rd Line, where one driver was taken