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 […]
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Provincial police are investigating a suspicious death in a First Nations community southwest of London. Middlesex OPP warned the public on Saturday morning to avoid parts of Munsee-Delaware Nation, located southeast of Melbourne, as they investigated a suspicious death. “Residents should expect to see a large police presence in the area,” OPP said in a […]
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Firefighters battled fires in multiple vehicles overnight near the intersection of York and Maitland streets just east of downtown, officials said Tuesday morning. It was about 3 a.m. on Tuesday when officials with the London Fire Department announced on social media that crews were called to the blazes and there were requests for additional support. […]
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The death of an infant in a community near Sarnia is being investigated by the OPP. Lambton EMS and other emergency services responded to a report of an unresponsive infant at a home on St. Clair Street in Point Edward on Saturday at about 1:25 a.m., Lambton OPP said Monday. Point Edward is a village […]
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With the nomination deadline over, and the contests now set, Jennifer Bieman breaks down the ridings and who's running in the London region.
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A firearm was seized and two people face charges after an argument at a core-area home on Wednesday. Three men known to each other began arguing on Wednesday around 4 p.m. at a home near Rogers Avenue and Wharncliffe Road North, London police said. During the argument, two men threatened and pointed a firearm at […]
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Parents in Southwestern Ontario are being advised to keep children away from creeks and rivers because of heavy rain that may cause flooding in low-lying areas. Environment Canada has issued rainfall warnings for southern Ontario, including the London region. A low-pressure system is expected to bring between 30 and 45
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Two men from Walpole Island First Nation are facing charges after Ontario Provincial Police say officers responded to reports of gunfire during a fight on Thursday afternoon.
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Those in attendance – many embracing as they gathered – were invited the public grieving service organized by the Wallaceburg Ministerial Association and held at the Wallaceburg Christian Reformed Church. Read More
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Matt Cousins, 24, Victoria Baertsoen, 24, and Shae-Lynn Bachus, 23, were killed when their car collided with a tanker truck around 10 p.m. on Sunday May 21 in Wallaceburg, a town of about 10,000 near Chatham. Two other passengers, Selena Bushey, 22, and Mackenzie Vandroffelaar, 25, were injured in the