Premier Doug Ford plans to call a snap election next Wednesday and send Ontarians to the polls on Feb. 27, The Canadian Press has learned. Two senior government sources say Ford recently made the decision for the rare winter election after waffling for months. The Canadian Press is not naming them so they can speak […]
A 17-year-old driver whose excessive speed caused a crash that killed two Brantford teens in 2023 ignored multiple traffic warnings to slow down, said a Woodstock judge said last week, sentencing the young man. But his behaviour appeared to be uncharacteristic and the now-19-year-old, who can’t be named due to a publication ban, is deeply […]
The cash-strapped Thames Valley District school board would suffer crushing debt if it started buying up land for new schools rather than waiting for funding from Queen's Park to do so, officials told trustees at a debate this week.
Southwest Londoners are petitioning for safer streets after a boy was struck and killed after getting off a school bus near Lambeth, as one school safety advocate says students are at increased risk on rural roads.
A young London boy who was hit by a vehicle after he exited a school bus and died from his injuries was a “kind-hearted soul,” his grandmother says. Dante Caranci, 7, was struck by a vehicle while getting off the school bus in front of his home on Longwoods Road
A knock at the door. A police search. A rose gold iPhone. Child pornography allegations. Shocking as the charges were against his son, a Woodstock father says the family ordeal that followed shattered his faith in the justice system. Brian Williams reports. CHAPTER 1: THE SEARCH WARRANT A knock at
A St. Thomas woman faces multiple charges after reports of a possible impaired driver on Highway 401 led to an arrest in London, provincial police say. Ontario Provincial Police say officers responded to reports of a possible impaired driver on the westbound 401 lanes in Thames Centre, east of the
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
The regionâs largest hospital is making progress on moving emergency room patients to inpatient beds faster, but is warning of longer wait times in its two ERs as flu season gets into full swing.