These are examples of cases that have become way too common in the local courts. A 31-year-old man was acquitted Wednesday in a London courtroom after a trial on a charge of pointing a handgun at another man during an argument along the Richmond Row bar strip, largely because the evidence from witnesses at the […]
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The court case surrounding an alleged $8-million drug lab found in a luxury London home continued Monday with just one defendant. Late last week, the Crown requested Superior Court Justice Ian Leach dismiss all charges against Donovan Wendt, 32, who was charged in April 2023 after police discovered a large, sophisticated lab for making cannabis […]
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It was a dark-coloured sticky substance that was illegal. “I didn’t know the name of the stuff he was making,” the young school-age child testified at a drug-lab trial. “I knew it was the weed and the syrup and the gummies… and the cigars made out of weed.” It was remarkable testimony from a school-age […]
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Ontario’s parole enforcement unit is looking for a man wanted on a Canada-wide arrest warrant who has ties to London and Sarnia. The OPP-led repeat offender parole enforcement (ROPE) squad is asking the public for help locating Joshua Gray, 44, who is serving a nearly seven-year sentence for armed robbery, drug possession for the purpose […]
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One person is in custody after a weapons investigation in the city’s northwest end, London police say. London police, including members of the department’s emergency response unit and canine unit, responded to a weapons call at approximately 3 p.m. Saturday at Lawson Road and Blanchard Road. One person was taken into custody shortly after 4 […]
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The room in the large London luxury home was called “the shop.” Inside it were glass tubes and beakers, a box that kind of looked like an oven and a machine “with a glass thing on top of it” to mix liquid in, a woman familiar with the 467 Commissioners Rd. property testified. And the […]
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London’s mayor called city economic and business leaders together Friday to get a better idea how to prepare for threatened U.S. tariffs. City officials were joined by organizations from Middlesex County, both London hospitals and post-secondary institutions and construction, manufacturing and business groups for a city hall session with a clear agenda: Creating an “action […]
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Artificial intelligence-powered weapons detectors are coming soon to London emergency rooms, an internal email to hospital staff says.
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A London teen faces charges after someone tried to sell a stolen laptop online, city police say.
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BRANTFORD – A homeless, addicted drug dealer gave a judge here a snapshot of his time in jail as he was being sentenced recently. Travis K. McDonald, 41, had been in jail for almost nine months when he stood before Justice Colette Good and told her what he experienced behind bars. “I’ve seen more drugs, […]
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The U.S. threat of tariffs on Canadian products appears to have weighed heavily on local would-be home buyers in January
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Londoner facing charges after OPP say they disrupted a drug-trafficking ring in Toronto region and seized nearly $30M worth of cocaine.