Officials preach caution near rivers, creeks as heavy snowfall melts

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Area conservation authorities are warning the public to be cautious around slippery riverbanks as a blast of above-zero weather melts snow dumped on the London region last week.   Environment Canada was calling for a high of 3 C and rain on Monday, followed by above-freezing temperatures through Wednesday before cooling
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Family continues search for man missing for 16 months: ‘Left guessing’

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Loved ones of a missing St. Thomas man continue searching for answers about what happened to him more than a year after he went missing.
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Possible measles exposure at two health-care facilities: Health unit

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An area health unit is reaching out to people who may have been exposed to measles in two health-care facilities in the region, after at least one person is confirmed to have measles.
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Man charged in public housing shooting lives in building, court documents show

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A man charged in a shooting at a London public housing building is a resident at the high-rise and had been charged two months earlier with weapons offences in Aylmer, according to court records.
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Prospects Challenge: CHL 6, U.S. national team 1

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The inaugural game of the CHL USA Prospects Challenge quickly turned into a recruitment brochure for major junior hockey. The collection of Canadian Hockey League NHL draft blue-chippers took control with a three-goal second period in a 6-1 waxing of the United States under-18 team before 4,769 Tuesday at Canada
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Rookie police officer resigns prior to pleading guilty to impaired driving

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A rookie St. Thomas police officer resigned from the force prior to pleading guilty to impaired driving on Thursday, a police spokesperson says.
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Criminal charges after man struck in head with tire iron: Police

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An Aylmer resident is facing an assault charge after police say a man was struck in the head with a tire iron.
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Insurance deal saves high school swim team’s season: ‘Thankful’

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An Elgin County high school’s swim team will be motoring ahead after an insurance dispute between the province and the region’s largest school board threatened to cancel the season. The swim team at East Elgin secondary school in Aylmer will be back in the water in the coming weeks after
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Driver, 33, dies following rural crash that injured toddler: Police

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The 33-year-old driver involved in a crash that also injured a toddler has died from injuries suffered after the vehicle carrying both of them lost control and collided with an oncoming vehicle along a rural road east of Aylmer, police say.
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Carjacked London taxi at centre of police gunfire probe

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A London taxi driver was carjacked at knifepoint in the city’s east end less than an hour before an OPP officer fired her gun while trying to arrest a teenager running from the stolen cab in Aylmer. Read More
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Police Report: Police college instructor charged; pair sought in robbery

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A collection of police reports from across Southwestern Ontario Read More
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Scofflaw Aylmer pastor launches online fundraiser to pay $65K in fines

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Firebrand local pastor Henry Hildebrandt has launched an online fundraiser to pay the $65,000 fine he was handed after pleading guilty to violating provincial pandemic rules. Read More
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