In the past few years, state and local governments across the U.S. have begun spending billions in opioid settlements paid by companies accused of fueling the overdose crisis. But where is that money going, who is getting it, and is it doing any good?
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AYLMER – Caitlin Strong says she has suffered sleepless nights and is considering moving after her beloved dogs were shot near her rural home. Strong, who lives on a two-hectare property outside of Aylmer with her husband Robert Jordan, last saw her two German shepherds alive when she let them outside around 1:15 p.m. Saturday. […]
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Ontario SIU has ended a probe into a woman’s fentanyl overdose while in provincial police custody, the province’s police watchdog says.
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London police should create better raid procedures to account for the presence of children and the mental health history of people inside a home, a coroner’s inquest jury says.
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Middlesex-London Health Unit is sounding the alarm about potential exposures to measles, amid a rising number of cases in the wider region.
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The erosion of the post-war international rules is real and alarming, but so far, enough people still remember why we made them
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Premier Doug Ford capped off the first day of Ontario’s election campaign in London, where he pledged his government would spend $1 billion to build a new police college. Ford made the vow Wednesday evening when he spoke to a crowd of London police officers and other guests at the
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Grieving family members should get easy access to reports of workplace deaths, say workers’ advocates.
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Samuel Maloney was seated in a swivel chair when he fired a crossbow at a London police tactical officer who returned fire, an inquest heard. Douglas Brown, a former member of the emergency response unit who is now an inspector with London police, described his encounter with Maloney during a raid on his Old South […]
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Parts of Southwestern Ontario are losing more than two weeks of sub-zero days each winter due to climate change, a new report says. In London and Middlesex County, there are an average of nine additional above-freezing days each December to February, a trend that may lead to more ice storms and flooding, one renowned climate […]
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A coroner’s inquest into the death of a hatchet-wielding London man killed during a 2016 police raid on his Old South home is set to begin Monday morning. A five-person jury will examine the circumstances surrounding the death of Samuel Maloney, 35, who was fatally shot by police after firing a crossbow at an officer […]
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More than 12 years after the death of Amanda Todd, we're still playing catch-up to a realm of torment and abuse that is only expanding.