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It is an unusual court exhibit at a trial about an unusual homicide. When investigators found it, it was wrapped in three layers of plastic and tucked into an old pillowcase. On Wednesday, the Superior Court jury at Ashley Bourget’s first-degree murder trial got a second look at a hatchet found in a homemade backyard […]
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Lanes in both directions of Highway 402 were closed Wednesday morning as Ontario Provincial Police officers carried out a “sudden death investigation,” officials said. The highway was closed between Nauvoo and Forest roads, according to Lambton OPP. It’s part of a morning of havoc on 400-series highways across the storm-hit London region. “It has caused […]
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Firefighters had to "extricate" one person from the wreckage after a spectacular crash outside a London elementary school on Monday morning, officials say.
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A south London neighbourhood remained stunned Monday morning, 36 hours after a pedestrian was struck and killed in a collision that had police asking for witnesses to come forward.
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London police are investigating a fatal crash involving a pedestrian in the city’s White Oaks neighbourhood Saturday evening. Officers responded to a collision involving a pedestrian near Bradley Avenue and Ernest Avenue at about 7:30 p.m. Saturday. Details on the identity of the deceased, the nature of the crash and whether the driver remained at […]
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The cash-strapped Thames Valley District school board spent more than $300,000 in legal fees in February, its latest financial figures show, and it’s not saying why. “If you are looking for information on this matter, you will need to submit an FOI (Freedom of Information) request,” a spokesperson for the board said in an email. […]
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Before they found Grant Norton’s body, the police already had information that he might have been killed. “We had information that he was involved in the illicit drug culture and that he had been robbed . . . and killed,” London police Det.-Const. Blake Morrison, who has spent years on the investigation into Norton’s death, […]
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Several charges have been laid after a Southwestern Ontario couple’s two dogs were shot dead during an apparent coyote hunt gone wrong, their owner says. The German shepherds, nine-year-old Mary Jane and three-year-old Hank, were owned by Kaitlin Strong and her husband Robert Jordan. Strong says she’s been told by a Ministry of Natural Resources […]