Two suffer life-threatening injuries in London-area crash

London Free Press
Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU) is probing a two-car crash north of London late Saturday that sent three people to hospital, including two with life-threatening injuries. An officer attempted to stop a vehicle on Highway 4, near Croydon Drive, in Arva, shortly before 11 p.m. Saturday, Middlesex OPP said in
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Essays by Karen Anderson: Seeing Clearly

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I think of the word, “elderly.” It used to apply to my parents’ generation. Now I’m at the front of the line, wondering where the time went, wondering why I’m not better prepared.
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Witness describes ‘complete chaos’ after teen shot at bush party

London Free Press
Reece Davidson had a bad feeling about the man dressed in black and wearing a COVID mask who was hanging around the dying embers of the bonfire at a southwest London bush party.
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Man charged after London police officer assaulted during bizarre standoff

London Free Press
A London man is charged after police say an individual refused to leave a property and assaulted a police officer.
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Police release images of suspect in Arabic shop pepper-spray attack

London Free Press
London police on Friday released images of a suspect in a pepper-spray attack on two employees at an Arabic grocery store.
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Man arrested amid probe into ‘alarming’ late-night break-in, sexual assault

London Free Press
A 30-year-old man was arrested Thursday in connection to a break-in and sexual assault investigation Sarnia police said involved a naked man with a knife.
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Two workers at London Arabic grocer sprayed with ‘noxious substance’

London Free Press
Two employees at an Arabic grocery store in south London were assessed by paramedics Thursday after they were sprayed in the face with a “noxious substance” by a man. The man, who was wearing a hood and had his face covered, entered Mona’s Fine Meats at 699 Wilkins St. at
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Five Londoners charged in crackdown on Hamilton street gang

London Free Press
Five Londoners are among two dozen people charged amid a crackdown on a Hamilton street gang linked to shootings across southern Ontario, police say.
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Duo charged after store-theft suspects try to run from London police

London Free Press
A London man and woman are both charged after city police say they arrested a pair of suspects who tried to run from officers investigating a theft at an east-end business.
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Three players in court as pre-trial motions start in Hockey Canada trial

London Free Press
Pre-trial motions in advance of this spring’s highly anticipated Hockey Canada sex assault trial began Monday morning in a London courtroom.
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Santa Claus parade spectators clash, woman, 62, charged with assault

London Free Press
A St. Thomas woman is charged with assault over a clash police say involved two people attending the city’s Santa Claus parade and a disagreement over one family’s view being blocked. A 62-year-old from St. Thomas was arrested at the annual parade on Saturday evening, St. Thomas police said in
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Baranyai: Canada plays role in giving Afghan women hope

London Free Press
For girls and women in Afghanistan, suffocating under ever-more repressive restrictions, hope is in very short supply.
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