Const. Sean O’Rourke has pleaded not guilty after shooting Nicholas Edward Grieves, 24, near Chatham in the early morning of July 7, 2021.
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Legal arguments over potential evidence inconsistencies dominated Wednesday morning’s proceedings at the high-profile Hockey Canada sexual assault trial.
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Editor’s note: The following story deals with a description of child pornography. A Southwestern Ontario senior who pleaded guilty last September to both having and sharing child pornography was sent to jail despite his lawyer’s argument that he should get an at-home sentence. James A. King, 67, of Simcoe was caught after using Kik, an […]
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SARNIA — A young Windsor man who led various police units throughout Southwestern Ontario on a wild high-speed chase from Grand Bend to his hometown last summer called it an extremely foolish mistake. “I’ve learned a very valuable lesson through all this,” Jakob Monforton said to a Sarnia judge as he was being fined $4,000 […]
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It was the $5-million mystery that gripped people across Southwestern Ontario: Who bought the winning lottery ticket that nearly hit its one-year expiry date before being cashed in? The question appears to have a happy answer. But high-profile lottery mega-wins don’t always have such positive endings. LFP’s Brian Williams looks back on other fascinating Southwestern […]
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The bizarre case of doula-duper Kaitlyn Braun took another turn Friday as a Hamilton judge slowed a plan to sentence the woman to prison for her quick return to defrauding those in the world of pregnancy support.
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Auditors digging into the Thames Valley District school board’s finances found several compensation infractions, their final report says
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Ryan Gauss has been elected chairperson of London’s police board. Gauss, longtime chief of staff to London Centre Liberal MP Peter Fragiskatos, replaces Ali Chahbar, who resigned from the board this month, citing personal health reasons. Board member Nancy Branscombe nominated Gauss to become chairperson of the seven-member board that oversees policing in the city […]
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Woodstock police officer Det.-Const. Eric Dopf avoided termination after pleading guilty to two professional misconduct charges
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A London woman is charged with attempted murder for trying to drown a toddler, court records show.
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A former London-area teacher has been found guilty of professional misconduct and had his licence to teach suspended for four months