Chatham-Kent Ontario Provincial Police Const. Sean O’Rourke has been found not guilty of manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a man on Highway 401 in July 2021.
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London has won its share of Queen’s Park funding for meeting housing targets last year, but exactly how much remains up in the air. Provincial data has not been updated since December and only shows progress between January and October of 2024. Still, Mayor Josh Morgan said the city has reached roughly 95 per cent […]
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Under provincially appointed supervisor Paul Boniferro, the Thames Valley District school board says it will release a budget soon - on its website.
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A London man charged in an armed carjacking faced previous charges following a police pursuit in St. Thomas two years ago, according to court records.
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Part of a Southwold Township road will close at the end of the month, following years of frequent crashes that local officials fear could turn fatal.
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For the first time in nearly 30 years, London is looking at expanding its urban boundary, despite a commitment in its official plan to build “inward and upward” as opposed to sprawling outward. LFP’s Jack Moulton reports. WHAT IS THE URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY? London’s urban growth boundary is different from the city boundary and regulates […]
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A stretch of Highway 402 was closed Sunday because of extreme heat affecting the pavement.
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A six-year-old boy was rescued from Lake Huron after drifting away from shore on what Ontario Provincial Police described as an “inflatable ring.” The child, who police said was wearing a “personal floatation device,” drifted from shore near Black’s Point Beach, south of Goderich, on Monday just after noon, police said. The boy was located […]
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Provincial police closed a Southwestern Ontario beach after a swimmer went missing in Lake Erie over the weekend. Emergency crews were called Sunday shortly after 3 p.m. to Port Burwell beach for a report of two swimmers in distress, Elgin OPP said. One swimmer was pulled to safety and taken to hospital with non-life threatening […]
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London police are asking the public for help after a sex-trade worker alleges she was sexually assaulted by a man armed with a handgun. A man in a vehicle approached a sex worker some time between 1:30 a.m. and 2 a.m. Saturday in the 100-block of Rectory Street, north of Hamilton Road, where the woman […]
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The superintendent in charge of school facilities at the Thames Valley District school board has resigned, the board said in a memo to staff