WALKERTON – Evidence of the sorrow and anguish being felt in the town of Walkerton could be seen on almost every street on Sunday. It was Friday night when a collision near London killed four teenage student-athletes and their teacher/coach from Walkerton District Community School, which houses students from Kindergarten to Grade 12 in this […]
Tragedy has struck the community of Walkerton as four teenage students and a teacher have died in a crash near London
Police say a fifth person has died after a Friday afternoon crash northeast of London.
“Several people” died in a crash Friday northeast of London involving a transport truck and two SUVs, an OPP officer says. “There’s several people that have been pronounced deceased (at the scene),” OPP Sgt. Ed Sanchuk said. “Nobody has told me any ages at all, I’ve just been told we have multiple casualties.” The transport […]
Ontario’s police watchdog has closed its investigation into a collision involving a cruiser and a snowplow that injured two snowmobilers north of Wingham three months ago. Ontario Provincial Police in Huron County shut down the southbound lanes of London Road during a winter storm on Feb. 17. An officer had pulled over and activated the […]
A person riding an e-bike who was injured in a crash near Stratford has died, provincial police say. The rider lost control and crashed on Perth Line 42 in Perth East about 10 p.m. May 15, Perth OPP said. Perth East is a township of about 13,000 north of Stratford. A 30-year-old Perth East resident […]
Police are investigating after a rainbow Pride flag was lit on fire at an elementary school in Norwich, an Oxford County community where there have been several prior incidents involving LGBTQ symbols
After more than 58 years behind the wheel, 80-year-old London Transit driver Doug Gardiner has retired. In the process, he set a record for both London Transit and the Ontario Safety League for driving 52 years without a preventable crash. Reporter Jack Moulton spoke with Gardiner about his career and his first few months of […]
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 […]
The mother of a 26-year-old who died in a crash southwest of London said she sensed something was wrong when her son was late coming home from work.
A 29-year-old London woman is charged with attempted murder for allegedly trying to kill a-three-year-old boy.
Two women face charges, including aggravated assault, after a man was set ablaze downtown and badly hurt Monday, London police say.