London Free Press
Firefighters from across Norfolk County worked for more than five hours Friday night and Saturday morning to contain a large fire of about 2,000 discarded railway ties near Mabee’s Corners in Courtland. Norfolk’s deputy fire chief, James Robertson, said the “significant outdoor fire” on Orange Hall Road involved intense flames and heavy smoke, with the […]
London Free Press
It wasn’t long before the homeless returned to an encampment in the backyard of an east London home after police and firefighters cleared the scene following a fatal blaze, neighbours say. A fire ripped through 1884 Avalon St., northwest of Clarke Road and Dundas Street, on April 17, killing resident Teresa Cartwright and causing $500,000 […]
London Free Press
Traffic lights are now operational at an intersection in London’s southwest, months after a fatal collision just down the road led to a petition for improved safety measures. The city announced the activation of traffic lights at the intersection of Longwoods Road and Westdel Bourne near Lambeth on Thursday. The rural intersection had been monitored […]
London Free Press
A pedestrian is dead in Ingersoll after being struck by a train, Ontario Provincial Police in Oxford County said on Monday morning. Police closed Mutual Street North (between Carnegie Street and Wilson Street) and Thames Street South (between Carnegie Street and Oxford Lane) amid the investigation and the OPP was warning drivers to avoid the […]
London Free Press
A Cambridge resident faces charges, including of operating a vehicle while impaired, following a weekend car-train collision in Oxford County, police say. The Saturday morning collision occurred about 5:30 a.m. in Blandford-Blenheim, a largely rural township northeast of Woodstock, Ontario Provincial Police said. Police said a 38-year-old had minor injuries from the collision and was […]
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A court document shows a man convicted of murdering four members of a London Muslim family and seriously injuring another in what the judge deemed to be an act of terrorism is appealing his convictions on three grounds. A lawyer representing Nathaniel Veltman filed a new notice of appeal in February, nearly a year after […]