STRATFORD – Rheo and Sally Thompson were sitting at an outdoor cafe in Budapest a few years ago, getting ready to head on a river cruise, when they struck up a conversation with two men from England. The Thompsons told them they were from Canada – Stratford, Ont., to be exact – when a couple […]
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A motorcyclist was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries after a crash northwest of London Saturday morning, police say. Two riders were heading south on Vanneck Road when one lost control and crashed around 7:30 a.m. in Middlesex Centre, the Ontario Provincial Police said. Anyone with information about the crash is asked to contact Middlesex […]
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It started, Michael McLeod’s defence lawyer said, with “a white lie.” It’s ended up in a London courtroom where five 2018 Team Canada junior hockey players are on trial over sexual assault allegations that David Humphrey called “preposterous.” Humphrey, the first of the five defence legal teams to give a closing argument, described the 27‑year‑old […]
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Two gunmen killed a nurse outside her northwest London home in a botched hit targeting her boyfriend, a court heard.
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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 […]
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More damage to gravesites at a Stratford cemetery has been reported to police, following a public alert issued nearly two weeks ago. Stratford police late last month said they were investigating several reports of damaged or stolen memorial plaques at Avondale Cemetery, and asked people to check their loved ones’ headstones for other damage. Friday, […]
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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 […]
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A scheduled homicide trial starting Monday of a man charged in the shooting death of Lynda Marques has taken an unexpected turn.
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A 43-year-old from London is facing multiple charges after a man was spotted breaking into a Lambeth business through its window.
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A Sarnia judge told Matthew Tasker his behaviour last year was very troubling and concerning.
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A suspect in an alleged hate-motivated attack on a senior has turned himself in to London police.
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A 28-year-old London man is facing three arson charges after a string of fires along Hamilton Road over a three-day period, police say.