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 […]
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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 […]
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One person is dead after a motorcycle and a farm tractor collided in a rural area north of London, provincial police say.
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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.
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A London man faces charges after a string of copper thefts from downtown over a five-month period.
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Cold cuts are out. Hot, pressed paninis are in at Al Paninos, a new Richmond Row sandwich shop aiming to "fill a void" in downtown London’s lunch scene.
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A man in London faces several charges following a break-in at a downtown business earlier this week.
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A London woman is facing charges after a fire in the White Oaks neighbourhood led to a dramatic escape and displaced dozens of residents Sunday morning.
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One person was taken to hospital with unknown injuries while another used a bedsheet to escape the flames following a Sunday morning blaze at an apartment building in London’s White Oaks neighbourhood, fire officials say. As many as 50 people were displaced due to the fire, which broke out around 10 a.m. on the fifth […]
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Police say a fifth person has died after a Friday afternoon crash northeast of London.
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A Chatham-Kent OPP officer became emotional at times testifying in court Thursday about what led to a Brantford man being shot on Highway 401 in July 2021.
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Two people were injured in an early morning fire at a home in northwest London on Thursday. Firefighters were called at about 5 a.m. to a blaze on the 2000-block of Coronation Drive in the city’s Whitehills neighbourhood, where all residents escaped, London Fire Department officials said on social media. Two people were taken to […]