A woman kicked and spat upon London police officers who were investigating an assault at a south-end motel, police say. It was about 2 a.m. on April 19, last Saturday, when London police say officers were called to a motel in the 600-block of Wellington Road – an area near the intersection with Southdale Road […]
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SARNIA – Kyle Herron’s own lawyer offered him a caution before he was led out of a Sarnia courtroom to serve a three-year prison sentence for drug trafficking. “If he falls back into this conduct next time around, it’ll be probably double the three years,” Robert McFadden said. Herron, 26, was arrested about a year […]
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There is healing in coaxing food from the earth, unparalleled by any meditation app or "news holiday" one might turn to for a moment's peace
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A 35-year-old St. Thomas man is facing arson charges after a fire at a home north of the city’s core, police say. Police were called to a home at 54 St. Catharine St. in St. Thomas on March 1 for reports of a fire. St. Thomas firefighters worked to extinguish the flames and help the […]
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A skull mailbox, burned e-bikes, scooters and shacks in the backyard remained in the rubble Friday of an east London home destroyed by fire one day prior. Surrounded by yellow tape, police cruisers, and fire investigators, the home at 1884 Avalon St. – near the intersection of Clarke Road and Dundas Street – was known […]
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Oxford OPP were searching on Friday for a suspect after a hit-and-run crash northeast of Woodstock left a cyclist with serious injuries. Police and paramedics were called to a fail-to-remain collision on Blandford Street in Innerkip at about 11 p.m. Thursday. A vehicle struck a cyclist and fled the scene before officers arrived, Oxford OPP […]
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Ashley Bourget called her poem “Small Child” – but it contained a big, glaring comment that kept it out of a jailhouse poetry-writing competition. Instead, her creative writing from October 2023 while she was behind bars became evidence at her first-degree murder trial in the death of high-level drug dealer Grant Norton. “Now that I’m […]
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Ontario’s police watchdog has cleared London police of wrongdoing in the death of a senior who jumped from the balcony of his apartment six days before Christmas. Two police officers were sent to an apartment building near Southdale Road and Pomeroy Lane in southwest London on Dec. 19 shortly after 1 p.m. to apprehend a […]
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While slumped in a wheelchair, her long hair covering her face and wrapped in two blankets, Ashley Bourget got to listen to what others in her circle were saying about her involvement in the death of drug dealer Grant Norton. They told the police Bourget had been “bragging” about killing Norton, that he was “tortured […]
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Ashley Bourget told the police officer she should have been given “a Purple Heart” instead of a first-degree murder charge. “I shouldn’t go to jail for murder. I should get a Purple Heart instead,” she said through loud sobs during her police interview on June 16, 2021, referring to the U.S. military honour. The interview […]