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 […]
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London politicians have killed a six-year effort to rename a west London street with slave-era connotations after soundly rejecting a double-pronged attempt to restart the process. During Tuesday’s city council meeting, politicians voted 9-6 both against renaming Plantation Road to Larch Road, and conducting more public engagement to consider a renaming. “The history of the […]
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Two women face charges, including aggravated assault, after a man was set ablaze downtown and badly hurt Monday, London police say.
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After Traci Lynn Martin’s mom died, she knew she couldn’t keep putting off her dream: Becoming the first person to kayak around the Great Lakes in one year.
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Christopher Schurr killed Patrick Lyoya during a struggle that began as a traffic stop in April 2022. The jury deliberated for days.
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An alleged high-ranking Hells Angels member who was gunned down in a Toronto-area parking lot is remembered for his dedication to his family and biker brothers. Craig McIlquham, 55, of Oakville, died in the hospital April 29 after he was shot outside the Mandarin restaurant at 1881 Fairview St. in Burlington around 8:30 p.m., Halton […]
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Two people were killed and a third was critically injured following a crash southwest of London on Tuesday night. Emergency crews responded around 8:40 p.m. to a crash on Longwoods Road in Middlesex Centre involving a car and a pickup truck, Ontario Provincial Police in Middlesex County said. The driver of the sedan was pronounced […]
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A man is dead following a motorcycle crash Monday on Highway 401 in Chatham-Kent, Elgin County OPP say. The crash happened near Orford Road around 2 p.m., police said. A man was taken to hospital where he died. Police have not revealed his identity. Highway 401 westbound lanes at Victoria Road were closed for an […]
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A London man has been sentenced to three and a half years in prison after a fatal January 2022 south London crash.
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A London home at the centre of a shooting investigation has been targeted by bylaw enforcement in the past, city hall officials say. A heavy police presence descended on a house on Adelaide Street, south of Oxford Street, last Monday around 7:30 a.m. after a shooting victim showed up in hospital two hours earlier. Investigator […]
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London’s HMCS Prevost is preparing to unveil a new memorial that commemorates Canadians killed in the Second World War’s longest battle. The Battle of the Atlantic memorial at the fork of the Thames River is being unveiled Sunday afternoon, days before the 80th anniversary of the end of the critical battle on May 8. Our […]
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The woman who pleaded guilty to the bizarre and tragic shooting of her boyfriend in March 2023 is being released on bail pending a sentencing hearing next month.