2025 marks a new record for cases of gunfire in London in a single year after police say there were six shootings in a 72-hour period.
OPP are investigating after a tow truck operator was struck and killed while helping a stranded motorist on Highway 401 on Wednesday morning.
Abdul Kazoun, 26, pleaded not guilty to dangerous driving causing death and failing to remain at the scene.
The judge is expected to deliver her decision on Feb. 3.
A Petrolia man a local politician said he helped police arrest last year has been sentenced to nearly two years of confinement.
He is also facing charges of breaching court order from a previous sexual offence conviction.
A London man, 47, is facing sexual assault and robbery charges after a woman was assaulted in a south-end hotel, city police say. On Oct. 30, London police say a woman, who is a sex-trade worker, met a man at the hotel and was assaulted and robbed. The suspect left the scene, police said, but […]
Barry Wells did many things in his eclectic life in London: Journalist, historian, cab driver, city hall critic.
By Georgia Hill
Scientists studying the body size and growth patterns of non-native earthworms in the UP’s Huron Mountains say they are disrupting forest ecosystems. Contrary to popular belief, most North American earthworms are invaders unintentionally introduced during European colonization. They have a significant impact on ecosystems, especially in the Great Lakes region where they affect soil structure, nutrient cycling and biodiversity.
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The incident took place on Aug. 22, police said.
By Eric Freedman
A horse-drawn carriage. A runaway horse. A crash. Sounds like an old-fashioned drama – not a bizarre 21st-century event. But that’s what happened three years ago when a visitor was injured while riding in a horse-drawn omnibus at Greenfield Village. The Court of Appeals has refused to reinstate her negligence suit against The Henry Ford and the driver.
The post Michigan court refuses to reinstate lawsuit over runaway carriage horse at Greenfield Village first appeared on Great Lakes Echo.
Dozens of students en route to a two-night field trip in Point Pelee were aboard a school bus that crashed along Hwy. 401 near London on Sunday morning, shutting down the westbound lanes for hours. The students from Kitchener Waterloo Collegiate, a high school in Kitchener, left Sunday morning for a two-night trip with their […]