A criminal profiler says he sees clues in the rash of rural fires across a Southwestern Ontario community that's raised citizen concerns a serial arsonist may be on the loose.
A sinkhole created by a water main break took a parked vehicle out of commission Wednesday morning. A Honda Civic parked on Nelson Street in Brantford sank into the sinkhole that formed. “Earlier this morning, city crews responded to a water main break at this location, which caused instability beneath the roadway and resulted in […]
Norfolk County firefighters battled three separate fires throughout the wee hours of Wednesday morning, said police, who described a man seen running near one of the blazes. The blazes come amid a rash of suspicious fires across the largely rural county, located about an hour’s drive southeast of London, that have led some residents to […]
A 17-year-old driver whose excessive speed caused a crash that killed two Brantford teens in 2023 ignored multiple traffic warnings to slow down, said a Woodstock judge said last week, sentencing the young man. But his behaviour appeared to be uncharacteristic and the now-19-year-old, who can’t be named due to a publication ban, is deeply […]
Damage was estimated to be $400,000 after London firefighters battled an overnight blaze at a home in the city’s northeast end. It was shortly before 1 a.m. on Friday when fire officials issued a statement on social media about the fire in what appeared to be a single-family home on McTavish Crescent, which is located […]
Two area residents have been charged in connection with the kidnapping, murder of a Kitchener man, bringing total number of accused to five
No matter what happens between now and Friday at noon, the London Knights remain the favourites to defend their Ontario Hockey League title.
SARNIA â The Sarnia Sting shook off the London Knights’ late comeback to pull out a 3-2 overtime win Wednesday before 4,475 at Progressive Auto Sales Arena. Beckham Edwards scored 3:28 into sudden-death, then sprinted almost the length of the ice to celebrate in front of Knights fans decked out
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Two people were taken to hospital and a horse is dead following a collision between a horse-drawn carriage and a vehicle Friday afternoon south of Woodstock. The crash occurred at about 4 p.m. on Oxford Road 13 in Norwich Township, Oxford OPP said. Two passengers in the carriage were taken
Ontario's premier is pledging new legislation which promises a crackdown on public drug use and encampments and get more people indoors and into treatment, whether it violates their rights or not.
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