The vehicle sought in connection with a fatal hit-and-run in Hanover last week has been located destroyed by fire in a bush lot near the town, police say. Hanover police Chief Chris Knoll said in a social media post that investigators had recovered a burned 2007 PT Cruiser in a bush lot on Sideroad 25 […]
Five minutes passed before the first police officer arrived on the scene after gunmen fatally shot a nurse outside her northwest London home nearly four years ago. The masked killers ran from a Volkswagen Jetta and shot Lynda Marques 13 times just seconds after she pulled into the driveway of her Wateroak Drive home, where […]
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 […]
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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Hundreds gathered on the greenspace in London’s Old South on Saturday for Wortley Pride, an annual event celebrating 2SLGBTQIA+ communities. The festival featured music, performances, food trucks and art displays and vendors. The gathering also drew a small group of protesters. More than a dozen police officers kept watch on the sign-carrying demonstrators and a […]
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