A massive vacant warehouse fire in St. Thomas that sent black smoke billowing across the city is now under police investigation. “The fire has been deemed suspicious and is currently under investigation by our criminal investigation bureau,” St. Thomas police spokesperson Samanatha Wakefield said on Tuesday morning. The fire at the former Weatherhead Co. of […]
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ST. THOMAS – A raging fire in a vacant factory sent thick black plumes of smoke into the air and drew onlookers from across the city on Monday. The fire at the former Weatherhead Co. of Canada Ltd. plant at 100 Woodworth Ave. began at about 4 p.m. About 50 to 60 St. Thomas firefighters […]
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An estimated crowd of roughly 200 protested on Saturday at the campaign office of Elgin-St. Thomas-London South Conservative candidate Andrew Lawton, who has drawn fire for past comments he addressed earlier in the campaign. Photos by LFP’s Dale Carruthers
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An estimated crowd of roughly 200 protested on Saturday at the campaign office of Elgin-St. Thomas-London South Conservative candidate Andrew Lawton, who has drawn fire for past comments he addressed earlier in the campaign. Photos by LFP’s Dale Carruthers
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The complaint was filed by a group claiming to still own some of the property. All defendants say they plan to fight the lawsuit.
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London homeless helpers understand city council’s desire to dismantle an encampment after a fire and propane tank explosion – they just wonder where residents will go. This week, a council committee backed Ward 1 Coun. Hadleigh McAlister’s emergency motion to close the city-run service depot at the Watson Street Park encampment, and to have city […]
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A 50-year-old man facing charges of manslaughter and arson is the third person charged in the death of a St. Thomas woman last summer, police say. Victoria Dill, 40, died in hospital after she was found with a gunshot wound near the scene of a fire at an apartment at 20 Hiawatha St. in St. […]
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Brandon Prust has preached driving hard to the net from the moment he started coaching. Connor Clark followed that advice and it saved the London Nationals’ season. The 19-year-old tapped home a loose puck for the go-ahead goal with 2:25 left in regulation in a 4-2 Game 4 victory over St. Marys Wednesday at the […]
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One person was taken to hospital following a blaze in a London apartment on Tuesday. The fire broke out in a second-floor unit of a building near the intersection of Hamilton Road and Adelaide Street east of the city’s core, London Fire Department officials wrote on social media at 3 p.m. on Tuesday. Fire prevention […]
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Governments at all levels are being urged to buy Ingersoll-made commercial vans to support workers here as fears rise over fallout from the U.S. trade and tariff war.
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Firefighters battled fires in multiple vehicles overnight near the intersection of York and Maitland streets just east of downtown, officials said Tuesday morning. It was about 3 a.m. on Tuesday when officials with the London Fire Department announced on social media that crews were called to the blazes and there were requests for additional support. […]
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The Vermillion Point Life Saving Station sits near Whitefish Point on the shores of Lake Superior.