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A man who went into Victoria Hospital’s emergency room under a hail of gunfire last month was one of three Londoners charged in the fatal shooting of a Brampton woman in 2020, The London Free Press has learned. Court documents identify Abdulla Kaddoura, 32, as the man targeted in two connected shootings on Dec. 14 […]
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Even though he’d dodged convictions on 11 of 12 charges, former London police officer Will Stephens appeared miserable from his vantage point in the courtroom. That may be because the 47-year-old former cop, who changed his name from Stephen Williams, was in the prisoner’s box during Ontario Court Justice George Orsini’s decision, after he was […]
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Premier Doug Ford capped off the first day of Ontario’s election campaign in London, where he pledged his government would spend $1 billion to build a new police college. Ford made the vow Wednesday evening when he spoke to a crowd of London police officers and other guests at the

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A 31-year-old from Toronto is charged after three people wearing masks entered a St. Thomas high school and threatened a student in a washroom, St. Thomas police say. Three unknown individuals wearing masks entered the school with a student on Jan. 22, police said. Once inside, the trio located a student known to them and […]
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A revamped program that pairs police officers with schools will resume at one London-area high school, the chair of the London District Catholic school board says. “The board unanimously approved the project last year (and) we had some delays, but now we are moving forward,” Gabe Pizzuti said. “The school resource officer’s important role within […]
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Mayor Josh Morgan's pledge to keep the final tax hike of his four-year term below five per cent may not be easy to keep without some potentially painful cuts by city council – especially if they don't target police spending, one expert says.