New thermal camera could be firefighting ‘game changer’

Owen Sound firefighters tested a prototype portable, helmet-mounted thermal imaging camera with heads-up display in a smoke-filled house Thursday afternoon. Firefighters and the designers watched a livestream on a monitor nearby of what firefighters were seeing inside the abandoned house along Highway 26, which the department uses for practice. The camera saw through smoke and […]

Driver who hit young Girl Guides testifies: ‘I just wanted to stop’

Petronella McNorgan called herself “a careful, conscientious and competent driver.” In 56 years behind the wheel, she said she hadn’t had a ticket for decades and was so safe she was given breaks on her insurance. She said she especially knew how to drive in London and specifically when she had to start slowing down […]