Day: 8 July 2025
Gun seized, one charged after masked man enters core-area home
An 18-year-old Londoner faces multiple charges after police seized a loaded handgun and drugs during an arrest near downtown. Community foot patrol officers saw a man wearing a balaclava walk into the backyard of a home on Queens Avenue around 4:30 p.m. Monday, police said. An occupant of the home approached the officers to say […]
South Bruce man faces charges from 2022 weapons incident in Chatsworth
Police have arrested a 38-year-old South Bruce man who now faces several weapons-related charges stemming from an incident in Chatsworth nearly a year earlier. On Tuesday, the Grey-Bruce OPP announced via media release their major crime unit arrested a man on June 13, 2023, in connection with a weapons investigation. On June 14, 2022, police […]
Waterfront statue honours Tecumseh – Indigenous chief, nation builder
More than two centuries after he was killed in the fight to create and preserve Canada, a statue honouring the Town of Tecumseh’s namesake was officially dedicated on a sandy beach in the Southwestern Ontario community. “We’re very, very proud,” said Mayor Gary McNamara. “Nobody did more to protect Canada at that time than he […]
In one town, Pride Month ends with flurry of rainbow flag thefts: Police
Police are investigating after they say Pride flags were stolen from several homes in different parts of Aylmer, a Southwestern Ontario town of 8,000 in which other similar incidents have recently occurred. Police say the rainbow flags – a symbol of LGBTQ inclusion – were stolen between June 27 and July 2. Here are the […]
LETTER: Pride flag signifies all are welcome here
Letter to Huron-Kinloss councillor Ed McGugan in response to article “Pride flag creating ‘animosity’ in Huron-Kinloss.” Dear Mr. McGugan, I would like to respond to your comments in the Lucknow Sentinel on June 26. As a proud mother of a talented, kind and amazing young gay woman, I am disappointed by things you said. You […]