Drug charges withdrawn, two plead to lesser offences

Two people pleaded guilty and were sentenced in the Superior Court of Justice Tuesday to offences related to a drug bust in Meaford June 4, 2020. Bernie Picard, 60, of no fixed address, pleaded guilty to illegal possession of a prohibited weapon, brass knuckles, and was fined $500. Robina Grant, 31, of Meaford, pleaded guilty […]

Dairy farmers talk sustainability at virtual conference

Dairy farmers wrestled with the topic of sustainability and its impact on the industry during Dairy Day at the virtual Grey Bruce Farmers’ Week conference Thursday. “I think we’re well placed. It’s interesting that it’s not necessarily the challenges we think of that will be the tough cookies to deal with,” said Dairy Farmers of […]

Veteran police officer charged with impaired driving after crash

CHATHAM — A veteran Chatham-Kent officer faces an impaired driving charge after a single-vehicle crash, police say. Officers were called to a collision near Howard and Indian Creek roads in Chatham about 7 p.m. Wednesday, Chatham-Kent police said in release Thursday. Officers arrested a suspect, an off-duty police officer, at his home, police said. Const. […]

‘Tinderbox’ goes up in flames, no one hurt in Ayton fire

The cause of a five-unit apartment fire in Ayton early Wednesday, which left no one injured, is undetermined but not suspicious, West Grey Fire Chief Phil Schwartz said Thursday. Neighbours got all residents out of the building and they’d left by the time firefighters arrived, Schwartz said. The Red Cross also assisted the tenants, he […]

London hospitals’ intensive-care COVID patient count drops

The number of COVID-19 patients in intensive care in London hospitals has dropped in the past 24 hours, new statistics published on Thursday show, as the number of cases in the community continued spiking. Thursday, London Health Sciences Centre announced there were 79 inpatients with COVID-19, up from 63 on Wednesday. But the number in […]