Tag: 2021
Southwestern Ontario man gets five years in prison for role in grisly killing
Drew Bliss, 39, has been sentenced to five years in prison.
Woman had not sought help before being shot dead by husband: Agency
A woman who was shot on a Woodstock street by her husband before he turned the gun on himself didn’t contact the cityâs domestic abuse services before the shooting, an official says
Londoner found guilty of manslaughter in boarding house machete attack
Kenneth Wallisâs daughters remember their dad as a man who, despite his struggles with addiction, loved and valued them more than anything else. But during the trial of his killer, Robert Charnock, 42, they heard only a snapshot of their 56-year-old fatherâs life at a London boarding house on Dec. 8, 2021, when he suffered […]
Bank employee stole more than $500K to buy truck, travel, pay off credit card
SIMCOE â A former small-town bank employee who stole more than $500,000 will avoid jail after a judge here accepted a joint sentencing submission, though he admitted he wasn’t “in love” with it. Justice Gethin Edward agreed to a community sentence that allows Dana Studiman, 39, to live at home under a year-long curfew and […]
Joe Biden gives Medal of Honour to local descendant of U.S. Civil War hero
A local descendant of a U.S. Civil War soldier is basking in the long-ago exploits of his relative, who has been posthumously awarded the highest U.S. military honour by President Joe Biden U.S. Army Pte. Philip G. Shadrach was hanged in Georgia for stealing a Confederate train and causing chaos on the rails in 1862. […]