Tag: Canada
Local students travelling to Europe to commemorate VE Day
More than 100 Bluewater District School Board students will depart for Europe soon to help commemorate Canadian veterans as part of the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Netherlands and VE Day. Explorica will run the tours, which will take students and their chaperones to important historical sites such as the Anne Frank House, […]
Teen charged with assaulting police amid probe into beer theft
A teenager faces charges after a suspect in a beer theft assaulted a St. Thomas police officer, police say. Police were called on Wednesday at about 8:30 p.m. to a convenience store, where an individual took two cases of beer without paying, St. Thomas police said on Thursday. The suspect was located a short distance […]
We asked London candidates: What’s the top issue for voters?
Candidates running in three London ridings in the federal election met with voters at an informal gathering Wednesday at Goodwill Industries on Horton Street. Organized by the London Chamber of Commerce and sponsored by the London St. Thomas Association of Realtors, the event also offered an opportunity for London’s business community to speak with candidates […]
Accused in drug dealer’s death tells police ‘I want to die’
While slumped in a wheelchair, her long hair covering her face and wrapped in two blankets, Ashley Bourget got to listen to what others in her circle were saying about her involvement in the death of drug dealer Grant Norton. They told the police Bourget had been “bragging” about killing Norton, that he was “tortured […]