Tag: cases
Building lag may cost city hall millions in Queen’s Park housing cash
London is on the verge of losing millions of dollars in provincial funding for missing its housing starts target for 2024, a goal the city could easily hit if builders followed through on all projects approved by council. As of Oct. 31, city hall had issued building permits for 3,282 units in 2024 alone, an […]
Police watchdog launches probe after driver, 35, killed in crash
Ontario’s police watchdog is investigating a fatal crash north of London involving a vehicle officers had attempted to pull over, the provincewide agency said Friday.
What to know as city council eyes rejig of London’s ward boundaries
For the first time in seven years, London is looking at changing its local electoral boundaries.
Protection of wetlands could come down to farmers, says a new report
Industrial agriculture in the Upper Midwest has been a driving force behind wetland loss. The farm bill might hold a solution.
Crime Stoppers of Grey Bruce facing closure due to lack of funds, volunteers
Crime Stoppers of Grey Bruce will run out of cash to operate in just over three months. “Without new sources of funding sufficient to take the program through the 2025–2026 fiscal year, Crime Stoppers of Grey Bruce would only have enough funding to operate until March 31, 2025, at which point the program would be […]
Police watchdog issues new details in crash that sent three to hospital
Ontarioâs Special Investigations Unit (SIU) continues to probe a two-vehicle crash north of London over the weekend that sent three people to hospital, including two with life-threatening injuries.
Police deal with raft of intimate partner violence calls
Grey Bruce OPP responded to nine domestic disputes over three days, resulting in five charges, a news release said. Police said they began an intimate partner violence investigation in Meaford on Nov. 30 and laid a charge of spousal assault with a weapon. Dec. 1 police charged someone with spousal assault and forcible confinement. […]
Two suffer life-threatening injuries in London-area crash
Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU) is probing a two-car crash north of London late Saturday that sent three people to hospital, including two with life-threatening injuries. An officer attempted to stop a vehicle on Highway 4, near Croydon Drive, in Arva, shortly before 11 p.m. Saturday, Middlesex OPP said in a news release Sunday afternoon. […]
Dyer: Netanyahu’s world smaller after ICC charges
Israel Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and former defence minister Yoav Gallant have not been found guilty of anything. However . . .
Judge jails man for church arson at Saugeen in 2020
A judge sentenced Emric Thompson to 18 months in jail for arson and mischief to a church at Saugeen First Nation in 2020. Superior Court Justice Roger Chown’s sentence, imposed in Walkerton on Nov. 27, included enhanced credit for presentence custody, leaving 184 days or just more than six months to serve in custody. He […]