Tag: charge
Amid housing debate, one landlord gets bluntly honest: ‘I’m a profiteer’
A London landlord’s public comments that he’s a “profiteer” opposed to tougher rules to protect renters has riled city politicians who are leading the push for city hall to approve such a bylaw.
Pickup driver pleads guilty in fatal motorcycle crash case
A 64-year-old man has pleaded guilty to dangerous driving causing death, for turning his pickup truck in front of Bailey Durocher’s motorcycle, just north of Durham two years ago. Luciano Da Silva, of Utopia, Ont., just west of Barrie, pleaded guilty on June 18 in the Superior Court of Justice in Owen Sound. Sentencing is […]
City politicians heed tenant advocates’ push, eye tougher ‘renoviction’ bylaw
Emotional tales of housing vulnerability moved politicians to seek critical improvements to a draft bylaw intended to prevent renovictions
Dog breeder opts not to testify at first degree murder trial
ST. THOMAS â The once-high flying dog breeder Boris Panovski wonât be testifying at his first-degree murder retrial. âThe answer from Mr. Panovski is no,â defence lawyer Margaret Barnes told Superior Court Justice Marc Garson on Friday when asked if the 80-year-old Scarborough man, who has pleaded not guilty to first degree murder and attempted […]
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 […]
Retired detective describes cryptic interview with accused’s son at murder trial
ST. THOMAS – Boris Panovskiâs son told police he âmight have someone in mindâ who may have shot Donato Frigo and his wife
Police charge suspect after assault with ‘edged weapon’
South Bruce OPP charged a 24-year-old from Hanover after investigating a report of a serious assault. Police said in a release that they were dispatched on July 8 to a call about a serious assault at a property on Bruce Road 4 in Brockton the day before. “It was determined that the suspect assaulted the […]
$5 movies! London cinema slashes prices on matinees, Tuesday showings
Just in time for the summer blockbuster, cheap movies are back at downtown London’s movie theatre. Imagine Cinemas announced on Tuesday the return of âCheap Tuesdayâ movie tickets. On Tuesdays going forward, it will cost $5 to get in and all concession items will be priced at $5 or less. In addition, Imagine is knocking […]
With women dying at ‘alarming rate’ from violence, province urged to act
Advocates for abused women in the London area are urging the province to act in the wake of âunbearableâ intimate partner violence that has claimed the lives of several women in the last few weeks. A bill to declare intimate partner violence an epidemic in Ontario passed second reading at Queenâs Park and needs to […]