Tag: Chatham-Kent
‘Grandparent scam’ costs Elgin County resident $7,000: Police
An Elgin County resident is out of thousands of dollars after being duped into a believing a caller was their grandchild in need of money for an emergency, Ontario Provincial Police say.
London budget: The journey to a 7.3 % tax hike, and a dire warning for 2026
Its official, property taxes will be increasing in the new year by over seven per cent â marginally lower than what was forecast in late October to help fund London’s $1.4 billion spending plan.
Duo charged after store-theft suspects try to run from London police
A London man and woman are both charged after city police say they arrested a pair of suspects who tried to run from officers investigating a theft at an east-end business.
One killed in rural Southwestern Ontario crash: Police
One person is dead after a crash near Ingersoll, Ontario Provincial Police said on Tuesday morning.
Man charged in crash that killed sisters trying to rescue turtle
A man is charged with two counts of careless driving causing death in a crash that killed two sisters who were trying to rescue a turtle. A 24-year-old man from Raleigh Township was charged last week in the May 18 crash, Chatham-Kent police said in a release Tuesday. The man, whose identity wasn’t released, is […]
Premier wants audit of Ontario school boards amid slew of travel scandals: MPP
SARNIA â An audit of Ontario school boards has been ordered by Premier Doug Ford following a report the Lambton Kent District school board spent more than $32,000 to send three employees to a conference in Hawaii, the local MPP says. The trip â taken by staff from the Chatham-based board’s Indigenous liaison committee â is one […]
School board travel scandals: Critic blasts ‘never-ending’ spending woes
A raft of out-of-town â even overseas â trips by school board trustees or officials across Southwestern Ontario have rattled taxpayers and sparked deep reviews by Ontario’s education ministry. Two more cases became public in the past two days, and one long-time critic of the provincial education system believes it’s time for drastic changes. “I […]
Man facing 22 charges in cases across Southwestern Ontario
SARNIA â One man is facing a huge list of charges throughout Southwestern Ontario including eight separate cases in Sarnia featuring multiple counts of disguise with intent. David Drake was arrested on Oct. 23 in Chatham-Kent after being wanted on a slew of outstanding warrants in that area, Sarnia and Windsor. He has 22 sets […]
Two more sex-related charges laid against Southwestern Ontario doctor
CHATHAM â Two more sex-related charges involving a minor were laid against a Chatham-Kent Health Alliance emergency physician. Robert Nathanial Wismer was arrested on Oct. 25 and charged with sexual assault and sexual interference involving a minor, according to court documents. According to the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario website, the two new […]
Bail for woman charged with arson in apartment blaze that forced out dozens
A Chatham woman charged after a fire displaced dozens of tenants from a municipal housing complex has been granted bail with strict conditions of house arrest.