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Temporary overdose prevention sites eyed in Oxford, Elgin
With approval of supervised drug use sites paused by the provincial government, an area health unitâs top doctor is exploring alternative options to address an increase in opioid-related deaths since the COVID-19 pandemic.
Farhi bid to move city hall to heart of downtown dismissed
A last-ditch effort to get London city council to consider moving city hall to Dundas and Richmond streets fell flat Tuesday, but not without plenty of discussion. An effort by councillors Peter Cuddy and Susan Stevenson to delay to September consideration of city hall’s plan to redevelop its present home at 300 Dufferin Ave., the […]
Widow bristles at lawyer’s questions about texts, car sketch
The widow of a Toronto-area businessperson who was fatally shot lashed out at the lawyer representing the man accused of killing him in 2014
Pride event animals’ deaths appear not be caused by poison: Police
London police say the deaths of two animals from a petting zoo that were part of a recent Pride event in the city doesn’t appear to have been the result of intentional poisoning â the initial concern of the event’s organizers.
Heavy wind gusts knock out power to 22,000 Londoners
About 22,000 customers were affected by the the sudden service interruptions, electricity distributor London Hydro said.
City firefighters douse shed fire behind Quality Inn
A shed fire Monday night behind the Quality Inn likely originated with a lawn tractor which had been used before the fire, Owen Sound Fire Chief Phil Eagleson said. Firefighters found heavy smoke and flames coming from the garden shed when called to the hotel at 4:01 p.m. The fire was put out quickly and […]
London cyclist killed in collision en route to coffee meet-up with friend
A cyclist struck and killed by a vehicle last week was on his way to grab a coffee, said the manâs longtime friend who was waiting for him at the shop
Detroit plans neighborhood solar fields to capture light from blight | Bridge Michigan
Three Detroit neighborhoods will host a combined 104 acres of solar fields under a plan Mayor Mike Duggan says will target “some of the most blighted areas in the city.”…
New book from Goderich great-grandmother was 50 years in the making
GODERICH – Half a century in the making, Goderich resident Sally Walker’s novel, 101, is based on a time in her life when she found herself overwhelmed in a new teaching job. Walker started the outline for 101 about 50 years ago, wanting to describe what life was like in the 1960s and 1970s for […]
School-aged girls followed, 48-year-old man charged: London police
A London man is in custody and charged with harassment after two school-aged girls were followed, police say.