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Man recalls hearing gunshot amid fire, seeing injured woman
Wayne Pellett was sleeping in his apartment Wednesday when his dog started barking and he awoke to his room filled with smoke and flames.
COVID-19 outbreak affects 14 elderly Parkwood hospital patients
A COVID-19 outbreak at London’s Parkwood Institute has left 14 mostly elderly patients suffering mild systems of the virus, officials say.
Accused in Strathroy sex assault of minor also charged in child-luring case
After a Toronto-area man was charged with posing as a teen to lure an underage girl into a sexual encounter, York Regional police warned last month there could be other victims.
What happened to Lois Hanna? Police renew call for answers in 1988 mystery
Thursday will mark 36 years since the July 4, 1988, disappearance of Lois Hanna
London police officers threatened with knife during arrest
A man is in custody following a police investigation into a weekend robbery near downtown London, police say.
Funeral set for ‘pioneer’ who helped build London’s Muslim community
When Hanny Shousher arrived in London in 1949 as a 19-year-old from Lebanon, he spoke no English and there were two other Muslim families in the city. When he died at 94 on Saturday, he left behind two mosques and an Islamic association he helped build, and a community in the region of about 35,000 […]
Inside is Not the Answer: Air quality in the Great Lakes | Great Lakes Now
In the Detroit area, people experience unsafe levels of particulate matter, nitrogen dioxide, sulfur dioxide, and ozone in the air they breathe. These pollutants are attributed with adverse health effects such as heart disease, respiratory issues, and cancer.
The University of Michigan is part of an ongoing Detroit research partnership, Community Action to Promote Healthy Environments (CAPHE).
Trail Talk: The butterflies of Huron County
Columnist Patrick Capper is part of the Butterflies In My Back Yard project
Charges laid in hit-and-run crash that killed 34-year-old woman
St. Thomas police named a 34-year-old woman as the victim of a recent late-night hit-and-run crash as they detailed newly laid criminal charges in the case.
Public health advises residents to steer clear of wildlife and unknown dogs as rabies investigations increase
The outdoors is calling as the weather warms and summer is ushered in, and that means an uptick in animal bites, scratches, and, sometimes, intense interactions with gnarly neighbourhood dogs. Grey Bruce Public Health advises people to avoid wildlife and exercise caution with unfamiliar pets as rabies exposure investigations continue to increase. GBPH said it […]