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‘Safe supply’ drugs being diverted, sold in London and beyond: Police
A skyrocketing amount of drugs from safe supply programs in London are being diverted to the streets, police said Monday
Michigan’s 6th measles case found in Macomb County. Others potentially exposed | Bridge Michigan
Another measles case has been diagnosed in a Macomb County child, with two exposure sites. The cases are part of a nationwide measles resurgence, with the last reported infection in Michigan before this year occurring in 2019….
Paisley comes together to celebrate 150 years
Lawrence Gregg has called Paisley home for all 84 years of his life, and in that time as a resident, business owner, farmer and school bus driver he has come to know a lot of people. On the weekend as the small central Bruce County village marked its 150th anniversary with a giant Homecoming celebration, he […]
Goderich resident killed in two-vehicle accident
A Goderich resident was killed Saturday, July 13 in a two-vehicle collision involving a passenger vehicle and a motorcycle just after 1:40 p.m. Huron County OPP, paramedics and the Goderich fire department responded to the accident on Bluewater Highway between MTO Road and Blyth Road in Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh north of Goderich. Police said the 74-year-old driver […]
Three fatal weekend crashes on local roads – and a near-miss on water
It’s been a deadly weekend on London-area roads â and there was also a nearly fatal incident on one local waterway. Three people have died in a trio of separate collisions on roads across the region since Friday, Ontario Provincial Police say. Here are the details of each case: TWO FATAL MOTORCYCLE CRASHES One man […]
SEE IT: As Hurricane Beryl’s tail-end hit London, so did two tornadoes
A team of Western University researchers has determined two weak tornadoes caused damage in parts of London on Wednesday as the remnants of Hurricane Beryl barrelled through the region. Officials with the Northern Tornadoes Project announced on Saturday they’d found evidence of “wind damage” in two locations in London â one in west London, and […]
Driver, 23, dead after vehicle strikes tree at rural intersection
One person is dead following a crash in rural Elgin County, Ontario Provincial Police say. Police and emergency crews responded to a serious crash involving a single passenger vehicle that collided with a tree shortly before 7 p.m. on Friday, Elgin OPP said. The lone occupant, a 23-year-old from St. Thomas, was pulled from the […]
Brews News: Beertown beverage curator shares four summer trends
Whatâs up with beer this summer?
String of auto thefts, crashes cause $500K in damage: OPP
A brazen early morning string of auto thefts and crashes in Goderich left $500,000 of property damage in its wake, Huron OPP say. Officers investigating a report of a suspicious vehicle in near Elgin Avenue in Goderich at about 3:20 a.m. Friday found a damaged pickup that had been abandoned on Kingston Street, police said. […]
City committee to consider new Catholic high school site Tuesday
Owen Sound’s committee of adjustment will consider a plan to build a new Catholic high school on vacant land on the city’s eastern fringe. A 1,012-student Catholic high school is proposed for along 28th Avenue East, about 300 metres south of 16th Street East, documents on the city’s website show. The hearing Tuesday may be watched online via a link on […]