Tag: Damage
Witnesses describe seeing arson suspect day of fire
Casey Ritchie testified Wednesday that Emric Thompson came to his door asking for gasoline ten or 20 minutes before fire was discovered at Wesley United Church four years ago at Saugeen First Nation. Ritchie, who lives across Highway 21 from the church, said he presumed Thompson needed the gas for his truck. A purple truck […]
Arson trial begins four years after church fires at Saugeen
While Wesley United Church was engulfed in flames at Saugeen First Nation, about 10 minutes away security guards encountered Emric Thompson and an SUV stopped in the middle of a dark road, the first witness in Thompson’s arson trial testified Tuesday. Fire destroyed the church, a prominent brick structure on the south side of Highway 21 […]
Man describes how suspect fleeing police barges in after midnight
A London man described how a former friend showed up unexpectedly at his door in the middle of the night, after police allege he blew through an impaired driving checkpoint, crashed into a home and left a loaded gun behind.
25 years after a major toxic lead cleanup, westside neighbors still don’t feel safe | Great Lakes Now
By Enrique Saenz, Mirror Indy
Mirror Indy is a part of Free Press Indiana, a nonprofit news organization dedicated to ensuring all Hoosiers have access to the news and information they need.
The first thing Patti Daviau sees when she opens the front door of her home on South Harris Avenue every morning is a thick bunch of weeds reaching through a 500-foot stretch of chain link fence across the street.
London traffic-calming 101 (or why am I driving over more speed bumps?)
City staff have their eye on traffic-calming measures near schools and construction zones, but rely on residents to bring problem roads to their attention.
Drug-fueled crime spree sends man with ‘horrific’ record to prison
A St. Thomas man who went on a drug-induced crime spree last year was responsible for creating the psychosis that led him to steal multiple vehicles and ram police cruisers, ruled a judge who has sentenced him to prison.
Farmers turn to ‘predator-proof’ fences to deter wolves in northern Wisconsin | Great Lakes Now
By Danielle Kaeding, Wisconsin Public Radio
This article was republished here with permission from Wisconsin Public Radio.
For at least the last decade, Dustin Soyring and his family have struggled with wolves on their farm in the northern Wisconsin town of Maple.
Foraged Fruit and Nuts: Wild Apples & Abundant Acorns | Great Lakes Now
This story is a part of “A Year in the Wild Kitchen of the Great Lakes,” a series in partnership with expert forager Lisa M. Rose, with the mission of nurturing a deeper connection with the natural world through foraging. To get started with your foraging journey, begin here with our “Framework to Sustainable and Safe Practices.”
Autumn brings with it a bounty of fruits and nuts that often go unnoticed in our modern culinary landscape.
Three sent to hospital in east-end crash: London firefighters
London firefighters were called to a two-vehicle crash at a busy east-end intersection Tuesday night that sent three people to hospital.
Great Lakes Moment: Ten natural wonders of The Great Lakes Way | Great Lakes Now
Great Lakes Moment is a monthly column written by Great Lakes Now Contributor John Hartig. Publishing the author’s views and assertions does not represent endorsement by Great Lakes Now or Detroit PBS.
The Great Lakes Way is an interconnected set of greenways and water trails stretching from Port Huron, Michigan (at the head of the St.