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Chin brothers beat the odds as hockey stars in anti-Chinese era
An upcoming article highlights the Chin brothers’ extraordinary rise to hockey fame at the height of anti-Chinese discrimination in Canada. “We live in a different time,” writer Debbie Jiang commented on racism in sports. “The colour barrier wasn’t broken until Larry Kwong played for the New York Rangers in 1948.” Jiang said, although in present […]
Rural residents fight to save late neighbour’s home amid redevelopment plan
Dutton Dunwich residents are concerned that a beloved old homeâs new owner may demolish it to develop a 16-unit apartment complex there
Co-accused in teen’s fatal shooting at bush party now facing reduced charge
A murder charge has been reduced to manslaughter for one of two people on trial for the shooting death of a Western University student.
Markdale senior dies after crash in Brockton
A Markdale resident has died after a crash in Brockton on Wednesday morning. Just before 9 a.m., South Bruce OPP received a report of a crash on Bruce Road 20 near Concession 2 northeast of Riversdale. Police found two passenger vehicles involved. Two patients were taken to hospital by ambulance, and a 76-year-old from Markdale […]
Key witness holds firm at bush party homicide trial: ‘I know what I saw’
Despite the repeated attacks on her story, Jessica Falardeau maintained: âI know what I saw.â
Loved ones express grief as sentencing nears for impaired driver who killed boy
ST. THOMAS â More than 20 grieving loved ones expressed their pain in court Wednesday as sentencing loomed for an impaired driver who killed an 11-year-old boy who was walking home from getting ice cream. Aiden Curtis was killed on July 4, 2023, after being struck by an out-of-control pickup truck driven by Nicholas Lemke, […]
Jewish group speaks out amid probe into antisemitic graffiti at London school
An organization representing London’s Jewish community is thanking police for their swift action after an elementary school in the cityâs northwest was targeted with antisemitic graffiti for the second time in four months.
Bush bash homicide trial: Defence challenges key witness’s account of shooting
Jessica Falardeau recalled in her testimony the two masked men who showed up to settle a score were different in stature.
Man pleads not guilty to Christmas party killing as unusual re-trial begins
Miguel Chacon-Perez repeated the same plea as he did six years ago when he went on trial again for second-degree murder.
Two dead in Walpole Island boat crash: OPP
Two people are dead after a weekend boat crash on the Walpole Island First Nation, provincial police say.