Tag: Dorchester
2024 is already the deadliest year for motorcycle crashes in at least five years
With three months still to go, 20024 already is the deadliest year for motorcycle riders in at least past five years, with the death toll on Ontario Provincial Police-patrolled roads nearly at 50 provincewide. There have been 49 deaths among motorcycle riders this year investigated by the OPP â which patrols provincial highways and numerous […]
Dorchester firm waiting for green light to retool LAVs for Ukraine
A London area military defence contractor is pledging light armoured vehicles it is rebuilding for Ukraine will be faster, better armoured and more lethal than ever. Now, if they can only get federal government approval to do the work. Armatec Survivability, in Dorchester, has an agreement to rebuild 24 armoured vehicles that have been scrapped […]
DJ Kennington’s Delaware Speedway hot streak continues
DJ Kennington continued his mastery of Delaware Speedway with an impressive third-place finish at the NASCAR Canada seriesâ stop at the local track Sunday.
Aging downtown London ambulance base getting much-needed overhaul
Londonâs core ambulance base is getting some much-needed upgrades, the first phase of an overhaul of the aging building snapped up by Middlesex County earlier this year.Â
With London Majors season over, big roster changes may loom
Franchise pillars Cleveland Brownlee and Byron Reichstein have been year-to-year for a while now. The absences of star pitcher Owen Boon and veteran infielder Keith Kandel, who stopped playing this season, were magnified after London was ravaged by key injuries down the stretch. The shorthanded Majors fell in a 3-0 Intercounty Baseball League second-round sweep […]
Woman recalls home-invasion terror at house where shooting suspect was once arrested
Danielle Johnstone was sleeping when three masked men burst into her familyâs home in this community east of London before dawn.
London man sought after skipping sentencing for shooting, robbery
London police are seeking the public’s help as they search for Brandon Ford after he failed to show up Wednesday for his sentencing hearing
Stark uptick in deadly motorcycle crashes continues here, across Ontario
Seven motorcyclists have died on roads in the wider London region in the last two months alone, a troubling trend Ontario Provincial Police say reflects a deadly toll provincewide. The most recent death on local Ontario Provincial Police-patrolled roads happened Aug. 1 around 8:15 a.m. when a motorcycle collided with a pickup truck at the […]
Teen remains in medically induced coma following dirt bike crash
A Dorchester teen remains in a medically induced coma after he was critically injured in a dirt bike crash in south London last month