Tag: driver
Police watchdog issues new details in crash that sent three to hospital
Ontarioâs Special Investigations Unit (SIU) continues to probe a two-vehicle crash north of London over the weekend that sent three people to hospital, including two with life-threatening injuries.
He sparked a police chase, got stuck in a field and now he’s going to jail
A young Sarnia man charged three years ago with a failed getaway from police after the car he was driving got stuck in a field near Petrolia finally has been sentenced. Dreyten Lawrence, then 20, was charged with flight from police, dangerous driving, stunt driving by racing and driving without a licence following an incident on […]
Two suffer life-threatening injuries in London-area crash
Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU) is probing a two-car crash north of London late Saturday that sent three people to hospital, including two with life-threatening injuries. An officer attempted to stop a vehicle on Highway 4, near Croydon Drive, in Arva, shortly before 11 p.m. Saturday, Middlesex OPP said in a news release Sunday afternoon. […]
Winter arrives with a wallop as lake-effect squalls cover parts of Grey-Bruce with snow
Warm lakes plus cold air means winter is here. The Ontario Storm Prediction Centre expects the snow squalls blanketing much of the area will continue into Tuesday. Snow squall warnings are in place throughout the region as of Sunday afternoon with snowfall accumulations exceeding 50 cm in parts of Grey-Bruce and Owen Sound this weekend. […]
Local OPP and municipal police services continue RIDE campaign in area
Drivers should notice several RIDE (Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere) programs throughout Grey-Bruce this month. Regional and municipal police services are joining forces in an effort to remove impaired drivers from the road, and police are reminding motorists that officers can demand a breath sample during a traffic stop without reasonable suspicion. The Ontario Association of […]
Could big Trump tariffs slow London-area housing demand?
Industry watchers appear divided over the potential impact on Londonâs housing market of possible tariffs on Canadian exports to the U.S., especially if they lead to Volkswagen pulling the plug on its St. Thomas battery plant.
London budget: The journey to a 7.3 % tax hike, and a dire warning for 2026
Its official, property taxes will be increasing in the new year by over seven per cent â marginally lower than what was forecast in late October to help fund London’s $1.4 billion spending plan.
Man admits he drove into four people in Eugenia and fled
A Southgate man who drove his truck into four people in the small community of Eugenia, killing one man, has pleaded guilty to failing to stop at an accident in 2022. Brett Page, who police said was 27 when charged, pleaded guilty on Oct. 28 in the Ontario Court of Justice in Owen Sound to […]
Man charged in public housing shooting lives in building, court documents show
A man charged in a shooting at a London public housing building is a resident at the high-rise and had been charged two months earlier with weapons offences in Aylmer, according to court records.
Man accused of kidnappings, sexual assaults arrested in London
A man accused of pretending to be a rideshare driver and allegedly sexually assaulting multiple women in the Toronto area has been arrested in London, police say.