Tag: drugs
Trio charged after London police seize loaded gun, $170K in drugs
A trio faces multiple drug-related charges after London police say officers seized roughly $170,000 worth of drugs, including fentanyl, along with cash, a loaded firearm and ammunition. London police say it was shortly after 11 p.m. on Monday when officers found a wanted man leaving a home in the southwest end of the city in […]
Fraud investigation at LHSC involves ‘multiple individuals’: Source
Fraud investigation involves “multiple individuals,” a hospital source says, underscoring what may be a âsystemicâ failure of governance
Double killer gets three years for trafficking guns from prison
The second time William (Billy) McDonald was sentenced for murder, the judge said she doubted he would ever give up a life of crime.
Bail for woman charged with arson in apartment blaze that forced out dozens
A Chatham woman charged after a fire displaced dozens of tenants from a municipal housing complex has been granted bail with strict conditions of house arrest.
Man gives out free drugs near downtown, several people overdose: Police
A Thornhill man is facing charges after a spate of several non-fatal overdoses linked to an unknown drug Friday afternoon â an operation that involved three police departments. Joseph Patrick, 26, of Thornhill was arrested in Etobicoke early Saturday after evading police in Strathroy Friday night. London police on Friday evening issued a public safety […]
Letters to the Editor: October 24, 2024
Don’t stop trying Amsterdam, in the 1970s, was a car-dominant grid-locked city much like Toronto is and much like where London is headed. The notoriously inventive and cost-conscious Dutch retrofitted many of their cities in order to make them more efficient, less costly, and more habitable. To be fair, they did so through numerous urban […]
South Bruce Peninsula woman charged after crashing into police vehicle
A South Bruce Peninsula resident has been charged with impaired driving after a vehicle crashed into a police cruiser on the weekend. Just before 10 p.m. on Saturday, Grey Bruce OPP received a traffic complaint about an impaired driver on Howdenvale Road in South Bruce Peninsula. Police located the vehicle and attempted to stop it, […]
Driver rescued after vehicle goes over cliff: Police
The 27-year-old St. Thomas driver of a vehicle that police say went over Hawk Cliff on Lake Erie is being treated for serious injuries that aren’t considered life-threatening. Emergency crews responded to a call about 6 p.m. Tuesday at the end of Hawk Cliff Road in Central Elgin, east of Port Stanley, where a vehicle […]
Ontario mayors seek mental-health law reviews: ‘Absolute crisis’
Ontario Big City Mayors are asking the province to review mental-health laws and whether to expand the scope of involuntary treatment for people who are addicted to drugs and live on the streets. The organization that represents 29 mayors of cities with more than 100,000 people say they are taking no position on treatment given […]
London police crackdown on open drug use panned: ‘Could see more deaths’
The London police chief’s plan to arrest people using drugs in public is impractical and could cause more deaths, outreach workers warn