Tag: drugs
Witness told police accused beat drug dealer ‘repulsively’ with bat
While his police statement played on the courtroom video screens, Shane Cameron rocked and shook in the witness box. He closed his eyes. It was apparent he wasn’t paying much attention to what was happening in the courtroom. “I’m not feeling the best,” he said to Superior Court Justice Martha Cook. “A day and a […]
London police chief reveals plan to tackle public drug use
Public safety has been declining in parts of London for years, the city’s police chief says.
Legal arguments delay testimony at London body-in-barrel murder trial
Legal arguments stalled resumption of evidence at the murder trial of a Londoner charged in the 2020 death of a crystal meth dealer
Survivors of opioid epidemic gather in Owen Sound to mourn and raise awareness
It’s been five years since Galja Sheardown’s husband died of an opioid overdose at their Owen Sound home. Five years since Sheardown turned pain into advocacy, and five years of being the driving force behind the city’s annual We Remember Them event that took place downtown Saturday morning at the Owen Sound Famers’ Market. Those […]
Defence, Crown make final arguments at woman’s murder trial
What’s not up for debate at Koree Dockstater’s second-degree murder trial is that her friend Shaniqua Henry died of a stab wound to the heart. It’s now up to a judge to decide what happened to her in the early morning three years ago when she was killed. At the Superior Court judge-alone trial before […]