Tag: drugs
Lifetime driving ban for London man who rammed police cruiser in wild chase
A London man who led police on a wild, drug-fuelled chase through parts of Southwestern Ontario, forcing one cruiser off the road and smashing into another, has been given a lifetime driving ban and ordered to repay an insurance company more than $27,000. Trevor Goessell, 39, was also given a time-served sentence of nearly 30 […]
Weapons probe brings heavy police response to London neighbourhood
One person is in custody after a weapons investigation in the city’s northwest end, London police say. London police, including members of the department’s emergency response unit and canine unit, responded to a weapons call at approximately 3 p.m. Saturday at Lawson Road and Blanchard Road. One person was taken into custody shortly after 4 […]
Ontario election: Group urges voters to turn homeless crisis into key issue
A grassroots group of municipal politicians is urging voters to make homelessness a provincial election issue, with the equivalent of a city larger than Sarnia living on the street across Ontario. Calling the encampments that have cropped up in municipalities big and small in recent years a “human rights crisis,” the Ontario Coalition for the […]
KFF: A 3,000-foot view of how states are spending opioid settlement cash
In the past few years, state and local governments across the U.S. have begun spending billions in opioid settlements paid by companies accused of fueling the overdose crisis. But where is that money going, who is getting it, and is it doing any good?
A Focus On 1.5ºC May Be The Wrong Way To Frame The Climate Emergency
The climate debate focuses on certain temperature increases, but one scientist suggests that is the wrong way to get people to act.
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