Tag: Editorial
One person seriously injured in east London house fire: Police
A house fire Thursday afternoon in east London left one person with serious injuries and forced residents to vacate neighbouring homes, London police say. Emergency crews responded shortly after 3 p.m. to the fire in a home on Avalon Street, north of Clarke Road and Dundas Street, where paramedics took one person to hospital with […]
Truck’s sudden stop leaves road covered with turkey carcasses
A Stratford street was a bloody mess on Wednesday afternoon after a transport truck carrying turkey carcasses spilled its contents onto the road, painting the pavement a creepy crimson. Stratford police said the truck was headed out of the city on Ontario Street and destined for a feed mill just after 4:30 p.m. when a […]
40-year-old man, teen charged in huge blaze at vacant warehouse
A 40-year-old man and a teenager are charged in a suspicious fire at a vacant warehouse in St. Thomas earlier this week, police said. A 40-year-old St. Thomas man is charged with arson and failing to comply with a probation order in the fire at the former Weatherhead Co. of Canada Ltd. property at 100 […]
Boat capsizes in Lake Erie, operator faces impaired charge: Police
A 24-year-old faces charges, including impaired operation, after a boat capsized near a boat launch in Port Stanley, Ontario Provincial police say. The boat overturned near the launch on Carlow Road in the beachside community about 40 kilometres south of London at about 5 p.m. on April 13, Elgin OPP said. Police, paramedics and Central […]
Watchdog clears London police in senior’s fatal balcony plunge
Ontario’s police watchdog has cleared London police of wrongdoing in the death of a senior who jumped from the balcony of his apartment six days before Christmas. Two police officers were sent to an apartment building near Southdale Road and Pomeroy Lane in southwest London on Dec. 19 shortly after 1 p.m. to apprehend a […]