Tag: Fentanyl
Fentanyl suspected in latest Owen Sound overdose death
Grey Bruce Public Health issued its 24th opioid alert this year after it was notified of a suspected fatal opioid-related overdose. Fentanyl is believed to be responsible for this fatality, in Owen Sound on Monday, Oct. 28. Last year the health unit issued opioid alerts 18 times. They’re issued after there’s been three or more opioid overdoses […]
Friends speak out after death of man, 33, found unresponsive in London jail
The man who died after he was found unresponsive in his cell at Londonâs troubled provincial jail faced previous trauma and abuse in the justice system, but never stopped trying to improve his life, his friends say.  Friends have identified the man found unresponsive at the Elgin-Middlesex Detention Centre on Thursday as Matthew Bouvier, 33, […]
Teenage suspects charged after London school break-in
Two teenage boys are facing charges after a school in south London was broken into, leaving about $2,000 in damages, London police say. Police responded about 11 p.m. Thursday to the area of Chiddington Avenue and Compton Crescent, where the Sir George Etienne Cartier public school is located, after receiving reports from an area resident […]
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 […]
Coroner’s inquests called into London police custody deaths
Inquests will be held into the deaths of three people who died in London police custody, the province announced Tuesday. The inquests will examine the deaths of Amanda Bolt, 28, Fabian Hart, 46, and Christopher Campbell, 55, the office of the chief coroner of Ontario said. A coroner’s inquest is a formal hearing where the […]
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 […]
Veteran officer turned rookie filmmaker explores London homelessness
Nigel Stuckey first started noticing a big difference in 2019.
London police chief vows crackdown on open drug use: ‘Lot of concern’
Londonâs police chief will roll out a new approach to tackle open drug use in the city, saying heâs heard community concern about the escalating problem. Chief Thai Truong told the police board Wednesday heâs working on a range of measures, including arresting people caught doing illicit drugs in public, as part of his strategy […]
Health unit announces more suspected drug overdoses
One person died and two more overdosed as a result of suspected drug poisoning, Grey Bruce Public Health announced Friday. The fatality took place in The Blue Mountains, while the two non-fatal poisonings occurred in Owen Sound in the three days prior to the health unit alert. Fentanyl is suspected in the two non-fatal overdoses. […]
Man with ‘unenviable’ record gets 2 1/2 years in latest brush with the law
The car showed up in front of a London retirement home at about 4 a.m. and was still there three hours later. That seemed suspicious, especially because there were two men sleeping in the front seats, to a concerned citizen, who called police. Police recognized the man strung out on fentanyl in the driverâs seat […]