Tag: Fentanyl
Police charge third person with manslaughter in Grey Highlands death
Police have charged a third person with manslaughter in a Grey Highlands death more than two years ago. Corey Sutherland, 23, was found dead in a residence at a West Black Line, Grey Highlands, on March 28, 2022 after a 911 call, Grey Bruce OPP said in a news release Thursday. Police charged Shakarri Myles […]
Woman, 63, arrested three times this year gets $40K bail
A Sarnia woman facing charges linked to two separate drug busts and the discovery of cash in a storage locker while she was in jail has been granted $40,000 bail.
A diplomatic solution is needed to stop a crippling tariff on Canadian imports to the U.S., and a possible threat to the Volkswagen plant in St. Thomas now under construction, said political and busin
A diplomatic solution is needed to stop a crippling tariff on Canadian imports to the U.S., and a possible threat to the Volkswagen plant in St. Thomas now under construction
London police chief urged to ‘set record straight’ on safe supply programs
The jump in opioid pills hitting London’s streets started when several pharmacies began dispensing them, the health unit says, a finding that suggests federal Conservatives and other critics targeting the older Safer Opioid Supply (SOS) program are missing the mark. “There was a notable increase in hydromorphone prescribing from 2023 onward. There was not a […]
Grey-Bruce’s 25th opioid alert of 2024 issued; another fatality reported
Grey Bruce Public Health has issued an opioid alert for the 25th time in 2024 after, over a recent 24-hour period, there were three suspected drug poisonings, including one fatality. The local health unit issued the alert to its community partners and people who use unregulated substances on Tuesday after receiving notification of the suspected […]
Prison for drug dealer caught with fentanyl in restaurant drive-thru
A Southwestern Ontario drug dealer has been sent to prison for the second time in three years after being caught with fentanyl while at a Simcoe fast-food joint’s drive-thru.
Donald Trump tariff threatens Volkswagen’s $7B St. Thomas plans: Trade expert
Southwestern Ontario may lose a $7-billion investment and the 3,000 jobs that come with it if Canadian industry is hit with a 25 per cent tariff from U.S. president-elect Donald Trump, one trade expert says. Volkswagen, now building an electric vehicle battery plant in St. Thomas, may be forced to reconsider the investment, and relocate […]
Five Londoners charged in crackdown on Hamilton street gang
Five Londoners are among two dozen people charged amid a crackdown on a Hamilton street gang linked to shootings across southern Ontario, police say.
Boyfriend of slain London nurse granted bail on gun, drug charges
The boyfriend of a London nurse who was gunned down in the coupleâs driveway two years ago was granted bail Monday following his latest arrest on gun and drug charges.
Drug dealer sent to prison as judge laments ‘soul-destroying’ fentanyl
A drug dealer with a years-long record of relatively small crimes found that trafficking in fentanyl was a âwhole new ballgame,â according to a judge.