Tag: Fentanyl
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.