Tag: Fires
Owen Sound Baysox win NDBL’s Strother Cup
The Owen Sound Baysox brought baseball back to the Scenic City three years ago. On Saturday, they became champions. The North Dufferin Baseball League’s Strother Cup is heading to Owen Sound for the first time in the trophy’s nearly 100-year-old history. Soon the Baysox name will be etched into the cup’s base as the league’s […]
Man guilty of arson in one Saugeen church fire
A jury found Emric Thompson guilty Thursday of arson and mischief at one of three churches which caught fire four years ago at Saugeen First Nation. Thompson, who was 49 and of Saugeen First Nation when charged, was found guilty of arson at the Church of Jesus Christ, at 379 Scotch Settlement Rd., and mischief […]
Witnesses describe seeing arson suspect day of fire
Casey Ritchie testified Wednesday that Emric Thompson came to his door asking for gasoline ten or 20 minutes before fire was discovered at Wesley United Church four years ago at Saugeen First Nation. Ritchie, who lives across Highway 21 from the church, said he presumed Thompson needed the gas for his truck. A purple truck […]
Arson trial begins four years after church fires at Saugeen
While Wesley United Church was engulfed in flames at Saugeen First Nation, about 10 minutes away security guards encountered Emric Thompson and an SUV stopped in the middle of a dark road, the first witness in Thompson’s arson trial testified Tuesday. Fire destroyed the church, a prominent brick structure on the south side of Highway 21 […]
Cornies: Put the ‘bank’ back in Springbank with river views
For 66 years, Storybook Gardens has been one of London’s premier attractions, especially for children and their families.
Deschamps: As flooding increases, is it time to stop living in basements?
Repeated flooding is neither inevitable nor exceptional.
Man sought in massive Chatham fire known to frequent London
A woman has been charged with arson in a fire that displaced 99 residents living in a municipal housing complex and police are also seeking a man known to frequent London. Erin Ashley Ott, 30, of Chatham is charged with arson-disregard for human life in a fire at an affordable housing building at 99 McNaughton […]
Unions fume over cash-strapped school board executives’ retreat at old SkyDome hotel
Thames Valley District school board executives are facing criticism after roughly 18 senior staff members stayed at the former SkyDome hotel in downtown Toronto amid a $7.6-million budget deficit. While board leaders are defending the August trip, union officials are wondering why the planning session couldn’t have been done here, rather than in the heart […]
It’s dry in many parts of Canada this summer – but London is not of them
Unlike many parts of Canada, London isn’t suffering from a lack of rainfall. In fact, there is a trend of above-average monthly precipitation in the city this year, said Peter Kimbell, a meteorologist with Environment Canada. Londonâs rainfall âis a bit of an anomaly when you look at the whole of the country coast to […]
