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Sims: ‘Very rare’ murder charge against 13-year-old has eerie precedent
By all accounts, he is a criminal justice system anomaly. Rarely has someone as young as the 13-year-old male youth who makes his second court appearance in a Goderich courtroom Friday faced the most serious crime in Canadian law. The Central Huron youth was charged this week after police were called Tuesday to an area […]
Boris Panovski’s lawyer to make case for directed verdicts
Boris Panovskiâs defence lawyer wants the judge to consider acquittals for the two charges he faces before she decides whether to call any further evidence at lengthy murder re-trial.
Man recalls hearing gunshot amid fire, seeing injured woman
Wayne Pellett was sleeping in his apartment Wednesday when his dog started barking and he awoke to his room filled with smoke and flames.
As Sunfest booms, officials eye expanding beyond Victoria Park into core
Sunfest organizers are thinking ahead to expansion and more elbow room.
Western University calls for weekend end to dug-in campus protest
Two months into a dug-in encampment on its campus, Western University has given pro-Palestinian protesters what appears to be an ultimatum to clear out by the end of the weekend. In a statement posted online, Western president Alan Shepard said the encampment that’s been in place since May 8 falls “well outside” the bounds of […]