Tag: Fraud
Richmond Street near Western University closed after serious crash
Richmond Street near Western University was closed Thursday morning after a serious crash, London police said. Both northbound and southbound lanes were closed at Epworth Avenue as the workday began after the crash that sent one person to hospital with life-threatening injuries, police said, adding that they were warning drivers to avoid the area. CTV […]
Hydro restored after vehicle strikes pole in St. Thomas crash
A road in St Thomas remained closed Wednesday morning after a vehicle struck a hydro pole overnight, police say.
More victims come forward, losses mount in retirement home fraud: OPP
A fraud at a Southwestern Ontario retirement home is âbigger than it first appearedâ and has cost victims more than the $50,000 originally estimated, police tell The London Free Press.
Police probe ongoing after driver, 89, killed in rural crash
An elderly person from West Lorne was killed in a crash in Southwold Township, southwest of St. Thomas, police say.
Woman says she’s charged with assault – over a water gun fight
SIMCOE â A woman says she’s in disbelief after being charged with assault with a weapon for what she calls the act of spraying a person during a water gun fight. Wendy Washik, 58, was named by Ontario Provincial Police in a news release after a Labour Day weekend incident on Woodway Trail in Simcoe […]
Person in hospital, owner charged after dog attack: Police
One person was sent to hospital with serious injuries following a dog attack, police say.
London man faces 80-plus charges in alleged $1.5M identity theft, auto fraud
A 44-year-old London man faces numerous charges in connection with what the Hamilton police financial crimes unit calls an extensive auto fraud and identity theft investigation.
Baranyai: Unintended consequences could be avoided
Ontario Premier Doug Ford is playing Russian roulette with the law of unintended consequences.
Agriculture exempted from federal TFW program changes
Fruit and Vegetable Growers of Canada says temporary foreign workers vital to fruit and vegetable sector.
Police offer new details in $50K fraud that hit multiple people at nursing home
Only one person is suspected in an estimated $50,000-plus fraud involving multiple victims at a retirement home, a fact police hope will calm public fears.