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After 2nd major flooding event in 11 years, Toronto must adapt better to changing climate – Great Lakes Commission
In 2013, Toronto experienced a massive storm that caused severe flooding, power outages, and significant disruptions. A similar storm hit the city this week, highlighting ongoing challenges with climate change […]
A review of London police shootings over the past decade
Police shootings in London are rare and deadly shootings rarer still.
‘Too much water’: Basement flooding widespread after Monday’s sudden deluge
A monster rainstorm on Monday deluged many areas of London, flooding streets and basements and triggering safety warnings about swollen waterways.
Dyer: Trump neither unique nor irreplaceable
Almost everybody who feels obliged to comment about the attempted assassination of Donald Trump is insisting that ‘violence has no place in American politics’, but of course it has
Pickup driver pleads guilty in fatal motorcycle crash case
A 64-year-old man has pleaded guilty to dangerous driving causing death, for turning his pickup truck in front of Bailey Durocher’s motorcycle, just north of Durham two years ago. Luciano Da Silva, of Utopia, Ont., just west of Barrie, pleaded guilty on June 18 in the Superior Court of Justice in Owen Sound. Sentencing is […]
Nine-time impaired driver jailed for drunken ATV crash that almost killed him
A Lambton County man who nearly died after crashing an ATV while impaired was sentenced this week to five months in jail
Owen Sound splits with Cobourg, heading to playoffs
The North Stars wanted to play their best lacrosse when it mattered most, but after opening up their return to Major Series Lacrosse with eight straight losses, it looked like the season could be a wash. Now, having gone 3-1 in their final four games of the season, Owen Sound is looking to make some […]
SEE IT: As Hurricane Beryl’s tail-end hit London, so did two tornadoes
A team of Western University researchers has determined two weak tornadoes caused damage in parts of London on Wednesday as the remnants of Hurricane Beryl barrelled through the region. Officials with the Northern Tornadoes Project announced on Saturday they’d found evidence of “wind damage” in two locations in London â one in west London, and […]
Tenant pleads guilty to killing landlord in fight with hammer, knife
Ronald MacDonald insisted to the police that his landlord had left the city to visit his ailing father in Simcoe. But the truth was that Craig Jacobsâ body was still at the east London home, in the back of MacDonaldâs Ford-150 pickup truck, put there by MacDonald after he had stabbed him to death. London […]
As dog breeder trial grinds on, worry grows it won’t end when planned
ST. THOMAS â The question looming over the lengthy first-degree murder retrial of a former high-flying field dog breeder charged for a decade-old homicide is whether he will testify in his own defence. The judge overseeing the case made it clear Thursday that he needs to know by the end of Friday whether Boris Panovski, […]