Owen Sound Sun Times

Owen Sound police release 2023 annual report

6 min read

Owen Sound police are reporting 2023 as a “staggering” year in terms of the number of calls received and the level of violence associated with them.  The Owen Sound Police Service Board has released its 2023 annual report, showing an increase in most categories of both violent and non-violent offences over 2022, including three homicides in […]

London Free Press

Inquest may be called into Stratford shooting rampage

8 min read

A deadly gunfire rampage in Stratford doesn’t meet the criteria for a mandatory inquest, but the quadruple shooting may still be the subject of an in-depth public examination, a spokesperson for the coroner’s office says. Ricky Bilcke, 31, fatally shot Johnny Bennett, 36, and seriously injured Stephanie Irvine, 37, and David Tokley, 43, on Aug. […]

London Free Press

After 10 years behind bars, ex-dog trainer, 80, acquitted at murder re-trial

9 min read

ST. THOMAS – After a decade behind bars, Boris Panovski, freshly acquitted of murder, looked up to the sky on Friday afternoon. “My first day out and it’s raining,” he said happily before departing the Elgin County courthouse with defence lawyer Margaret Barnes to an uncertain future. The former bird dog trainer and hairstylist from […]