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Fentanyl dealer who dodged manslaughter charge gets house arrest
The smudging ceremony in the courtroom before Craig French was sentenced for fentanyl trafficking aimed to honour ancestors and cleanse bodies and minds. The ceremony is rarely seen in the Superior Court of Justice. Before it began, there was an explanation how the Indigenous ceremony was considered to be âsacred medicine and enlightenmentâ for all […]
Bush party homicide trial: Victim’s dad back on stand as Crown closes case
The final Crown witness at Carlos Guerra Guerraâs second-degree murder trial was the first witness the jury heard from when the trial began in mid-October.
Man gets 20 months in jail for violent home invasion amid drug-fuelled spiral
A Sarnia judge said drugs like crystal meth do terrible things, even to healthy people with no prior mental health issues. But when people like John Keohan, who was diagnosed with schizophrenia about a decade ago, use them? âIt is like a spark to gasoline,â Justice Mark Poland said. âI couldnât agree more, your honour,â […]
Fearful texts sent from accused’s cellphone heard at bush party homicide trial
A cellphone belonging to the accused in a 2021 bush party homicide was used to search news reports about the fatal attack
Bush party homicide trial: DNA expert examines machete mystery
How did shooting victim Josue Silvaâs DNA end up on the handle of a machete found at the bush party crime scene?
London magic mushroom shop still open after chain claims to shut 30 locations
An illegal magic mushroom dispensary in London remains open weeks after the chain claimed it was shuttering all of its Ontario stores, citing repeated police raids.
Grieving mom testifies at trial of man accused in ex-girlfriend’s heroin death
Cynthia Beer woke up in the middle of the night to the sound of her granddaughter crying.
Bush bash homicide trial: Witness testifies to seeing accused killer with gun
The plan was Mackenzie Tulloch would drive to London, pick up his then-girlfriend and head right back to Hamilton.
Defence makes stunning admission at bush party homicide trial
Logan Marshall sent one last text message to his close friend Josue Silva.
He sparked a police chase, got stuck in a field and now he’s going to jail
A young Sarnia man charged three years ago with a failed getaway from police after the car he was driving got stuck in a field near Petrolia finally has been sentenced. Dreyten Lawrence, then 20, was charged with flight from police, dangerous driving, stunt driving by racing and driving without a licence following an incident on […]