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Amid latest London jail death, inquest into seven previous fatalities sputters

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Even as another fatality at Elgin-Middlesex Detention Centre was reported Friday, the province launched a legal battle that threatens to derail the inquest into the deaths of seven other men. The Ministry of the Solicitor General wants to curb the inquest’s examination of staffing levels, family supports and programming at EMDC, and in those efforts, […]

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Inmate dies at London’s provincial jail – the 23rd over the last 15 years

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Another inmate has died at London’s provincial jail. Emergency services were called to “an institution in the 700-block of Exeter Road after receiving a 9-1-1 call in relation to an unresponsive male” at about 7:20 p.m. on Thursday, London police say. Police later confirmed the address was 711 Exeter Rd., the site of Elgin-Middlesex Detention […]

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Witness holds firm under defence questioning at bush-party murder trial

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As hard as he tried, Emily Altmann’s defence lawyer couldn’t get Rachel Johnson to admit she was in a Snapchat video on her best friend’s phone. That’s because, she said repeatedly, it wasn’t her. The video in question was found on the cellphone of Altmann’s best friend, Isabella Restrepo, and showed mere seconds of Restrepo […]