Tag: Local News
In tense courtroom, man convicted of sex crimes involving young girls
SARNIA – It was a tense scene inside and out of a Sarnia courtroom following Trevor Duncan’s convictions on four sex charges linked to two underage girls and his acquittal on 13 others tied to two other complainants.
Stranger attacks in London a sign of social, economic stresses: Expert
Recent stranger attacks in London are shocking but reflect broader societal issues, a local criminologist says, in the wake of two stabbings of random passersby in a southwest London neighbourhood.
Conservatives look poised to retain Oxford in federal byelection
The federal Conservatives looked poised late Monday to fend off the Liberals and hang onto the Southwestern Ontario riding of Oxford. Lawyer Arpan Khanna had 11,182 votes (42.5 per cent) and led Liberal candidate David Hilderley, who had 9,595 votes (36.8 per cent). That nearly six-point lead was with 81 per cent of the riding’s […]
We asked Oxford voters: Who did you vote for and why?
Voters in the riding of Oxford cast their ballots in one of four federal byelections Monday. Seven candidates were in the race to replace former Conservative MP Dave MacKenzie, who held the riding for 19 years until he retired in January. Free Press photographer Derek Ruttan was in Woodstock to ask people who they voted […]
Praise for innovative mid-rise proposal but concern over lack of affordable units
A residential infill project in the city’s northeast is one step closer to shovels in the ground following unanimous support by city council’s planning committee. Calling the planned 143-unit building at the northeast corner of Briarhill Avenue and Huron Street an exciting and well-thought-out project, members of council’s planning and environment committee meeting approved a […]