Tag: Local News
Area mayor who made disparaging comments about First Nation resigns
An area mayor under fire since the release of an audio recording of inflammatory comments he made about a First Nation has resigned. The Town of South Bruce Peninsula announced Tuesday that Garry Michi’s resignation is effective immediately. The chief and council of the Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation had called for him to […]
New charges in case of sale of deadly substance include London death
MISSISSAUGA — An Ontario man accused of mailing a lethal substance to people at risk of self-harm is facing 12 new charges, including one related to a death in London, police announced Tuesday in a case being investigated globally. Kenneth Law now faces a total of 14 charges of counselling and aiding suicide in deaths […]
Police Briefs: Voyeurism charge laid in Airbnb probe; taxi driver assaulted
A London man is charged with voyeurism after a couple staying in an Airbnb found a hidden camera in their bedroom, police say.
Michi resigns as mayor of South Bruce Peninsula
Garry Michi has resigned from his position of mayor of the Town of South Bruce Peninsula. The town announced in a news release on Tuesday that Michi’s resignation is effective immediately, after an audio recording circulating last week that contained disparaging comments by the now former mayor towards the Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation. […]
Arbitrary detention by police not serious enough to exclude gun evidence: Judge
The courtroom argument focused on Charter rights, but the case highlighted the extra efforts London police are taking to clamp down on the city’s high-crime zones.