Tag: Local News
One dead, one hurt after collision in south London
One person was killed and one other seriously injured following a crash in south London Monday morning. Emergency crews responded around 8 a.m. to a report of a two-vehicle crash involving a commercial vehicle near Dingman Drive and Highbury Avenue, police said. The driver of the commercial vehicle was taken to hospital with serious injuries, […]
Police ask public’s help locating stolen beige Camry
Grey Bruce OPP officers are looking for a beige or tan Toyota Camry which was reported stolen at Saugeen First Nation Friday. Police estimate the car was stolen between 2:30 a.m. and 6:30 a.m. on Aug. 11 from a Bruce Road 13 address. It is a 1999 Toyota Camry with driver’s side damage, bumper stickers […]
Bruce Power’s Unit 6 achieves ‘first criticality’ following MCR
Bruce B’s Unit 6 is another step closer to returning to service after it achieved a sustained fission chain reaction, which creates the heat needed to produce electricity. The unit, which is the first of six that Bruce Power and its partners are refurbishing as part of its Major Component Replacement between 2020 and 2033, […]
Man drowns at Kincardine, young boy pulled from water
A 66-year-old man was declared deceased after being pulled from the waters of Lake Huron off Station Beach in Kincardine the morning of Aug. 12. At 11:17 a.m., South Bruce OPP received a report of an unresponsive person in the lake, it said in a news release from police. Members of the South Bruce OPP […]
$13.5M grant denied for affordable housing plan at old London hospital
One of London’s much-anticipated affordable housing developments and a pillar of the SoHo redevelopment project has been delivered a stunning funding blow. An application to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)’s Rapid Housing Initiative that requested $13.5-million for Indwell’s Vision SoHo Project to re-develop the former War Memorial Children’s Hospital on South Street has […]