Tag: London Free Press
‘I thought I was a goner’: Senior recounts being stabbed by stranger
Elizabeth (Betty) OâLoughlin thought she was going to die after a man knocked her to the ground and began stabbing her repeatedly.
Killer deserves dangerous-offender tag for ‘frenzied’ machete attack: Crown
The Crown wants to start the process that, if successful, could lead to a dangerous or longâterm offender designation for a London man convicted of manslaughter in the stabbing death of his boarding house neighbour.
Police raid two Indigenous-run London pot shops
Two Indigenous-run pot shops remained closed Wednesday after provincial police raided the unsanctioned businesses one day earlier.
Man killed in electric bike crash in downtown London
One person is dead following a crash involving an electric bike overnight in downtown London. Emergency crews were called around 12:30 a.m. Wednesday to single-vehicle crash on Horton Street near Wellington Road, where a man was taken to hospital and later died of his injuries, police said. Police havenât released the name of the deceased. […]
Sweet relief for overcrowded London school amid boards’ building boom
A nearly completed new addition will help ease enrolment pressures this fall at one of the largest and most crowded schools in the Thames Valley District school board. The project at Eagle Heights elementary school on Oxford Street in London was tendered to Bronnenco Construction Ltd. at the end of May 2023 and was expected […]
‘So top heavy’: Union applauds deep LHSC executive job cuts
LHSC has announced at least 7 executives who were paid about $2.3M combined no longer work there, as it looks to cut spending.
Workers start dismantling dangerous homeless encampment near rail line
An environmental cleanup company has begun dismantling a homeless encampment in Woodstock deemed a hazard because of its location near a rail line, a city official says. Woodstock was alerted âsome time agoâ by CN Rail police about an encampment at the end of Clarke Street South that created concern for the safety of people […]
‘Eyesore’ no more: Woodstock council backs downtown lot’s renewal
Council supported an application to allow an eight storey, 36-unit residential building to be built where the Capitol Theatre once stood.
Hockey’s here already: New boss arrives as GOJHL Jr. B pre-season games start
Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League camps have kicked off and exhibition games have already started with the puck scheduled to drop on the 2024-25 campaign Sept. 11.