Tag: London homeless
Outbursts over encampment forces evacuation of council chambers
A heated discussion about the future of a homeless encampment near downtown London caused politicians to evacuate chambers and a woman to be barred from city hall.
As council weighs homeless camp’s fate, resident wants to stay put
As London city council is set to weigh in on a proposal to clear one of the city’s largest homeless camps, people living there and residents who live on a nearby street are unsure about what could come next. A city council committee backed Ward 1 Coun. Hadleigh McAlister’s emergency motion to close the city-run […]
One person seriously injured in east London house fire: Police
A house fire Thursday afternoon in east London left one person with serious injuries and forced residents to vacate neighbouring homes, London police say. Emergency crews responded shortly after 3 p.m. to the fire in a home on Avalon Street, north of Clarke Road and Dundas Street, where paramedics took one person to hospital with […]
Blaze in vacant warehouse deemed suspicious by police
A massive vacant warehouse fire in St. Thomas that sent black smoke billowing across the city is now under police investigation. “The fire has been deemed suspicious and is currently under investigation by our criminal investigation bureau,” St. Thomas police spokesperson Samanatha Wakefield said on Tuesday morning. The fire at the former Weatherhead Co. of […]
Some residents advised to leave as fire rages in vacant factory
ST. THOMAS – A raging fire in a vacant factory sent thick black plumes of smoke into the air and drew onlookers from across the city on Monday. The fire at the former Weatherhead Co. of Canada Ltd. plant at 100 Woodworth Ave. began at about 4 p.m. About 50 to 60 St. Thomas firefighters […]