Tag: London Police
Probe ongoing after body pulled from Thames River near downtown
A body was pulled from the Thames River in the area of Horton Street at Ridout Street on Saturday morning, police said. The London Fire Department was called to Thames Park just after 6 a.m. following reports of an individual in the water just south of downtown, police said. The body was removed from the […]
Suspicious fire at Western University forces exams to be moved
A major academic building at Western University is closed while London police investigate a suspicious fire that has forced the university to move some exams. London firefighters responded at 2:30 p.m. Thursday to the Social Sciences Centre. Firefighters quickly extinguished the blaze but damage was significant and fire investigators were called in, the department said […]
A history of complaints, bylaw probes at east-end home razed by fatal fire
An east London home where a woman was killed in a recent fire had previously landed in the crosshairs of bylaw officials and was the scene a past blaze related to homeless people living in the backyard.
Accused denies killing drug dealer, ‘bragging’ about it
Ashley Bourget admitted she didn’t like Grant Norton. “It doesn’t mean I killed him,” she said during her third day in the witness box at her first-degree murder trial. Bourget, 41, who has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in the death of the 59-year-old drug dealer, began her testimony on Tuesday and started to […]
Officials probe cause of fire that damaged London church
An investigation was underway Thursday after fire damage a London church. London Fire Department officials said in a statement on social media shortly before 6 a.m. that firefighters were at the scene of a blaze at Our Saviour Lutheran Church, located at 1449 Brydges St. in the city’s east end. Officials called it “an exterior […]