Tag: Media
One dead in west-end motorcycle crash: London police
A person is dead after a motorcycle collision in southwest London, police say. Emergency crews responded to a serious collision involving a vehicle and a motorcycle in the area of Southdale Road West and Byronhills Drive at around 8:30 p.m. on Friday, police said on Monday afternoon. According to police, the driver was taken to […]
Police renew plea for answers on 30th anniversary of pregnant woman’s slaying
This week marks the 30th anniversary of the unsolved slaying of Sonya Cywink, prompting Ontario Provincial Police to promote a $60,000 reward for any information that leads to arrests in the mystery that began when she was last seen alive in London on Aug. 26, 1994, and found dead four days later. The Free Press […]
Lucknow’s Music in the Fields wraps up for another year
It was a memorable weekend in Lucknow for many music lovers. Especially first-time concertgoer Kora Soper. Soper travelled from Tiverton with her partner, Jacob McCullough, to see singer-songwriter Dayna Reid perform, shedding a few tears when given the opportunity to meet Reid in person and get her autograph. A superfan of the Elmvale-based artist since […]
Pedestrian killed in Southwestern Ontario crash: OPP
One person is dead after a pickup truck and a pedestrian collided outside the Southwestern Ontario town of Tillsonburg on Friday, provincial police say.
Grey-Bruce university student the first recipient of Sharif Rahman scholarship
A University of Waterloo student completing a degree in mechanical engineering is the first recipient of the Sharifur Rahman Memorial Scholarship. Shaan Banday said he’s honoured to receive the first scholarship in memory of Sharif Rahman, an Owen Sound restauranteur and community leader who was assaulted outside his downtown Owen Sound restaurant and later died […]
East London crash sends five to hospital
Five people were injured in a crash in east London on Tuesday night. The crash happened at Highbury Avenue and Brydges Street at about 9:40 p.m., police said in a statement posted to social media. Two people were cut from the wreckage and five in total were taken to the hospital with unknown injuries, officials […]
Complaint about Coun. Susan Stevenson’s social media posts dismissed
A London city councillorâs social media posts about sex workers, the homeless and agencies helping them may be considered controversial, but she didnât violate city councilâs code of conduct, the city’s integrity commissioner has ruled. Anova, which provides shelter and counselling for abused women, and several homelessness and addictions advocates filed a complaint against Ward […]
‘Suspicious’ blaze destroys camper trailer, boat in east London: Officials
London police and the London Fire Department are working together on an investigation after firefighters responded to a camper trailer and boat on fire in the cityâs east end â a blaze that officials are calling suspicious. At about 6:30 a.m. Monday, fire crews responded to an industrial property at 531 First St., where firefighters […]
Dyer: A new Scarlet Pimpernel for our times?
A clever stunt pulled off by the self-exiled leader of the Catalan separatist movement won’t do much to help his cause, Gwynne Dyer argues.
London police board holds rare ‘special’ summer meeting
The London police board held a rare special summer meeting Friday, but bulk of the public meeting was held behind closed doors, a move that two past board members called âhighly unusual.â