Tag: mental health
London poised to open emergency centre for homeless as wind chill nears –30 C
London is ready to open an emergency reception centre to bring the city’s homeless out of the extreme cold for the night, the mayor says. Mayor Josh Morgan told The London Free Press Tuesday evening that if existing overnight shelter space is used up, including any new emergency space spurred by the extreme cold, the […]
Accused denies she attacked her mother, ‘beat her to a pulp’
Barbara Cabala testified she still struggles to understand what triggered her mother to “attack” her in a violent struggle that left her mother dead. “I don’t know, that’s what I was trying to process, trying to figure out. Why? Forty years of arguing back and forth, all of a sudden decide to resort to physical […]
Mom rips six-year prison sentence for drunk driver who killed boy
ST. THOMAS – A drunk driver who crashed onto a sidewalk here, killing an 11-year-old boy and injuring several others, was sentenced on Friday to six years in prison.
What’s driving increase in domestic violence reports in one area city?
St. Thomas police are reporting a significant increase in domestic violence cases and charges, averaging more than two calls a day in 2024 in a city of approximately 43,000 people. The department, which is dealing with an 11 per cent increase in domestic violence calls during the past three years, says the numbers do not […]
How Southwestern Ontario is losing its winter (and why that should worry you)
Parts of Southwestern Ontario are losing more than two weeks of sub-zero days each winter due to climate change, a new report says. In London and Middlesex County, there are an average of nine additional above-freezing days each December to February, a trend that may lead to more ice storms and flooding, one renowned climate […]
Children in need may face compromised care and long waits in clinics and hospital emergency departments, as Children’s Aid Society of London and Middlesex is shutting down its internal medical clinic,
Children in care may face compromised health care and longer waits, as Children’s Aid Society closes its medical clinic.
Owen Sound council approves new snowmobile trail agreement
City council approved new five-year land-use agreements for the East Side Snowmobile Club and Stoney Keppel Riders. Council also delegated approval authority for such agreements with local snowmobile clubs in future to the director of community services. The agreements cover the city for liability through the user groups’ insurance by making the areas an official […]
Family speaks at Day 1 of inquest into fatal police shooting of London man
A London man fatally shot by police during a raid on his Old South home eight years ago was a technology prodigy who wanted to change the world with his computer skills, his family says.
New program connects London 911 callers with mental health, addiction workers
A new program in London will connect 911 callers experiencing mental health or addiction-related crisis with professional help.
Bad to worse: Downtown London office vacancy rate projected to hit 33%
Offices in downtown London will continue to empty out this year, keeping the city’s core vacancy rate among the highest in the country, a new report says.