Tag: Ontario Provincial Police
Accused in wild police cruiser smash-up also charged in gas station break-in
A man facing dozens of charges after a driver fleeing from London police crashed into multiple cruisers and other vehicles also faces charges in a break-in at a Komoka gas station.
Mayor, city councillors start long path to $13M in cuts, savings – or both
To bring the tax increase down the needed 23 per cent, or 1.5 percentage points, would mean finding $13 million in savings.
Suspect arrested after sexual assault in London business: Police
London police have arrested a suspect in an alleged sexual assault at a business.
Man with ties to 2022 Hwy. 402 blockade jailed for police assault
SARNIA – A Lambton County man convicted of mischief around the time a stretch of Highway 402 was shuttered during the 2022 so-called Freedom Convoy has been jailed for a series of new crimes including assaulting and obstructing a police officer. Steve Verberne, 48, from Watford, recently pleaded guilty to those two charges along with […]
London hospital braced for flood of hurt patients amid snowy crashes
Provincial police urged drivers in the London region to stay off the roads as blowing snow created white-out conditions while the largest local hospital prepared for a crush of injured patients Saturday afternoon. OPP in Middlesex, Huron and Perth counties asked drivers to avoid unnecessary travel with flurries and gusting winds sending snow flying across […]