Tag: Oxford County
75 Years of B. M. Ross and Associates: ‘Engineering Better Communities’
Anyone who has drunk clean water, driven on good roads or crossed a sturdy bridge in midwestern Ontario has benefited from the engineering work of B.M. Ross and Associates. For the last 75 years, B.M. Ross and Associates has been the “go-to” engineering company that has built and maintained the area’s municipal infrastructure. The […]
Police address ‘misinformation’ over video on officers, elderly person’s care
Ontario Provincial Police in Oxford County are quashing speculation about police involvement in medical assistance in dying, saying they are aware of a video online showing officers enforcing a court order over a family dispute about the care of an elderly person. In a news release Sunday evening, the OPP said they’re aware of the […]
Elementary school evacuated as police respond to ‘reported threat’
Police say an elementary school in Ingersoll has been evacuated as officers respond to what’s being described as “a reported threat.” It was about 10:30 a.m. on Thursday when Ontario Provincial Police in Oxford County advised citizens to expect an increased police presence around Oxford Avenue, Innes Street and Wonham Street North in Ingersoll, a […]
Southwestern Ontario construction firm fined $60K after worker’s fatal fall
A Southwestern Ontario construction company has been fined $60,000 after one of their workers fell to their death while building a barn in 2023, provincial officials say. Following a guilty plea in provincial offences court in Woodstock, Hendrik Jan Van Ginkel Construction, located at 324943 Norwich Rd. in Norwich Township in Oxford County, was convicted […]
SUV ‘flipped through the air’ in crash that killed three people: Witness
Two passengers remain in life-threatening condition after the SUV collided with a transport truck.