Tag: Oxford County
Woodstock politicians vote to spend $2M windfall on homeless centre
Woodstock city council has voted to spend $2M in provincial cash (for surpassing its 2023 housing target) tackling homelessness.
Three sent to hospital after crash at rural intersection: Police
A two-vehicle crash sent three people to hospital on Monday morning, police in Oxford County say.
Oxford County’s population expected to nearly double by 2061: Forecast
Armed with revised data, a new projection suggests Oxford Countyâs population will nearly double in less than 40 years.
Man faces multiple charges, including spousal assault, after crash: OPP
A Middlesex County man faces nine charges, including spousal assault, after a crash sent two people to hospital, provincial police say. Two people in a vehicle that collided with a second vehicle on Ilderton Road in Middlesex Centre at about 6 p.m. on Nov. 7 were taken to hospital with injuries not considered life threatening, […]
Retirement home closes three days after last resident moves out
Monday marked the official closing of an Oxford County retirement home at the centre of an alleged fraud investigation.
24-year-old killed in crash involving car, flatbed truck
A 24-year-old Oxford County resident was killed Sunday when a car and a flatbed truck collided in Zorra Township. The crash occurred on Oxford County Road 68, formerly called Highway 2, between Lines 29 and 31, east of Thamesford, at about 6 p.m., Oxford OPP said. The driver of the car, a 24-year-old whom police […]
Strathroy council rejects proposed flag ban that irked LGBTQ group
STRATHROY â Politicians here overwhelmingly rejected restrictions proposed by a town council colleague that would have banned non-government flags on municipally owned land, a possibility that rankled LGBTQ community members. In an 8-1 vote Monday night, politicians turfed Coun. Brian Derbyshire’s bid to allow only municipal, provincial and federal flags on flagpoles on municipal properties, […]
Police seize $200K in stolen vehicles, parts in Southwestern Ontario raid
A 48-year-old Norfolk County man faces charges Ontario Provincial Police say they seized $200,000 worth of stolen property, including several vehicles. Officers in the OPP Norfolk County detachment’s auto theft ring, working with the Haldimand/Norfolk OPP street crime unit, raided a property on Windham Road 13 just after 7 a.m. on Oct. 25, police say. […]
Nursing home set to abruptly close, forcing out residents: ‘Nowhere to go’
A Southwestern Ontario retirement home where police say some residents were victims of fraud has announced it’s closing its doors in two weeks, leaving its residents’ futures uncertain. Miranda Guitardâs husbandâs elderly grandmother is a resident at Trillium Norwich Retirement Home in Norwich, south of Woodstock. She received an email Saturday afternoon from staff alerting […]
Intersection closed after transport truck slams into house
Police closed down a stretch of a rural road southeast of London after a big rig slammed into a house Wednesday morning. A transport truck crashed into an abandoned home near Bradley Ave at Westchester Bourne, Ontario Provincial Police said. Nobody was inside the home at the time. It wasnât immediately clear whether the driver […]