London Free Press

Two suffer life-threatening injuries in London-area crash

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Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU) is probing a two-car crash north of London late Saturday that sent three people to hospital, including two with life-threatening injuries. An officer attempted to stop a vehicle on Highway 4, near Croydon Drive, in Arva, shortly before 11 p.m. Saturday, Middlesex OPP said in a news release Sunday afternoon. […]

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Small towns brace for big jump in police costs: ‘Nothing you can do’

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After abrupt increases to the Ontario Provincial Police budgets, area communities are among Ontario municipalities forced to rethink their 2025 spending plans. Here’s a look at how some governments in the region are affected by jacked-up police costs. ZORRA TOWNSHIP Prior to the OPP announcement it was raising costs to municipalities it serves, Mayor Marcus […]