Tag: Provincial
Thompson looking forward to new role as rural affairs minister
Huron-Bruce MPP Lisa Thompson said she feels she has come full circle in her new role as the Ontario government’s minister of rural affairs. Thompson, who was named to the position when Premier Doug Ford announced a cabinet shuffle on June 6, said Thursday (June 27) that after graduating from the University of Guelph, her […]
South Bruce OPP lay more than 200 charges during traffic campaign
Police in southern Bruce County laid more than 200 traffic-related charges during a recent initiative on local roadways. South Bruce OPP took part in the Canada Road Safety Week campaign from June 21 to July 1 where officers focused on the “big 4” factors associated with serious collisions on the roadways – impaired driving, distracted […]
Pride month ends with another rainbow flag theft: Police
Police are investigating the latest theft of a Pride flag in Southwestern Ontario, one of several cases of anti-LGBTQ theft and vandalism throughout June, which was Pride month. Aylmer police say it was about 7:30 a.m. on June 29 when officers responded to a theft complaint on Beech Street. Investigators found that at 11:45 p.m. […]
Strathroy kids’ railway knocked out in Canada Day crash, teen charged
A teenager is charged with impaired driving after a Canada Day crash into a storage building at a children’s miniature railway in Strathroy-Caradoc.
City firefighters douse encampment fire near elevators
City firefighters extinguished a tent fire amid tall reeds near the harbour’s edge, by the wharf at the grain elevators Sunday afternoon. The call came in at 3:24 p.m., just as firefighters were returning to the fire station from an apartment fire on 3rd Avenue East, which remains under investigation by police and the provincial […]