Tag: Realtime
LHSC’s innovative off-site surgical centre to triple in size
The off-site surgical centre across the street from Victoria Hospital is being expanded to triple its capacity, the province says. The Nazem Kadri surgical centre, named in honour of the NHL star and London native, will be renovated and expanded to add four operating rooms, bringing the total to six. The centre offers daytime, non-urgent […]
Coroner’s inquest: Officer describes being shot by crossbow
Samuel Maloney was seated in a swivel chair when he fired a crossbow at a London police tactical officer who returned fire, an inquest heard. Douglas Brown, a former member of the emergency response unit who is now an inspector with London police, described his encounter with Maloney during a raid on his Old South […]
Jail for London Airbnb host who secretly filmed guests having sex
A tiny camera hidden in a cellphone charging block has dealt a former Airbnb host a jail sentence and a stern warning to others who dare to secretly record unsuspecting victims. Ontario Court Justice Jason Miller sentenced Abinash Samal, 43, to six months in jail followed by two years probation after the banker and part-time […]
Accused London hospital shooter also charged in Toronto-area home invasion, bank heist
The man charged in a shooting outside a London hospital emergency room is also facing charges from an armed home invasion and a gun-point bank robbery in the Toronto region in the weeks following the gunfire here. London police announced late Wednesday Doneil Josiah Levy-Port, 18, of Brampton, is charged with attempted murder and other […]
18-year-old faces six charges in shooting at London hospital
An 18-year-old faces six charges, including attempted murder, in a brazen shooting outside the emergency department at Victoria Hospital. Doneil Josiah Levy-Porter, 18, of Brampton is charged in the shooting in which shots struck the hospital and a pickup track crashed into a concrete pillar outside the emergency room on Dec. 14, London police said […]
Coroner’s inquest: Cop recalls chaos in Old South home before fatal shooting
There was commotion and confusion inside Samuel Maloney’s house when London police raided it eight years ago, an inquest heard Wednesday. The jury at the coroner’s inquest heard police radio communication from the raid and a first-hand account from Sgt. Jeremy Elliott, one of 11 members of the emergency response unit who descended on Maloney’s Old […]
‘Obvious liar’: Judge rips ex-Woodstock mayor, convicts him of sexual assault
The former mayor of Woodstock, the judge said upon convicting him on Wednesday of two counts of sexual assault, was playing fast and loose with the truth. “Bluntly,” Superior Court Justice Spencer Nicholson said of Trevor Birtch, “I found Mr. Birtch to be completely incredible and an obvious liar. “I find that Mr. Birtch lied […]
City-owned housing agency fights $3,500 ruling in favour of tenant
A London woman who awoke with a cockroach embedded in her ear and won a provincial tribunal hearing over that nightmare is facing a repeat battle.
Probe into Amazon worker’s death finished – but widow still in dark
Ontario’s Labour Ministry has completed its probe into the death one year ago of an Amazon employee at its London-area mega-plant – but his widow must file a a freedom-of-information (FOI) request to get the final report that includes autopsy results. It’s a “frustrating” process that puts more stress on grieving families, said Sudbury NDP […]
Children in need may face compromised care and long waits in clinics and hospital emergency departments, as Children’s Aid Society of London and Middlesex is shutting down its internal medical clinic,
Children in care may face compromised health care and longer waits, as Children’s Aid Society closes its medical clinic.