Tag: roads
Construction officially begins on new Rockwood Terrace in Durham
Nearly 10 years after Grey County began exploring redevelopment options, shovels hit the dirt Friday morning in Durham to officially kick off the new 128-bed Rockwood Terrace construction. Once completed, sometime in 2026 if all goes to plan, the new long-term care home and the county’s largest capital project to date will offer 28 additional […]
City hall, outside workers union agree to four-year labour pact
The union representing London’s outside workers â whose duties include trash collection and maintaining roads and parks â has agreed to a new four-year labour deal, city hall officials announced on Wednesday.
Five injured, one critically, in Oxford County crash: OPP
A two-vehicle crash in Oxford County sent five people to hospital, where one remains in critical condition, Oxford OPP said Tuesday. A pick-up truck and minivan collided at the intersection of Airport Road and Base Line in Norwich Township, southeast of Woodstock, on Saturday at about 8:30 p.m., police said. Four people in the minivan […]
School-aged girls followed, 48-year-old man charged: London police
A London man is in custody and charged with harassment after two school-aged girls were followed, police say.
Man charged with second-degree murder in 62-year-old woman’s death
A 44-year-old man is charged with second-degree murder in London’s third homicide of 2024 â one of two to occur this weekend. London police have said it was about midnight on Friday when officers were called to an apartment building near the Wharncliffe-Western roads intersection following reports of a medical emergency. Police say officers found […]
Vigil held for London teen killed two days after high school graduation
More than a dozen people held a vigil Saturday night to mourn an 18-year-old Londoner who graduated high school only two days before being killed, with grieving friends remembering him as a friendly and energetic young man. Abdul Hashim, known to his friends as âZeko,â died Friday night after he was stabbed in the parking […]
One dead after motorcycle strikes tree west of London: Police
One person is dead after an early Sunday motorcycle crash west of London, provincial police say. The crash happened about 2:45 a.m. in the area of Longwoods Road near Sassafras Road, about half way between London and Chatham, Middlesex OPP said. The crash involved a motorcycle that caught fire after leaving the roadway and striking […]
Police probe shuts down major London intersection after pedestrian struck
London police have launched an investigation after a pedestrian was struck by a vehicle near Victoria Hospital on Saturday afternoon. The collision happened at the intersection of Wellington and Commissioners roads shortly after 3 p.m., police said. A man was taken to hospital following the collision but the extent of his injuries was unknown Saturday, […]
London police probe two separate suspicious deaths
London police were on Saturday investigating two separate overnight deaths that have been deemed “suspicious,” but noted there was no ongoing threat to public safety. The first death happened Friday night, when police responded about 10 p.m. to reports of a disturbance in the area of Southdale Road East and Millbank Drive, east of White […]