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Grey County to look at Owen Sound’s court security cost issue
The door hasn’t yet been fully opened, but Grey County council has at least agreed to take a peek at Owen Sound’s calls to have court security costs funded regionally. At its meeting on Thursday, Grey County councillors agreed to receive a staff report summarizing the issue of court security and prisoner transportation costs for […]
Detective outlines how Boris Panovski became suspect in fatal shooting
ST. THOMAS â A man had been shot to death in a Huron County wildlife area and all the OPP investigators initially had was one traumatized, wounded eye-witness and three other field dog hobbyists, and not much else.
Testy exchanges, walkout as city’s cost-cutting committee begins work
A proposal to cut two popular community grants programs as a tax-saving measure led to some testy exchanges between councillors and frustration from community groups that werenât allowed to be part of the debate.
Friends express pride, grief, regret at memorial for slain London woman
A London woman who died on the weekend was remembered Tuesday by friends as someone who was caring and whose life was going in the right direction after living on the streets for years. Dozens of people attended the memorial for Cheryl Sheldon on Tuesday night at the Central Branch of the London Public Library. […]
Temporary overdose prevention sites eyed in Oxford, Elgin
With approval of supervised drug use sites paused by the provincial government, an area health unitâs top doctor is exploring alternative options to address an increase in opioid-related deaths since the COVID-19 pandemic.
Widow bristles at lawyer’s questions about texts, car sketch
The widow of a Toronto-area businessperson who was fatally shot lashed out at the lawyer representing the man accused of killing him in 2014
Man charged as police seize $600,000 in stolen property
Several police departments combined forces in an investigation that resulted in the seizure of $600,000 worth of stolen goods.
London cyclist killed in collision en route to coffee meet-up with friend
A cyclist struck and killed by a vehicle last week was on his way to grab a coffee, said the manâs longtime friend who was waiting for him at the shop
‘Gave people so much’: Teenage London homicide victim mourned
Candles burned Monday at a memorial to a London teenager in the parking lot of a public housing complex where the 18-year-old died after allegedly being stabbed Friday night. People close to Abdul Hashim, known to his friends as âZeko,” remember the Sir Wilfrid Laurier secondary school graduate as a hard-working teen with “a heart […]
14-year-old charged in mass shooting that killed Woodstock man
Toronto police say a 14-year-old boy has been charged with first-degree murder in a shooting that left two men dead and others wounded in a high school parking lot on a weekend in early June. Det. Sgt. Phillip Campbell says the teen is charged with two counts of first-degree murder and seven counts of attempted […]