Tag: Statement
ER wait times at LHSC are getting longer. Here’s what you need to know
The regionâs largest hospital is making progress on moving emergency room patients to inpatient beds faster, but is warning of longer wait times in its two ERs as flu season gets into full swing.
South Bruce Peninsula approves 3.9% budget hike
South Bruce Peninsula council approved its 2025 operating and capital budgets with a 3.9 per cent municipal levy increase. The 2025 budget will cover total net operating expenses of $12,825,099, compared to $12,343,860 in 2024. The figure squares with the prediction made by the director of financial services and treasurer Tracey Neifer in mid-October when […]
Grey-Bruce municipalities concerned about spike in OPP costs
Some Grey-Bruce municipalities are expressing concern as they stare down significant increases to OPP policing costs in 2025. But they remain hopeful that the province will provide some relief. Area municipalities looking at particularly steep increases are Brockton, whose increase has come it at 30 per cent, and Meaford, which has been presented with a 25 […]
Person forced into vehicle, assaulted, driven against their will: Police
A Tillsonburg resident is facing multiple charges after a person was forced into a vehicle, assaulted and driven against their will in St. Thomas, police say. According to a St. Thomas police news release, a 911 call was received just after 4:30 a.m. on Thursday regarding an individual forced into a vehicle and assaulted. Through […]
Accused strip club shooter pleads guilty to assaulting employee
A man accused of firing a gun at a downtown London strip club pleaded guilty Thursday to assaulting an employee at the bar.
Police close Highway 10 in Chatsworth to investigate collision
Highway 10 between Grey Road 40 and McNab Street in Chatsworth is closed while Grey Bruce OPP investigate a serious single-vehicle collision. The OPP released a statement at 9:25 a.m. Thursday morning providing notice of the road closure and the ongoing investigation, which is being conducted along with the OPP’s Traffic Incident Management and Enforcement […]
Key witness holds firm at bush party homicide trial: ‘I know what I saw’
Despite the repeated attacks on her story, Jessica Falardeau maintained: âI know what I saw.â
Loved ones express grief as sentencing nears for impaired driver who killed boy
ST. THOMAS â More than 20 grieving loved ones expressed their pain in court Wednesday as sentencing loomed for an impaired driver who killed an 11-year-old boy who was walking home from getting ice cream. Aiden Curtis was killed on July 4, 2023, after being struck by an out-of-control pickup truck driven by Nicholas Lemke, […]
Touchdown! Red-hot Detroit Lions plan watch party in downtown London
The NFL’s No. 1 team is looking for some London love. In what may be a local first, the red-hot Detroit Lions have announced a watch party for one of their upcoming games â Dec. 22 against Chicago, with fans invited to view it downtown on the big screens inside Canada Life Place. “The Lions […]
Booze giant pauses plans for $245M Southwestern Ontario whisky distillery
SARNIA â An international company that announced plans two years ago to build a $245-million whisky distillery in St. Clair Township has told municipal officials the project has been paused. Diageo, a multinational beverage alcohol company, initially said the site near Sarnia would start making Crown Royal Canadian whisky brand by 2025. Later, the company […]