Tag: Stratford
Truck’s sudden stop leaves road covered with turkey carcasses
A Stratford street was a bloody mess on Wednesday afternoon after a transport truck carrying turkey carcasses spilled its contents onto the road, painting the pavement a creepy crimson. Stratford police said the truck was headed out of the city on Ontario Street and destined for a feed mill just after 4:30 p.m. when a […]
Accused’s violent poem entered as evidence at drug dealer murder trial
Ashley Bourget called her poem “Small Child” – but it contained a big, glaring comment that kept it out of a jailhouse poetry-writing competition. Instead, her creative writing from October 2023 while she was behind bars became evidence at her first-degree murder trial in the death of high-level drug dealer Grant Norton. “Now that I’m […]
Brews News: Craft beer fans well served in London area
Pub Milos, King Edward or Beertown? No matter where you land, craft beer fans in and around London are well served.
Londoner accused of fraudulently obtaining 230 OLG accounts: Records
A London man is accused of fraudulently obtaining hundreds of accounts on the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. website, court documents show. OLG officials alerted the OPP’s investigation and enforcement bureau, a unit embedded in the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario, the province’s gambling regulator, on Sept. 30 to suspected illegal activity on the […]
Regional unemployment rate lower than provincial rate
Monthly numbers ‘fairly normal’ for this time of year, planning board says