Tag: Violence
ER at area hospital evacuated after person pulls knife: Police
A 32-year-old is in custody after officers responded to reports of a person with a knife at St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital
Local author’s memoir of a chaotic childhood and spousal abuse to be turned into screenplay
Local author Gwen Lamont’s life story about uncovering the buried memories of a chaotic and abusive childhood is being converted into a screenplay. Lamont signed an agreement with Dog Eared Productions for Penny Eizenga to write, produce or co-produce the screenplay of her book The View From Coffin Ridge: A Childhood Exhumed for a feature-length […]
Underfunding leading to violence, unsafe Ontario schools: Union
Educational assistant Paul Nagey said he lost a tooth after being attacked by a student.
Area councillor barred from city hall, in-person council meetings
A Sarnia councillor whose behaviour has triggered complaints from city staff and the public won’t be able to attend city hall without the permission of council nor attend council meetings in person, city council has decided. The decision was made after a third-party investigation found Coun. Bill Dennis breached the city’s policy and program for […]
Convicted London murderer gets 12 years for ‘savage’ knife assault
The question facing the judge was how to sentence convicted murderer and parole violator Michael Post for stabbing a man “brutally in the chest with a large knife.”