Tag: Western
Hundreds attend vigil for girl, 7, swept away in Thames River: ‘Full of love’
An estimated 300 people gathered Wednesday evening for a candlelight vigil honouring Anna Bielli, the seven-year-old London girl who died after being swept away in the storm-swollen Thames River earlier this month. Attendees who knew Anna closely described her as âthe happiest girlâ â a lovely, caring child who lived life to the fullest and […]
King’s University College faculty mull possible strike amid contract talks
Just weeks before classes resume, Kingâs University College faculty have voted overwhelmingly in favour of striking if necessary after testy negotiations that began in April.
Date set for sentencing hearing in London bush party homicide case
Dylan Schaap, who pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the shooting death of a Western University student, will be back in court next month.
Experts fret as summer toll of Southwestern Ontario drownings hits 12
The heavy summer drowning toll in Southwestern Ontario underscores the need to better communicate water safety messages, some experts say. Two people drowned in Lake Erie over the weekend, in Leamington and near Turkey Point, raising the toll from that lake alone to four deaths this summer. There have also been at least eight other […]
Funeral set for third London-area military reservist killed in crash
The third victim in a New Brunswick car crash that killed three local Canadian Armed Forces reservists was a Komoka native with plans to pursue a career in policing.