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Driver, 23, dead after vehicle strikes tree at rural intersection
One person is dead following a crash in rural Elgin County, Ontario Provincial Police say. Police and emergency crews responded to a serious crash involving a single passenger vehicle that collided with a tree shortly before 7 p.m. on Friday, Elgin OPP said. The lone occupant, a 23-year-old from St. Thomas, was pulled from the […]
‘We were chosen’: 122 newborns, one couple’s epic foster care journey
Don and Nancy Matthews, now in their 70s, fostered a small village of infants over the years. Only reluctantly has the Southwestern Ontario couple stopped. LFP’s Randy Richmond reports STRATFORD â Nancy Matthews always wanted a lot of babies. The love they need, the love they give â she can list any number of reasons […]
Driver charged after crash in Owen Sound that sent 5 to hospital
A driver has been charged after a two-vehicle crash on Owen Sound’s east side on July 7 sent five people to hospital. The collision occurred at the intersection of 8th Avenue East and 20th Street East at about 8 p.m., when a mid-sized Kia SUV that was travelling west on 20th Street. A Volkswagen SUV […]
Lend a hand while Owen Sound booster Jan Chamberlain is out of action
In small towns across Canada, women are truly community heroes. In our small town of Owen Sound, one amazing woman leader stands out – Jan Chamberlain – who has made civic pride her life-long career. Now in her 80s, Jan’s efforts remain full of passion and purpose, building on her keen sense of belonging to […]
Police make arrest in latest London threat involving fake guns
A 39-year-old London woman is charged after police say a fake gun was pointed at people downtown â the second such incident in the city’s core this week
Man, 58, charged after bizarre downtown attack on woman’s vehicle, onlooker
A 58-year-old Londoner is facing charges after what police describe as a bizarre downtown incident involving a man keeping a woman he didn’t know from exiting a parking spot and then chasing another person with a rock. London police say it was just before 10:30 p.m. Wednesday when a woman was returning to her vehicle […]
Pair charged in London gun and drug bust
Two London residents face charges after police seized a gun and nearly $20,000 worth of drugs, provincial police say. Huron County OPP launched a drug investigation in March that led investigators to identify two suspects in London, the OPP said Thursday. OPP officers and London police tactical officers searched a home on Tuesday, seizing a […]
Southwestern Ontario man gets five years in prison for role in grisly killing
Drew Bliss, 39, has been sentenced to five years in prison.
Woman had not sought help before being shot dead by husband: Agency
A woman who was shot on a Woodstock street by her husband before he turned the gun on himself didn’t contact the cityâs domestic abuse services before the shooting, an official says
Brantford woman missing for five days found, reunited with family: Police
A Brantford woman who disappeared after she left work in Woodstock five days ago has been found and is safe, Brantford police said Wednesday evening. Jenny Da Silva is âsafe in the company of family,â police said in a news release. Police didn’t say where or when Da Silva was found. “(We) do not have […]