These are examples of cases that have become way too common in the local courts. A 31-year-old man was acquitted Wednesday in a London courtroom after a trial on a charge of pointing a handgun at another man during an argument along the Richmond Row bar strip, largely because the evidence from witnesses at the […]
The Association of Municipalities of Ontario calculated there were at least 1,400 homeless encampments in the province in 2023
They say the wheels of justice turn slowly, but grind exceedingly fine. Court backlogs already were a permanent challenge from coast to coast, before COVID-19 added a second helping of delay. Pandemic restrictions not only slowed the wheels by interrupting courthouse operations; they gummed them up with litigation over the restrictions themselves. Read More
Pre-trial motions began Thursday morning in the trial of five members of Canada's gold-winning 2018 world junior hockey team, all charged with sexual assault in connection with an alleged incident at a downtown London hotel. Read More