A Tuesday night graduation ceremony at South Collegiate Institute in London "abruptly ended" when lightning struck the stately old high school in the city's Old South neighbourhood.
Provincial police closed a Southwestern Ontario beach after a swimmer went missing in Lake Erie over the weekend. Emergency crews were called Sunday shortly after 3 p.m. to Port Burwell beach for a report of two swimmers in distress, Elgin OPP said. One swimmer was pulled to safety and taken to hospital with non-life threatening […]
A passenger on a London Transit bus suffered serious injuries when it collided with a London police cruiser in downtown London on Wednesday. The collision involving the bus and the marked police cruiser occurred at about 1:50 p.m. in the area of Queens Avenue and Talbot Street, London police said. One passenger on the bus […]
The Township of Huron-Kinloss is joining the Walkerton community in mourning the loss of a Walkerton teacher and four students who died as a result of a crash near London on Friday. “The Township of Huron-Kinloss has lowered its flags to half-mast in heartfelt solidarity with our neighbours in Brockton following the tragic motor vehicle […]
WALKERTON – Evidence of the sorrow and anguish being felt in the town of Walkerton could be seen on almost every street on Sunday. It was Friday night when a collision near London killed four teenage student-athletes and their teacher/coach from Walkerton District Community School, which houses students from Kindergarten to Grade 12 in this […]
Ontario’s police watchdog has closed its investigation into a collision involving a cruiser and a snowplow that injured two snowmobilers north of Wingham three months ago. Ontario Provincial Police in Huron County shut down the southbound lanes of London Road during a winter storm on Feb. 17. An officer had pulled over and activated the […]
Ontario’s Ministry of Labour is investigating a workplace mishap after a 23-year-old worker from West Grey was transported by Air Ornge to a trauma centre in London with serious injuries Tuesday. A ministry spokeswoman said in a brief statement that the worker, who was employed by JT Excavating, was injured by a piece of machinery […]
An east London home where a woman was killed in a recent fire had previously landed in the crosshairs of bylaw officials and was the scene a past blaze related to homeless people living in the backyard.
Oxford OPP were searching on Friday for a suspect after a hit-and-run crash northeast of Woodstock left a cyclist with serious injuries. Police and paramedics were called to a fail-to-remain collision on Blandford Street in Innerkip at about 11 p.m. Thursday. A vehicle struck a cyclist and fled the scene before officers arrived, Oxford OPP […]
An investigation is underway after an April 3 house fire in Huron-Kinloss was deemed suspicious. “Fortunately, no injuries were reported at the time of the incident. The cause of the fire is currently under investigation as it met the criteria for reporting to the Ontario Fire Marshal,” said Huron-Kinloss Fire Chief Jeff Bradley in an […]