Craig Allan’s explanation about what he knew about the death of London musician Daniel Fawcett “did not make sense.” But, the judge said, the key Crown witness, “is an accomplished liar.” In the final analysis, Superior Court Justice Patricia Moore didn’t believe either Allan, 50, or the associate who was with him in the early […]
Five news cases of measles were recorded during the week ending June 26 by Southwestern Public Health
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 […]
Friday marked the official start of summer and it’s arriving with several days of hot, humid weather across the London region.
The Crown prosecuting five former junior hockey players accused of sexually assaulting a woman took aim at defence criticisms of her
The lawyers representing five hockey players on trial for sexual assault called their accuser’s evidence “an exercise in fact-finding frustration.”
Canada’s aggressive new military rhetoric was on Monday welcomed by an analyst as well as workers at London’s General Dynamics Land Systems Canada plant. The city’s military industrial base may play a key role in Canada’s renewed commitment to national defence. Prime Minister Mark Carney’s pledge to boost military spending by $9 billion this fiscal year could […]
It started, Michael McLeod’s defence lawyer said, with “a white lie.” It’s ended up in a London courtroom where five 2018 Team Canada junior hockey players are on trial over sexual assault allegations that David Humphrey called “preposterous.” Humphrey, the first of the five defence legal teams to give a closing argument, described the 27‑year‑old […]