Child witness describes ‘bad stuff’ made at alleged luxury home drug lab

The London Free Press
It was a dark-coloured sticky substance that was illegal. “I didn’t know the name of the stuff he was making,” the young school-age child testified at a drug-lab trial. “I knew it was the weed and the syrup and the gummies… and the cigars made out of weed.” It was remarkable testimony from a school-age […]
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Ontario election: Group urges voters to turn homeless crisis into key issue

The London Free Press
A grassroots group of municipal politicians is urging voters to make homelessness a provincial election issue, with the equivalent of a city larger than Sarnia living on the street across Ontario.  Calling the encampments that have cropped up in municipalities big and small in recent years a “human rights crisis,” the Ontario Coalition for the […]
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It’s a Family Day weekend full of snow as storm hits London, region

The London Free Press
London is in the path of a Family Day weekend winter storm that was expected to drop as much as 30 centimetres of snow on the region, Environment Canada says. The national weather agency issued a winter storm warning for London and much of Southwestern Ontario that started Saturday morning and was expected to last […]
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Schools closed, crashes mount as snowstorm lashes London region

The London Free Press
School buses were cancelled for both major London-area school boards and multiple morning crashes were reported on both Highways 401 and 402 Thursday after an overnight snowstorm swept across the region. Shortly before 6 a.m. Thursday, officials announced on social media that all school vehicles for both the Thames Valley District school board and London […]
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Witness describes ‘the shop’ in luxury home at alleged drug lab trial

The London Free Press
The room in the large London luxury home was called “the shop.” Inside it were glass tubes and beakers, a box that kind of looked like an oven and a machine “with a glass thing on top of it” to mix liquid in, a woman familiar with the 467 Commissioners Rd. property testified. And the […]
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Inaugural Kincardine Polar Plunge supporting Special Olympics Ontario

Kincardine News

South Bruce OPP are preparing for an icy dip to help raise funds for Ontario athletes. On Feb. 28, area police will join other community partners for the first annual Kincardine Polar Plunge being held at the UBC Local 2222 building, located at 385 Queen Street in Kincardine, beginning at 6 p.m. Registration takes place […]

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Baranyai: Booing anthem isn’t really protest. It’s just rude

The London Free Press
When spectators disrespect a visiting team's national anthem, things can get uncomfortable.
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After hospital gunfire, AI-powered weapon detectors coming soon to London ERs

The London Free Press
Artificial intelligence-powered weapons detectors are coming soon to London emergency rooms, an internal email to hospital staff says.
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ATM scams cost 95-year-old, two other seniors thousands: OPP

The London Free Press
Provincial police are probing three Huron County ATM scams that cost seniors thousands of dollars. 
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Ontario’s homeless population, in homeless encampments, is likely growing

The Lucknow Sentinel

The Association of Municipalities of Ontario calculated there were at least 1,400 homeless encampments in the province in 2023

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Dyer: Netanyahu’s political life still short, despite Trump

The London Free Press
The war spared Netanyahu from an inquiry into his failure to prevent the Hamas attack in October 2023, and it stalled his corruption trial.
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Two Oxford County residents lose $240K in scams: OPP

The London Free Press
Oxford OPP are reminding the public that legitimate businesses and the government will not ask for payment with bitcoin or payment cards after two residents were defrauded of $240,000 in separate scams. Police said they were notified Monday that a resident of Zorra Township is out more than $200,000 after falling for a bitcoin scam, […]
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