As a funeral looms for London’s most recent homicide victim, the man charged in her slaying made a brief court appearance Wednesday. Read More
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No charges against officer who fatally shot man in alley: SIU
A Sarnia man was choking a London police officer when he was fatally shot in a Richmond Row alley last fall, Ontario’s police watchdog said in a report released Monday. Following an eight-month investigation, the Special Investigations Unit said the officer who shot Justin Bourassa, 29, on Oct. 28, 2021, acted appropriately in the fatal […]
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London man charged after $467K downtown drug bust
A London man faces charges after officers searching a downtown home seized nearly $467,000 in drugs Thursday morning, city police say. Officers seized about 1.6 kilograms of methamphetamine valued by police at $127,200, 1.2 kg of cocaine valued at $117,400, and 657 grams of of fentanyl valued at $197,100 from a home in the 300-block […]