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Area mayor seeking re-election amid sexual assault charges
Woodstock Mayor Trevor Birtch, who faces sexual assault charges involving two complainants, will seek re-election this fall. Birtch, 47, faces multiple charges of sexual assault and assault. In that context, his at-the-deadline decision Friday to file papers to run for a third term as the Southwestern Ontario city’s mayor is likely unprecedented, at least in […]
Woodstock youth charged in sex and child porn case
A male youth faces seven sex and child pornography charges, Woodstock police said Thursday.
Calls grow for criminally-charged Woodstock mayor to step aside
He remains at the helm of Woodstock city council, saying nothing publicly about the controversy swirling around him, but calls are growing for Mayor Trevor Birtch to step aside amid criminal charges, including sexual assault, laid against him last week. “He has the moral obligation to step down or take a leave of absence,” Diane […]
Police in standoff in Woodstock with man barricaded in an apartment
Woodstock police, assisted by officers from Waterloo, were locked in a standoff Wednesday with a man barricaded in a home near Vansittart and Devonshire avenues. The standoff in the northwest region of Woodstock began at 9 p.m. Tuesday with a report of a weapons-related incident, according to police. Police had been negotiating with a man […]
County council approves paid leave for Woodstock mayor – with one condition
Oxford County council has approved a paid leave of absence for Woodstock Mayor Trevor Birtch, who’s charged with sexually assaulting two women, but he must first request the leave in writing. Councillors approved an amended motion at a meeting Wednesday night by a vote of 7 to 2 granting the leave once requested. It is […]
Graham Hart, a longtime trustee and social justice champion, dies at age 79
A longtime former Oxford County school board trustee is being remembered as champion of education and social justice. Woodstock native Graham Hart, a trustee for more than 20 years with the former Oxford County school board and later the Thames Valley District school board, died on June 12. He was 79. Sheri Polhill, a London […]