55 h. ago Woman, 71, seriously hurt in crash between police cruiser, bus: Watchdog

A 71-year-old woman was the person seriously injured in a crash between a London police cruiser and city bus that sent her and two other passengers to hospital, Ontario’s police watchdog says.

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59 h. ago Firefighters rescue driver after asphalt truck crashes on Hwy 416

One man was injured followed a semi-trailer crash on Highway 416 near Hunt Club Road Friday morning. Provncial police called fire services shortly after 3 a.m. reporting the truck had rolled into the media. Firefighters confirmed a tractor-trailer carrying a full load of hot asphalt had flipped onto its side with the driver still inside. […]

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3 d. ago ’I forgot how tall I was’: Injured Bronco Ryan Straschnitzki walks using exoskeleton

CALGARY — It’s been a while since Ryan Straschnitzki looked at the world from a different perspective.  The former Humboldt Broncos hockey player has been using a wheelchair since 2018, when he was paralyzed from the chest down in a bus crash in rural Saskatchewan that killed 16 people and injured 13 others.  On Thursday, […]

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3 d. ago Former Humboldt Bronco Ryan Straschnitzki walks using exoskeleton: ‘I’m very fortunate to try it’

The former Humboldt Broncos player, paralyzed from the chest down in the 2018 bus crash that killed 16 people and injured 13 others, has been relegated to a wheelchair for years.

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4 d. ago Four people from the passenger vehicle and the driver of the truck were taken to hospital with non

A woman is charged with impaired driving in a crash north of London that injured five people, Middlesex OPP said

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5 d. ago Hyde Park BIA scales back expansion after tepid business response

A planned expansion of a northwest London business district is being scaled back and delayed

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5 d. ago B.C. Mountie faces driving charges following Greenwood crash that injured 3

An RCMP officer faces two charges under the Motor Vehicle Act after a crash in southeastern B.C. last Canada Day that left three people injured.

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6 d. ago Motorcyclist critically injured in crash northwest of London

A motorcyclist was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries after a crash northwest of London Saturday morning, police say. Two riders were heading south on Vanneck Road when one lost control and crashed around 7:30 a.m. in Middlesex Centre, the Ontario Provincial Police said. Anyone with information about the crash is asked to contact Middlesex […]

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6 d. ago Boyfriend of slain London nurse was target of hit, court hears

Two gunmen killed a nurse outside her northwest London home in a botched hit targeting her boyfriend, a court heard.

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7 d. ago Child killed, another injured in Vancouver speedboat crash: RCMP

North Vancouver RCMP said the driver of the speed boat is in custody.

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1 week ago Charges after crash between pickup truck, school bus carrying students

A St. Thomas resident is charged following a crash involving a school bus packed with dozens of children northwest of London.

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2 w. ago Community reeling after Horseshoe Bay bus crash kills child, critically injures mother

Emotions are raw as police investigate a bus collision in Horseshoe Bay that killed a four-year-old boy and critically injured his mother on Wednesday.

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2 w. ago Pilot injured in small plane crash southeast of Edmonton at Cooking Lake Airport: RCMP

Police urge the public to avoid the area, about 35 km southeast of Edmonton

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3 w. ago Police seek witnesses after cyclist dies of injuries in south end crash

Ottawa police are seeking witnesses to a fatal collision between a vehicle and a cyclist Wednesday afternoon in the city’s south end. Emergency responders were called to the collision at Bank Street and Dazé Street at about 2:40 p.m. The cyclist was transported to the hospital with injuries at that time. However, the man succumbed […]

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3 w. ago No police fault in snowplow, cruiser crash that injured two: Watchdog

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 […]

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3 w. ago N.S. woman killed in motorcycle crash, driver seriously injured

A 46-year-old woman from Salmon River, N.S., was killed in a motorcycle crash this week, according to RCMP. 

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3 w. ago Is it time for London to get its first new public high school in 50 years?

One plot of land, two different possible outcomes for northwest London: a new high school or more than 600 units of housing in multiple buildings. LFP reporter Jack Moulton takes a look at a pitch to help round out a subdivision near the city’s northern border. A SECONDARY SCHOOL? Developer Landea Developments Inc. has put […]

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