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West Region OPP laid 2,600 charges during six-day traffic-safety blitz
Provincial police laid more than 2,600 charges in Southwestern Ontario during a weeklong traffic-safety campaign that wrapped up after the long weekend. The OPP’s road safety week from May 16-22…
Impaired charge laid after driver goes around road-closed sign, plunges down hole
A 28-year-old from St. Thomas faces drunk driving charges after a vehicle drove around a road-closed sign and into a 3.6-metre-deep hole. St. Thomas police responded to a crash on…
Impaired charge laid after near-miss
On Friday afternoon, an off-duty Chatham-Kent police officer spotted a male driver, who allegedly nearly collided with other vehicles. An on-duty officer attended the area, stopped the vehicle and through…
775 people will be laid off, the CEO justifies his d
Despite a complicated economic situation, Electronic Arts recorded a rather positive last quarter, with several hundred million dollars in profits. Unfortunately, this will not prevent the company from finding itself…
New round of talks needed after provincial elections: ‘The first stones have been laid’
In addition to the conversation with De Vries, the BBB also had an informal cup of coffee with GroenLinks, the second party. “We talked very well there. If you put…
Multiple loads laid after Walpole traffic stop
A 51-year old Walpole Island man faces multiple charges after a man fled police during a traffic stop. Members of the Walpole Island Police Service conducted a traffic stop on…
1,500 H&M employees are laid off – based on competency tests
H&M’s personnel policy has made big headlines recently. At the beginning of February, the Swedish fashion company decided to “plan” over a thousand store employees’ contracts – they reduced the…
Loads laid after well-being check in Merlin
Chatham-Kent police attended a Talbot Trail residence in Merlin on Friday to check on the well-being of the homeowner. The 59-year-old homeowner was located and well-being was verified. While speaking…
Charges laid after domestic argument
Early Sunday morning, Chatham-Kent police responded to a report of a domestic dispute between a man and woman in the parking lot of a business on Dufferin Avenue in Wallaceburg.…
The police laid a trap for a suspected blackmailer
It was an evening in October that a man was at home in his apartment with his girlfriend when suddenly the doorbell rang. As he opened the door, two men…