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London, Ont., police have laid charges, including second-degree murder, in relation to an ongoing death and weapons investigation from the weekend.

criminal harassment following an incident in Windsor earlier this week.According to the Windsor Police Service, officers were contacted on Thursday after a 36-year-old woman reported being consistently harassed through social media following the Wortley Village Pride event in London last weekend.Police say the harassment continued with the suspect driving from London to a hospital in Windsor where he took a ‘selfie’ with the alleged victim’s terminally ill father.Police say the accused posted the photo on social media and sent it to the woman.No physical injuries were reported in the incident.Bubba Christopher Michael Pollock, 34, of London, was arrested by members of the London Police Service.

Artemis II moon mission next year, officials revealed Monday.Serving as a mission specialist, Hansen will be one of four astronauts assigned to the 10-day mission that is scheduled for launch in November 2024, NASA and Canadian Space Agency officials said. The other three astronauts on the mission are all American: Christina Hammock Koch, Victor Glover and G.

Ingersoll, Ont., is frustrated with Tim Hortons after the coffee and donut chain mistakenly informed him he won a $10,000 American Express prepaid gift card for the Roll up the Rim contest.Jeremy McDougall says he received a notification Monday morning on the Tim Hortons app telling him we won the daily jackpot prize after digitally participating in Roll up the Rim. Read more: Tim Hortons’ profit slipped amid high inflation, commodity costs in latest quarter  After the initial high of winning the major prize wore off, McDougall told Global News he became a little concerned that he had yet to receive a confirmation through email after more than 24 hours had passed.A message from Tim Hortons finally arrived Tuesday evening, but it was not the message McDougall was hoping to see.The letter, signed by Markus Sturm, senior vice president and head of digital, loyalty and consumer goods with Tim Hortons, outlines that a technical error had caused an incorrect award message to be sent to him and other customers.“I felt gutted,” said McDougall.

Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau is denouncing the demonstrators who pelted him and others with small rocks as he left Monday’s campaign event in London, Ontario. Abigail Bimman explains who these protesters are, and how they’re tracking Trudeau’s stops.

Canadian Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was hit by a handful of gravel on Monday, television images show, as he made his way to his campaign bus past a crowd shouting their opposition to Covid-19 vaccines.

Damian Warner of London, Ontario has become the first Canadian to win an Olympic gold medal in the decathlon. Crystal Goomansingh explains how Warner shattered a world record in the gruelling 10-event competition.

Hundreds of people have gathered at the funeral for a Muslim family killed in a suspected hate crime in London, Ontario. As Kamil Karamali reports, faith is helping the community heal, and to cope with the tragic loss of four of its members.

Yumna Afzaal, the 15-year-old killed in the London, Ontario attack, is being remembered for how she made her family proud, and the promising future she held.

Muslims in London, Ontario are drawing strength through their faith, as they grapple with the loss of Yumna Afzaal, Madiha Salman, Talat Afzaal, and Salman Afzaal. The community wants to show love can beat out hate.

Muslims across Canada are struggling to accept the hateful, heinous attack that left a nine-year-old boy orphaned in London, Ontario. Some members of the Canada’s Muslim community have gone public with their grief and shock.

Police believe hate is the motive behind a hit and run that killed three generations of a Muslim family in London, Ontario. Jeff Semple reports on how the city is grieving, and how this could be investigated as an act of terrorism.

Rick Zamperin: CFL delays 2021 kickoff due to COVID-19, but will a season still happen? Kopacz says the drug Tocilizumab administered to him Friday is helping him turn the corner.“I haven’t had a fever in over 24 hours,” he said.

London Transit Commission says several employees have been sent home to isolate and recover after they tested positive for COVID-19.General manager Kelly Paleczny says the cases began popping up late last week with the latest arriving early this week.As of Wednesday, Paleczny says seven employees have tested positive for the virus. LTC ramping up bus frequency as part of 2021 service plan “Based on the information that we have, that we’ve gathered from employees, we don’t see any evidence that any of the cases are linked to one another,” Paleczny said, adding that she is not able to reveal where the employees worked.“I can’t just because it’s such a small number.

COVID-19 cases.On Friday, Premier Doug Ford extended Ontario’s state of emergency and provincewide stay-at-home order until at least May 20 and announced further restrictions to gatherings and recreation.As of 12:01 a.m. Saturday all outdoor gatherings are restricted to those that live together, with the exception of those who live alone being allowed to join one other household exclusively.In London, Ont., all public soccer pitches, baseball diamonds, tennis courts, pickleball courts, basketball courts, skate parks, picnic areas, park shelters and outdoor exercise equipment are closed following Ford’s announcement.

The Middlesex London region is reporting 133 new COVID-19 cases Saturday.Saturday’s update brings the region’s case total to 9,138, of which 1,186 are active. At least 7,759 of the cases have resolved and 193 people have died, most recently on Wednesday.Since the month began, the London and Middlesex region has recorded at least 1,357 cases.

COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to those aged 60 and older starting Tuesday.The expanded eligibility covers the Middlesex-London Health Unit and Southwestern Public Health, which has jurisdiction over Elgin and Oxford counties.Those who were born in 1961, but have not yet turned 60, are also allowed to book a vaccine appointment with either of the public health units under the new guidelines. London region receives significant boost in latest vaccination expansion “In addition to opening the booking system to those born in 1961 or earlier, we will also be booking vaccine appointments within a four-week window,” said Dr.

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Patients undergoing long-term dialysis were more than five times likelier to be infected with COVID-19 and nearly four times as likely to die than the general population, suggesting that they should be prioritized for vaccination, according to a Canadian study published today in CMAJ.

FILE - Books, die, figurines from Dungeons and Dragons to go with story on the game's creator, Gary Gygax (Simon Hayter/Toronto Star via Getty Images)A Canadian man has been playing the same Dungeons & Dragons game for the past 38 years and he doesn’t plan on stopping, according to a CBC Radio report.Robert Wardhaugh, who lives in London, Ontario, Canada, started the game as a teenager in 1982."There hasn't been a time when I've gone longer than a couple weeks without playing," he told CBC Radio.Wardhaugh, who is also a history professor at Western University, stated that the game would only end when he decided to end it."You're able to do things in the game that you can't do in an ordinary game.

London-area residents are being invited to share their COVID-19-related creations, experiences and stories as part of a project by Western Archives aimed at helping future generations learn about the local impact of the pandemic.

Due to coronavirus restrictions, Marty Gandelman was unable to be in the room when his child was born.

Rachel McAdams is giving a big chunk of change to support frontline workers tackling the COVID-19 spread.