Two missing identified

Police have confirmed the identities of the two people still unaccounted for following the Victoria South Street explosion and fire.
The family members of Bill Watmough, 79, and Margaret Gillett, 73, have been contacted by police and told to brace for bad news.
Woodstock Police Const. Steve McEwen said officers from the OPP Forensic Unit have not found any human remains in the ruble at this point.

Rabid fox on loose

A police officer fired shots at a suspected rabid fox in the Lockwood Park area shortly after 2 p.m., but the animal escaped uninjured.
Animal control and police were tracking a sick fox on Upper Queens St., near Mitches Park, after concerned residents reported seeing the animal walking around in broad daylight.
Police wouldn’t say how many shots were fired, but a bystander reported hearing multiple gunshots.
Anyone who sees the fox should call police or animal control.

Son charged in parents murder.

SPRINGWATER TWP., Ont. — A man has been charged Monday for the murder and dismemberment of his own parents, discovered hacked to pieces in their rural on Sunday.
Gregory S. White, 26, described by a neighbour as an "oddball," is charged with first-degree murder and indecently interfering with a human body.
Police went to the White's home after a co-worker reported Donald White had failed to show up for work.
Officers entered the home and found what they believed to be human remains

3.5-magnitude quake near Ontario nuclear facility

A tremor has been recorded near the Atomic Energy Canada Ltd. nuclear laboratories in Chalk River, Ont.
Earthquakes Canada reported the 3.5-magnitude quake happened about 70 km northeast of Chalk River, around 12:04 p.m. Tuesday.
Chalk River is about 200 km northwest of Ottawa.
The Chalk River nuclear reactor is run by AECL, which produces medical isotopes at the site. It is also home to the national research universal reactor, which produces neutrons used by the National Research Council's Neutron Beam Centre.

19 Hells Angels still at large

MONTREAL - Nineteen Hells Angels members and associates remain on the lam nearly two years after they escaped the biggest biker bust in Canadian history. 
The names and faces of the wanted men have been posted on the websites of the RCMP and Interpol, the international crime-fighting agency that’s active in 188 countries.

Project Sharqc involved 1,200 police officers and led to the arrests of 137 bikers and associates in April 2009. Defendants will be prosecuted in groups of eight or nine.

Train overpass on Adelaide St discussed.

Some councillors are urging staff to make a train overpass on Adelaide St. a top priority, but were told such a project isn't outlined in any budget for at least a decade. The matter was raised by Coun. Stephen Orser, who said the existing level train crossing cuts off east London from downtown for up to 20 minutes at a time and causes as much trouble as the now-resolved Hale-Trafalgar crossing. With that overpass done, and the Sarnia Rd. bridge project underway, this is the top priority for a "grade separation," staff say. Councillors recommended having staff seek funding for the project's start in 2012.

The 51st Kiwanis Music Festival

The 51st Kiwanis Music Festival of London is the honouring of one of its unsung heroes at another organization’s awards night.
With 2,438 entries in place, the 2011 Kiwanis fest opened Monday and continues through April 15 at more than a dozen London venues.
Over the decades, the festival has been the place where such future stars of Canadian music as Angela Park, Scott St. John, Kevin McMillan and Jennifer Orchard won its top individual prize, the Rose Bowl, as young musicians.

Steve-O arrested in Calgary.

Jackass franchise star Steve-O was arrested in Calgary on Sunday.
The world-infamous stunt performer, born Stephen Gilchrist Glover, 36, was taken into custody at Calgary International Airport on an outstanding warrant of assault with a weapon.
“He was taken down to our arrest processing centre yesterday and appeared before a justice of the pace and released on a $10,000 cash bail," said Insp. Keith Cain of the Calgary Police Service.

Hyde Park comes to aid of fire victims

The single-floor building at 1895 Blue Heron Dr. housed RG Gibson & Sons Hardwood and Flooring, Connections Church and London Trim and Door. The building was destroyed by a fire that’s blamed on a block heater in a vehicle next to the building.
Although the fire destroyed one of Gibson’s trucks and the entire inventory on site, he was busy on Monday redirecting shipments and ordering new equipment and supplies to ensure he doesn’t have to lay off any of his six full-time employees.

Houser’s in a 50-save zone

Michael Houser’s in a 50-save zone right now.
So the London Knights will try to leave their star stopper to his own devices for the moment.
“We’re very conscious of him needing his rest,” London goaltending coach Bill Dark said ahead of Game 3 Tuesday back in Owen Sound
Still only two games in, the Knights haven’t seen playoff goaltending like this since Steve Mason backstopped London to the Western Conference final in 2007.

Hope fades for missing seniors

WOODSTOCK - Smoke wafted from a hole in a section of roof still intact as a large backhoe outfitted with a claw began pulling down the brick walls and concrete floors.
Half of what was a well-kept, three-story walk-up apartment building inhabited by dozens of senior citizens on Woodstock’s Victoria St. is a burned out, collapsed pile of rubble.
Nearby, residents of a sister apartment building about 50 meters across a parking lot watched anxiously, hoping for word that the two missing residents would be found, alive.