Fire alarm disabled

An April 7 fire that caused $175k in damage to a semi-detached home on Inverary Rd. has now attracted charges of failing to have working smoke alarms. London fire department officials said lack of working alarms could have led to death or injury. An unattended candle sparked the blaze. Fire officials found smoke alarms had been disabled on the upper and main levels of the home. Ontario law requires a working smoke alarm on every level of a residence and outside every sleeping area.

Londoners more cancer prone?

 Residents in the London region aren’t only waiting longer for cancer surgery and treatment — they’re also dying more often from cancer.
Southwestern Ontario had the fourth-highest cancer mortality rate of 14 regions in Ontario, according to data obtained by reporter Brett Clarkson of the Niagara Falls Review, a QMI Agency newspaper.
For every 100,000 people in the southwest region, 172.73 died from cancer in 2007, the most recent year for which data was obtained.

57 vials of narcotics vanish

Dozens of vials of a narcotic 100 times more powerful than morphine went missing at London’s University Hospital.
  But a Health Canada report shows at least 57 vials of Fentanyl citrate were unaccounted for at the hospital during September, October and the first 10 days of November.
With such a strong kick, Fentanyl is in demand as a street drug. Outreach workers in the city blame as many as 30 deaths in the past two years on Fentanyl overdoses.

MMA fighter charged with sexual assault in London

A mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter from Las Vegas who was training in London for an upcoming fight has been charged with sexual assault.
On Friday at approximately 6:30 a.m, a 21-year-old female was sexually assaulted in the area of Clarke Road and Dundas Street.
London Police have charged Kasheem Peterson, 28, of Las Vegas, Nevada with sexual assault, forcible confinement, and choking someone with the intent of committing sexual assault.

Beware of phishing scams

Oxford OPP are warning Internet users of a phishing scam after a 63-year-old Ingersoll man got a message claiming to be from hotmail asking for the password to his account.
The message said his account would be terminated otherwise.
Since giving over his information, the man hasn't been able to access his account and someone is sending messages from it, asking his contacts for money.
Police are reminding people not to send personal information over the Internet.

Human remains "suspicious"

OPP detectives are treating the discovery of human remains in Southwold Township as "suspicious."
The remains were found by an area resident just off 2nd Line between Turner and Lawrence roads Friday.
Police are still trying to identify the remains.
Anyone with information is asked to call OPP's criminal investigation division at 1-888-310-1122, Elgin OPP at 519-631-2920 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS.

Naming rights bidding war?

JLC: 10-year deal expires next year and could fetch double what Labatt paid
Imagine heading into downtown London, Knights tickets in hand, to take in the game at the city’s jewel — the Shmuel Farhi Centre.
Or maybe it’ll be the Libro Financial Group Coliseum.
With the naming rights for London’s beloved John Labatt Centre expiring next year, one politician is urging the city to consider corporate bidders beyond the local brewery in what will likely be a lucrative re-naming process.

Tories vulnerable in London West

Hundreds of jobs at stake. A teen kicked out of a rally. Refusal to attend a health-care debate.
The challenges facing federal election Conservative candidates in London mirror a bumpy start to a national campaign that, left uncorrected, could see Stephen Harper in trouble and one city riding switch MPs, says a political scientist.
"Single issues, single events are not likely on their own to make a difference," said the University of Western Ontario's Paul Nesbitt- Larking.