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7/30/2010 Stay Safe on the Water This Holiday Long Weekend AM980 The Civic Holiday weekend is here, but it's already proven to be dangerous on roads and water ways.   However, it's not only police that are asking you to be safe this weekend.   Kevin Wedzinga has been living without his dad for just over a week. 54-year-old Andy, who was ... ...Read More
7/30/2010 Wrong-Way Drunk Driver Blamed for Head-On Highbury Crash AM980 News London Police say the driver of a wrong-way vehicle involved in a head-on crash this morning was drunk. It happened around 2:45AM when a car, heading south in the northbound lanes of Highbury near Hamilton, slammed into an oncoming SUV. Two women in the SUV, and the man behind the ... ...Read More
7/30/2010 iPhone 4 Arrives in Canada AM980, Canadian Press Canadians hungry for the latest offering from Apple will get to take a bite today when the iPhone 4 goes on sale. People have been lining up across the country to buy one of the new devices.  iPhone fans in London have been camped outside some wireless outlets since before ... ...Read More
7/30/2010 Chief Murray Faulkner's Last Day on the Job AM980 News It's London Police Chief Murray Faulkner's last day on the job. Faulkner's retirement officially begins Saturday after 6 years at the helm of London's police force. The 57-year-old says being sworn in as Chief back in 2004 was one of the best moments of his career, but he tells AM980 there ... ...Read More
7/29/2010 London Woman Survives Bear Attack in Montana AM980 News, Associated Press A London woman who was attacked by a bear in the middle of the night at a busy U.S. campground says she instinctively played dead so the animal would leave her alone. ``I screamed, he bit harder, I screamed harder, he continued to bite,'' says Deb Freele of London. At least ... ...Read More
7/29/2010 Fontana May Declare LTC an Essential Service AM980 News Joe Fontana says he could declare the LTC an essential service when he becomes mayor. The man seen by many as the only candidate with a legitimate shot to beat Anne Marie DeCicco-Best in the race for Mayor, says the 28 day transit strike in November and December of last year ... ...Read More
7/29/2010 Minister Goodyear Announces $45 Million Investment in Small Business AM980 Small businesses in London and across southern Ontario are getting a major funding boost from the Federal government.   Speaking at Sernova Corporations located at the University of Western Ontario's Research Park, Minister Gary Goodyear announced on Thursday the government is investing $45 (m) million in new technology and research through a national ... ...Read More
7/29/2010 OPP Identify Crash Victim AM980 An overnight crash just north of Woodstock has left one man dead. OPP say 40-year-old Paul McIlroy died after the pickup truck he was driving hit a tree just after midnight. Police say the car went off the road into a ditch, hit a tree and burst into flames. OPP ... ...Read More
7/29/2010 Ford to Lay Off Nearly 500 Workers in Windsor The Canadian Press The Canadian Autoworkers Union says Ford Canada is laying off 489 employees at its engine plant in Windsor as part of a plan announced earlier this year to cut one shift at the facility. Marc Renaud, vice-president of CAW Local 200 representing autoworkers in Windsor said Ford is closing down ... ...Read More
7/27/2010 Fire Death of Mental Health Patient Should Lead to Inquest, Experts Say AM980 News London Police are confirming that the man who set himself on fire and died outside the Regional Mental Health Care facility on Highbury Ave. was a patient and calls for an inquest are growing louder.   Police say the death is not deemed suspicious, and the Coroner's office is now ... ...Read More

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