Twitter supplied a big announcement this morning. Local MPP Monte McNaughton is dropping out of the Ontario PC leadership race. McNaughton will be throwing his support behind Patrick Brown.
A two-vehicle accident on the 402 at Oil Heritage Line had the west bound lanes closed earlier this morning. A 38-year-old from Flint Michigan collided with the guard rail and a Tractor Trailer, with the American thrown from his vehicle into the median. He was taken to hospital with what appears to be non-life threatening injuries. The investigation into the cause of the crash is on-going.
FIREFIGHTERS WERE BUSY IN WALLACEBURG WEDNESDAY NIGHT WHEN A FIRE BROKE OUT IN A STORAGE BUILDING ON A PROPERTY ON ELIZABETH STREET AROUND 8:30. FIREFIGHTERS FROM CHATHAM WERE CALLED IN TO HELP BATTLE THE FLAMES THAT MANAGED TO REACH A NEARBY HOME. THE DAMAGE ESTIMATE SO FAR IS 125 THOUSAND DOLLARS. THERE WERE NO INJURIES IN THE BLAZE. NO CAUSE HAS BEEN RELEASED YET.
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY IS COMING TO WALLACEBURG. AN ANNOUNCEMENT WILL BE MADE TONIGHT AT 6, WITH FUTURE PLANS TO BREAK GROUND IN WALLACEBURG TO BUILD A HOME FOR A LOCAL FAMILY. THE FAMILY WILL BE ANNOUNCED AS WELL AS THE PLANS GOING FORWARD. 99.1 WILL HAVE THE LATEST DETAILS ON XS MORNINGS WITH GREG AND GEMMA, UP FIRST AT 5 AM.
HEY CAN BE AN EYE SORE FOR SURE, BUT ACCORDING TO A NEW SCIENTIFIC STUDY THERE IS NO SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE THAT EXPOSURE TO WIND TURBINES WITH ALL THEIR WHIRRING AND SWISHING SOUNDS CAN CONTRIBUTE TO ONLY ONE THING… ANNOYANCE. SOME PEOPLE HAVE CLAIMED THEY WERE EFFECTED BY THE TURBINES AND SUFFERED FROM DIZZINESS, RINGING IN THEIR EARS, DIABETES AND CARDIO-VASCULAR DISEASE.
IT HAS BEEN ONE OF THE LONGEST COLDEST WINTERS ON RECORD AND THE POT HOLE SITUATION IN THE AREA IS BRUTAL. JUST ASK YOUR CAR’S SUSPENSION. CAA IS TRYING TO HELP OUT BY LOCATING THE WORST STREETS IN ONTARIO. THEY HAVE A WEB SITE SET UP AT WWW.CAAWORSTROADS.COM WHERE YOU CAN MENTION YOUR NOMINEE. CAA WIL MEET WITH THE MUNCIPALITIES THAT HAVE THE WORST ROADS TO SEE IF THEY ARE GOING TO MAKE REPAIRS. RIGHT NOW, DUFFERIN AVE AND FORHAN STREET IN WALALCEBURG ARE TRENDING.
IT’S DAY THREE OF THE MIKE DUFFY TRIAL IN OTTAWA AND TODAY THE SUSPENDED SENATOR HAD A PAL IN COURT TO SHOW HIS SUPPORT. ALTHOUGH IT MIGHT NOT HELP. FELLOW SUSPENDED SENATOR PATRICK BRAZEAU WAS THERE. HE IS ALSO FACING CHARGES OF FRAUD AND BREACH OF TRUST IN CONNECTION WITH HIS OWN EXPENSE ACCOUNTS, PLUS OTHER CHARGES INCLUDING ASSAULT AND SEXUAL ASSAULT. A FORMER CLERK OF THE SENATE IS BACK ON THE STAND OUTLINING THE RULES OF THE SENATE.
A BIZARRE SCENE PLAYED OUT IN A COURT ROM IN MILAN THIS MORNING WHEN A MAN ON TRIAL FOR FRAUDULENT BANKRUPTCY OPENED FIRE, KILLING HIS LAWYER, A CO-DEFENDANT AND THE JUDGE. THE MAN THEN FLED ON A MOTORBIKE BUT WAS CAPTURED 25 KILOMETRES AWAY. THE PREMIER PROMISED A FULL INVESTIGATION INTO HOW THE MAN SMUGGLED THE GUN INTO THE COURT ROOM WHEN METAL DETECTORS ARE IN USE.
