No one said it would be easy, but the London Knights started their Ontario Hockey League finale run Friday (May 3) with a bunch of firsts and not in a good way.

On Dec. 2, the accused rode directly into an experienced 37-year old runner, knocking her down from behind then continued to ride over her. She sustained serious injuries including a concussion, broken ribs, and pulled neck, and severe contusions to her face, including two black eyes.

Blue Devils off and running with 18-12 win over Pacers: http://www.londoncommunitynews.com/sports-story/2546462-blue-devils-off-and-running-with-18-12-win-over-pacers/

Needle dumping ground angers Third Street residents

                             If you can find a vein, you can find a garbage can.

That’s the message from two longtime East London residents who are fed up with finding discarded drug syringes in parks and along streets where hundreds of children walk to and from school every day.

http://www.londoncommunitynews.com/news-story/2545966-needle-dumping-ground-angers-third-street-residents/                        

Pinhole camera causes bomb scare in London

What turned out to be a crude handmade camera had police on high alert at a downtown park Tuesday afternoon (April 16).

Less than 24 hours after explosions killed three people at the finish line of the Boston Marathon, the London Police Service (LPS) received word of a suspicious package taped to a pedestrian bridge between Ivey Park and Becher Street.

http://www.londoncommunitynews.com/news-story/2535957-pinhole-camera-causes-bomb-scare-downtown/

Teen in critical condition after stabbing

A 17-year-old boy is in critical condition after he was stabbed outside a pizza parlour at Dundas and Maitland streets Tuesday (April 2).

According to London Police Service (LPS) Const. Ken Steeves, an 18-year-old was arrested a short distance north of the intersection on Maitland Street.

More than 660 cancer patients treated at London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) in the past year may have been under-dosed during their chemotherapy.

Almost 1,000 patients at four Ontario hospitals — Windsor Regional, Lakeridge Health in Oshawa, Peterborough Regional Health Centre and LHSC — were given lower-than-intended doses of cyclophosphamide and gemcitabine between March 2012 and March 2013 according to Cancer Care Ontario (CCO).

http://www.londoncommunitynews.com/news-story/2517843-chemo-patients-possibly-underdosed-in-london/

A preliminary hearing into the charges against London Mayor Joe Fontana has been scheduled for Oct. 28.

The two-day hearing will determine whether there is enough evidence against Fontana to go to trial. Jim Dean represented Fontana in a brief appearance at the London courthouse Tuesday morning (April 2). 

http://www.londoncommunitynews.com/news-story/2517667-fontana-case-returns-to-court-in-october/

The two Canadians killed in the deadly Al Qaeda-linked attack on a remote Algerian gas refinery in mid-January were allegedly middle-class 20-somethings from London, Ont., CBC News was reporting Monday night.

The names of the two, who the broadcaster said had been friends since high school, are Xristos Katsiroubas and Ali Medlej. Both are thought to be in their mid-20s.

Unnamed sources told the CBC it was likely the two blew themselves up in a final blast as government troops launched a major assault on Jan. 19 to recapture the plant.

http://www.londoncommunitynews.com/news-story/2517612-london-men-id-d-in-algerian-gas-plant-attack/

A convicted pedophile with a high risk of re-offending arrived in the city Wednesday (March 27), police warn.

According to a news release from the London Police Service, Robert Albert Bell, 57, has completed a federal prison term for two counts of invitation to sexual touching.

http://www.londoncommunitynews.com/news-story/2515428-london-police-issue-warning-about-pedophile/

(Source: londoncommunitynew.com)