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Arson charge dropped in 2024 Chatham apartment fire; tenants shocked
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Some residents were shocked to learn an arson charge has been dropped against the remaining person charged in an August 2024 fire at a Chatham apartment complex that displaced dozens of tenants for months. Leonard Greason, 49, had a look of elation on his face hearing a charge of arson with disregar[...]
OPP in Leamington, Ont., racially profiled Black man facing drug offences, judge rules in acquitting him
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A man arrested for drug offences was racially profiled by Ontario Provincial Police in Leamington, a Superior Court judge has ruled, deeming the evidence against him inadmissible as a result. Justice Martha A. Cook acquitted the man on one of the charges after Crown prosecutors withdrew the second. [...]
Mental health advocates slam Windsor mayor’s support of involuntary treatment
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Advocates and legal experts who deal with the mentally ill are expressing strong opposition to a suggestion by Windsor’s mayor that involuntary treatment is a way to address a burgeoning mental health and addiction crisis in Canadian cities. “How do we have leadership that is engaging in an almo[...]