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5/23/2013
AM980
One inmate suffered minor injuries following a violent altercation earlier this week at the Elgin Middlesex Detention Centre.
London police say one inmate stabbed the other following an argument on Tuesday afternoon. Staff immediately intervened and the 35 year old victim was treated in hospital for minor injuries to his chest and torso, and later released.
Thirty year old Michael Challis is facing numerous charges, including assault with a weapon.
Overcrowding issues at EMDC are no secret. The facility, built to accommodate 150 inmates, currently houses about 400.
Last month, there was another lockdown after a fire was started on the second floor of the facility.
It was extinguished quickly, but a staff member and an inmate were to taken to Hospital to be treated for smoke inhalation.
As well, there were reports that an inmate had been threatened with a 25 cm shank.
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5/23/2013
AM980 News
The second suspect in the Tim Bosma case has been formally charged with first-degree murder.
Mark Smich was arrested around 10 a.m. on Wednesday in his hometown of Oakville.
On Thursday morning, the 25-year-old was led in shackles into a Hamilton court wearing a brown shirt and dark pants.
Smich's lawyer, Thomas Dungey, spoke briefly to reporters outside of the courthouse.
"At this point, Mr. Smich will be pleading not guilty. We will be defending this case vigorously on this trial. There will be no other comments made at this time."
Hamilton Police allege Smich was one of two men Tim Bosma took for a test drive of his 2007 Dodge Ram pick-up truck on the evening of May 6th. Bosma never returned to his Ancaster home and his badly burned remains were discovered eight days later on a farm in the Waterloo-area.
That property is owned by 27-year-old Dellen Millard of Toronto, the first suspect to be charged in the case. He's currently in custody and faces charges of first-degree murder, forcible confinement and theft of a vehicle.
Millard also intends to plead not guilty.
Smich and Millard are both due back in court on June 13.
Meanwhile, Hamilton ...
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5/23/2013
AM980 News
It was quite the wake-up call for a quiet neighbourhood in Central Elgin on Wednesday.
Elgin County OPP executed a search warrant at a home on James Turvey Plance near New Lynhurst to find a large indoor marijuana grow-op.
The investigation, which involved local officers as well as members of the OPP's specialized drug and organized crime units, was prompted by vigilant neighbours who reported suspicious activities at the residence to police.
Officers say the grow-up was on a commercial scale and that those running it modified the home to provide venting, electrical services and re-routed plumbing for the marijuana crop.
Police say they found pot plants in various stages of development inside the home and they have an estimated street value of over $800,000.
Officers say they also seized magic mushrooms and two prohibited weapons from the residence.
As a result of the investigation, the OPP says two people are being held in custody and face the following charges:
Shayne Kennedy, 22, of Central Elgin:
Production of a Schedule II Drug (Marihuana) contrary to the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA).
Possession of a Schedule II Drug (Marihuana) over 3kg for the Purposes of Trafficking contrary to the ...
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5/23/2013
AM980
Two murder suspects charged in the death of Noelle Paquette will return to a Sarnia court in September.
Following a brief court appearance via video Thursday morning, 19 year old Michael MacGregor and 31 year old Tanya Bogdanovich were remanded in custody.
Each face a charge of first degree murder in the death of Paquette. The 27 year old teacher was reported missing after a New Year's Eve party in downtown Sarnia. Her body was found days later in a woodlot just outside the city.
MacGregor and Bogdanovich are due back in court on September 12th.
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5/23/2013
AM980 News
Canada Post is promoting a new campaign that would see Canadians receiving more junk mail.
The postal service has sent a letter to anyone who has opted into a program called 'Consumer Choice'. The program was created in 1997 and allows people to stop receiving 'unaddressed ad mail'.
The program's database hasn't been updated since it was created over 15 years ago.
The organization says that residents are missing out on coupons, community notices and catalogues.
Canada Post says it has seen a significant decline in mail volumes.
Critics are questioning the effectiveness of the campaign since most people who opt into the program, or put a 'not junk mail' sign on their mail box, do so for environmental reasons.
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5/23/2013
AM980 News
London Police have laid charged an 18-year-old man after fireworks ignited two blazess in the northwest end of the city.
Officers say it was around 2:23 a.m. on Monday when they received a 911 call. The caller said a school bus and transport truck were engulfed in flames in a parking lot in the area of Wonderland Road North and Blythwood Road.
The damage from the fire is estimated at $250,000.After investigating the incident further, officers say they believe the suspect set off fireworks in the school bus leading it to catch fire. The flames then spread to the transport truck that was parked beside it.
Police say 18-year-old Jordan Marotta of London has been charged with two counts of arson.
Two other 18-year-old males, both of London, have been charged with counts for discharging consumer fireworks in a dangerous manner under the fireworks by-law.
They are not facing criminal charges.
Officers allege one of the men ignited a firework on the roof of a school bus and the other ignited a firework that was on top of a stack of wood that was located in the same parking lot.
London Police say they've also determined this incident is ...
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5/23/2013
AM980 News
Another partner will be joining in on the OPP's battle to locate missing or abducted children in Ontario.
The Provincial Amber Alert Program has teamed up with OnStar, one of the world's most popular in-vehicle safety and security services.
Now when an alert is issued, OnStar will be able to share the alert information with over 430,000 Canadian subscribers.
Amber Alert Coordinator, Sgt. Steve Montpetit, says when an alert is issued, they need to get the information out as quickly as possible.
"Well, the nice thing about OnStar is that people have the availability to get the message right in their car at the time when they're driving, and typically we're looking for a child, or we're looking for a licence plate, so that description or that vehicle licence plate description will be provided to them," he said.
Montpetit says in these situations, every second counts because "statistics tell us that over time, and studying some of these past abductions that have had tragic results, the first 3 to 5 hours are the most important. The statistics run something like, if an abductor has any intent of harming a child, the first 3 to 5 hours, there's about a 75% ...
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5/23/2013
AM980 News
While it obviously wasn't nearly as devastating as the tornado that ravaged Oklahoma Monday, Environment Canada has confirm that a tornado touched down Tuesday in the Kawartha Lakes region of central Ontario.
Meteorologist Peter Kimbell says damage to a house and barn helped officials who examined the area Wednesday afternoon confirm the tornado.
Kimbell says it was an EF 2 tornado, with winds of between 180 and 200 kilometres an hour.
The storm cut the power to about 3,000 Ontario Hydro customers. A spokesman for the utility said most of them had their power restored by last night.
Meantime, as many as 13,000 homes were damaged or destroyed Monday when a twister plowed through the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore. About 33,000 people were affected, officials said, though the number left homeless was still unknown because most of the displaced were believed to have been taken in by relatives; only two dozen or so have stayed overnight at Red Cross shelters.
Officials estimated the damage could top $2 billion. U-S President Obama plans to visit the area this weekend.
More details are emerging on the human toll the tornado took, including heartbreaking stories about the final moments of some of ...
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5/23/2013
AM980 News
Fanshawe College is proving learning does not take a break on the weekends.
Starting this fall, a new Weekend College will be offered, with 5 programs available as part of the change.
While they will likely be more challenging, those attending school on the weekend will graduate at the same time as their weekday counterparts.
Fanshawe officials say more than 45% of their new students are over the age of 20.
They're hoping the changes will allow those who can't typically attend classes Monday to Friday to still get the education they're looking for.
The five programs being offered to start include international-business management and construction-carpentry techniques.
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5/23/2013
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A major discovery in the field of breast cancer research, made here in London, could revolutionize the way doctors fight the deadly disease.
A biology professor from Western University has identified new hormones in the body which may suppress breast cancer, and stimulate the regression of breast tumors.
Of the nearly 1.4 million new cases of breast cancer diagnosed each year, almost half are characterized as hormone receptor negative, meaning they lack estrogen receptors (ER) and/or progesterone receptors (PR).
Unfortunately, patients with receptor-negative tumors do not respond to current steroid hormone-based therapies, and can only be treated with chemotherapy or radiation.
Professor John P. Wiebe and his team identified for the first time in human breast cancer cells that the progesterone metabolites 5a-dihydroprogesterone (5aP) and 3a-dihydroprogesterone (3aHP). They exhibit pro-cancer and anti-cancer effects on receptor-negative human breast cells. The team researched the hormones' ability to control initiation, growth and regression of ER/PR-negative human breast cell tumors.
His discovery of the two new hormones found in the breast opens the door to new methods of treatment.
"Our work shows that one can suppress, or that the tumours can actually regress, with the anti-cancer hormone. So it provides a new way of ...
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