‘Still work to do’ housing vulnerable
This November 2014 fire in an unregulated Oxford Street group home killed resident David MacPherson, 72, and spurred a tough new city bylaw. (File photo) The face of ...
Charles jailed for fire-safety infractions
Keith Charles: Not a question of if, but when, a tragedy would happen on London group home operator’s watch, justice of the peace says When Keith Charles was sentenced to ...
Group home case sentencing adjourned
Group home fire violation case sentencing adjourned for pre-sentencing report - London Keith Charles talks on a cell phone across the street from the courthouse on Dundas St. Liny ...
Group home operator found guilty
Keith Charles. (Free Press file photo) Controversial group home operator Keith Charles is facing an enormous financial penalty after being found guilty Friday morning of 12 fire code ...
Change Is Slow A Year After Fatal Fire
Change Is Slow A Year After Fatal Fire Prompts Concern Over Unregulated Group Homes One year after a fatal fire highlighted the plight of those living in unregulated group homes, ...
Local Canadian Mental Health Association Chapter Calls For Inquest After Deadly Oxford St. Fire
On the heels of a rare ‘Order to Close’ being issued by the Ontario Fire Marshall following a deadly blaze on Oxford Street East, an official with the Canadian Mental ...
One Person Dies Following Oxford Street Apartment Fire
One person has died as a result of Monday’s apartment fire across from Fanshawe College. The blaze broke out around 11:15 a.m. at 1451 Oxford St. East, at the corner ...
Fire Near Fanshawe College Seriously Injures Two People, Displaces 29
Over two dozen people have been forced out of their homes and two people were sent to hospital after a serious fire ripped through a second floor unit of an ...