• The Canadian Press

    Former Dodgers pitcher Julio Urías pleads no contest to misdemeanor domestic battery charge

    LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Julio Urías pleaded no contest to one count of misdemeanor domestic battery on Wednesday. According to court records, four other misdemeanor charges against Urías were dropped. Urias had also been facing one count of spousal battery, one count of domestic battery involving a dating relationship, one count of false imprisonment and one count of assault. All the charges stemmed from his arrest in September on suspicion of domestic violence. Los

  • Associated Press

    Dentist accused of killing wife tried to plant letters suggesting she was suicidal, police say

    James Craig asked the inmate to put the letters in Craig's garage and truck at his home, Aurora police detective Bobbi Olson testified Wednesday at a court hearing on the new allegation against Craig, KMGH-TV reported. The inmate believed the letters were written by Craig but meant to appear as if his wife, Angela Craig, had written them, said Olson, the lead detective in the case. Angela Craig, a 43-year-old mother of six who was married to her husband for 23 years, died in March 2023 of poisoning from cyanide and tetrahydrozoline, the latter a substance found in over-the-counter eye drops, according to the coroner.

  • Local Journalism Initiative

    Solmar witness knocks down access alternatives, to the dismay of neighbours

    Since an Ontario Land Tribunal hearing over the proposed Rand Estates subdivision started almost a month ago, there has been only a handful of days where using the panhandle as an access to the development hasn’t been mentioned at some point during deliberations. And Wednesday’s session was another occasion where it was once again discussed. On the first day of the hearing, Mark Flowers, counsel for Solmar Development, said that the access location at 200 John St., is the preferred channel into