Dale Carruthers
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Investigative reporter at @LFPress covering crime, policing and cannabis industry. Got tips? 226-927-7237 dcarruthers @postmedia .com
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This story was 7 years in the making and started with a call from a mysterious man saying he had info on corruption within
#LdnOnt
police. Soon it became clear my tipster, dubbed the Piano Man because I didn't know his real name, was the story:
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London police draft new policy for detaining and searching
#transgender
suspects following high-profile swatting incident involving
@keffals
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Steady stream of people arriving to lay flowers at makeshift memorial where driver killed four family members in what police are calling a hate-motivated attack on Muslims in
#LdnOnt
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Six days before transgender activist
@keffals
was swatted,
@TorontoPolice
were sent to home of man with same last name after his address was posted in botched attempt to dox Clara Sorrenti
#LdnOnt
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PM
@JustinTrudeau
arrives at Oakridge secondary school to meet with student organizers behind today’s march to mark one-year anniversary of Afzaal family members death
#ldnont
#OurLondonFamily
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Don’t have an official crowd estimate yet, but it’s clear thousands have packed Victoria Park for
#BlackLivesMattters
demonstration.
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Crowd now marching from Oakridge to London Muslim Mosque to mark one-year anniversary of alleged hate-motivated attack that killed four members of Afzaal family
#ldnont
#OurLondonFamily
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All 3 stories I wrote yesterday, including one revealing St. Thomas police asked media to remove articles about an MP’s daughter snared in a drug bust, citing a pub ban that didn’t apply, had to be lawyered. Local
#journalism
takes resources to produce.
#LdnOnt
#Media
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Some work news: I'm taking a two-month break from the crime beat to cover the baby beat. Super excited to spend more time with my daughters (still waiting for the second to arrive).
#LdnOnt
#journalism
#mediaonthemove
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There's standing room only at the Police Services Board meeting, where three police dogs are being sworn in today
#LdnOnt
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Well, I'm officially off for two months' paternity leave. I'm definitely going to miss reporting, but I'm looking forward to spending time with this lovely mother-to-be and our daughter
#LdnOnt
#Journalism
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Speakers have taken the stage outside Oakridge secondary school, where around 2,000 have gathered to mark the one-year anniversary of the death of the Afzaal family before marching to a nearby mosque.
#ldnOnt
#ourlondonfamily
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A sign of hope? Firefighters removed the sign from the Black Walnut cafe and retuned it to the owners after an overnight fire ripped through the Wortley Village business, causing more than $1M damage
#LdnOnt
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Man at centre of fight during
#BlackLivesMattters
protest is walking away from Victoria Park after briefly speaking with police
#ldnont
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@sharland57753
My name is Dale Carruthers and I’m a reporter in Canada. I have been investigating Darko Jovanovich for years. Please contact me at dcarruthers
@postmedia
.com or 2269277237 with any information
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Police estimate crowd at 3,000 for
#BlackLivesMattters
demonstration at Victoria Park in
#ldnont
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Demonstrators have made their way back to Victoria Park after marching through downtown streets for over an hour. Speakers now addressing crowd, estimated at 10,000 during peak, from bandshell
#BlackLivesMattters
#ldnont
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Group of around 50 marching down Hamilton Road in
#LdnOnt
to demand justice for
@FanshaweCollege
student Jibin Benoy, 29, who was killed in a hit-and-run while cycling home from work on Sept. 18. The rally was organized by The London Ontario Malayalee Assocation
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The Beef has beef with
@LFPress
. The
#LdnOnt
strip club clapped back after my story on the uncertain future of strip clubs amid the
#COVID19
pandemic
#journalism
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Aylmer police charged man for not self-isolating after returning from South America in what is believed to be
#LdnOnt
region's first charge laid under emergency order imposed to slow spread of
#coronavirus
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Charlee Carruthers wanted to see her dad in action covering the
#BlackLivesMattters
demonstration in Victoria Park
#ldnont
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Just realized that two weeks ago marked my 10-year anniversary at
@LFPress
, the longest I've ever had a job. Time flies when you're under a daily newspaper deadline (and doing what you love). Shout out to
@GregatLFPress
for hiring me
#LdnOnt
#Journalism
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Four coffins draped in Canadian flags now being wheeled through crowd at public funeral for Afzaal family in
#LdnOnt
#OurLondonFamily
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The
#BlackLivesMattters
demonstrators now marching north on Richmond Street with a police motorcycle leading the way
#ldnont
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Lots of sign-carrying demonstrators at
#BlackLivesMatter
protest in Victoria Park, where more than 1,000 have already gathered ahead of march through streets
#ldnont
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More than 1,000 pro-Palestinian demonstrators now marching through downtown streets under police escort after rally in Victoria Park calling for ceasefire
#LdnOnt
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Here’s what the
@EveCoCannabis
780,000-square-foot greenhouse in Strathroy looks like before it’s populated with
#cannabis
plants.
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Honoured to win the
@ONAwards
spot news photography award for my shot of
@lpsmediaoffice
officers arresting a combative woman who spit on officers
#ldnont
#photography
#policing
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Excited to be returning to my alma mater,
@WesternU
, next semester to teach multimedia
#journalism
, a third-year class in the
@westernuFIMS
faculty.
#ldnont
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The
#ldnont
police board votes to make
@javeedsukhera
the new chair, replacing
@MohamedMOSalih
, and reelects
@TothSusan
as vice-chair for a second term.
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Dozens of sign-carrying demonstrators spread out across downtown Aylmer as part of counter-demonstration ahead of afternoon anti-lockdown rally. Several businesses will remain closed today because of protests
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Fire crews still dousing Black Walnut cafe in Wortley Village after overnight blaze. Dozens of distraught residents gave gathered to watch
#LdnOnt
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Police stationed outside London Muslim Mosque on Oxford Street following alleged hate-motivated attack that killed four members of Muslim family
#LdnOnt
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Demonstrators marching through downtown
#ldnont
for
#BlackLivesMattters
. Police on bikes providing escort
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Musicians pumping up
#BlackLivesMattters
demonstrators at corner of Richmond and Central
#ldnont
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Progressive Conservative MPP Monte McNaughton gave special thanks to wife, Kate, in his victory speech, noting it's the couple's 10-year anniversary
#Onpoli
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Syrian refugees present Chief John Pare with wood carving of
#Ldnont
police logo as sign of gratitude for keeping community safe
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Trish McIntyre named permanent deputy chief, police board chair Mo Salih announces at beginning of meeting
#ldnont
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Heavy machinery used to smash into Black Walnut cafe where hot spots still burning eight hours after overnight blaze started Wortley Village cafe
#ldnont
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First day in Washington, D.C., for the Foreign Press Centre’s Combat in Trafficking Persons program. I’m fortunate to be one of 20 international journalists participating in the two-week trip
#FPCTours2018
#HumanTrafficking
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Excited to announce I'm now the full-time cannabis beat reporter for
@LFPress
. Send me story pitches, tips, trend alerts and anything else: dcarruthers
@postmedia
.com
#marijuana
#420
#cannabis
#LdnOnt
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Speaker at anti-restrictions rally in St.
Thomas recounts being ordered to wear mask at medical appointment: “You make me feel like a Jew,” she says to some applause from crowd of around 200
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Hundreds gathering near bandshell in Victoria Park for
#BlackLivesMatter
demonstration
#ldnont
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Talking to
@WesternU
j-school students today about covering crime for the
@LFPress
. Crazy to think that I was sitting in the same class 10 years ago listening to
@JoeBatLFPress
give the same talk
#mmjc5islive
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Imam Amin Al-Ali delivers the first-ever call to prayer over a speaker at the
#ldnont
Muslim Mosque
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BREAKING: Aylmer Express publisher John Hueston and son, Brett, the publication's editor, found not guilty of obstructing a peace officer and trespassing. Brett Hueston also found not guilty of driving around road-closed sign
#LdnOnt
#CanadianMedia
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CORRECTION: A March 10 tweet mistakenly said Leo the Dog was the favourite guest at my
#westernu
#journalism
class. But after reading final reflection papers,
@RandyRatLFPress
was clearly the students’ favourite. I regret the error
#ldnont
#3664b
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Date night at Dimi’s with the wife turned into bday drinks with this retiree
@MorrisDCosta
#ldnont
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It’s cookie time. The counter-protest in Aylmer has wrapped up and the anti-lockdown demonstration doesn’t start for an hour, so I hit up two of Southwestern Ontario’s best bakeries: Spicers and Grandma’s Oven
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Editor contacted me last night after car hit house and caused massive explosion. He asked if I could get to scene. But my wife (due in two days) thought she was going into labour, so I sat it out. Thankfully,
@LFPress
interns
@MaxatLFPress
and
@sebatLFPress
did an incredible job
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London Muslim Mosque Imam Abd Alfatah Twakkal speaking with media at the intersection where four family members were struck and killed in an alleged hate-motivated attack in
#LdnOnt
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Therapy dogs Bella and Mulligan were at the Lamplighter Inn, where 350 first responders gathered Tuesday for the Be Well Serve Well conference
#LdnOnt
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Demonstrators briefly take to knees at Richmond and Oxford before heading west during
#BlackLivesMattters
demonstration in
#ldnont
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Sign-carrying man denouncing gays at Pride Parade being trailed by group holding signs denouncing broccoli.
#Ldnont
http://t.co/3dDbOCpaZU
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Attending my first Police Services Board meeting at city hall.
@MohamedMOSalih
chairing meeting for first time
#Ldnont
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Thousands have lined Wonderland Road, south of Oxford Street, for pro-Palestinian rally in
#LdnOnt
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I’ve had some great guest speakers visit my
#WesternU
journalism class (
@RandyRatLFPress
,
@SandashaLPS
and
@KateDubinski
) but Leo was paws down the biggest hit with my students
#ldnont
#3664b
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Here’s the truck driver who had to be rescued after a bridge in Port Bruce collapsed: “I heard a loud crash. The next thing I know I’m in the water.”
#Ldnont
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A tobacco farming family's embrace of a Sovereign Citizen-inspired movement was behind a massive police presence that descended on a Lake Earie community. My investigation with
@HeatheratLFP
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Speaker at
#Palaestine
rally gives email address of Liberal MP
@pfragiskatos
and urges crowd to flood his inbox. “It’s clear Peter has not heard your voices,” speaker says of MP, whose office has been vandalized twice in past 3 weeks
#LdnOnt
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Demolition underway on the Black Walnut cafe after an overnight fire ripped through the Wortley Village cafe
#ldnont
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Trumpeter Joanne Peterson plays The Last Post at Woodland cemetery, where elementary schools students have gathered to lay wreaths at veterans graves for
#RemembranceDay
#LdnOnt
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Anti-restrictions leader
@chrissaccoccia1
using
@lpsmediaoffice
logo for rally and fundraiser without permission, say police
#LdnOnt
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Dave Henry, who apprehended 3 break-in suspects in his Old South neighbourhood, receives citizen citation at
#Ldnont
police board meeting
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Lawyer serves
@JustinTrudeau
with subpeona to testify at trial of St. Thomas man charged with pelting PM with pebbles during
#LdnOnt
campagin stop
#canpoli
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Pot producer
@indivalife
signs lease for planned south
#LdnOnt
store as part of aim to open 10 dispensaries across Ontario
#cannabis
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Investigators preparing to fly drone over scene of Woodman Ave. explosion that injured seven people, damaged at least 10 homes in
#ldnont
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Four hearses carrying bodies of Afzaal family members arrive at Islamic Centre of Southwest Ontario, where more than 1,000 mourners have gathered for public funeral.
#ldnont
#OurLondonFamily
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Police Chief John Pare announces force will begin releasing names of men charged with trying to buy sex, a move long advocated by
@meggiewalk
. The policy change is being rolled out to combat human trafficking in
#ldnont
, chief says
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Heated arguments breaking out between anti-lockdown demonstrators and group of counter-protesters in Aylmer
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Thankful I listened to my editor (reporters sometimes do) who told me to leave my dress clothes at home for the International Plowing Match
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More than 30 vehicles have now lined road outside Church of God in Aylmer. The drive-in service is underway and church officials are ensuring everyone stays inside vehicles so far.
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Pastor's son charged with obstructing police after crowd surrounds vehicle of officer who issued summons for hosting illegal gathering
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Demonstrators climb railway light on Talbot Street during
#BlackLivesMattters
demonstration in Ldnont
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London police want spend $4.2M to outfit 331 frontline officers with body cameras as part of chief's modernization plan
#LdnOnt
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BREAKING:
#LdnOnt
Police Chief John Pare announces retirement after 29 years on the job. He will work until June
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Police board congratulates
@SandashaLPS
for being named media officer of the year by the
@OACPOfficial
. Well deserved recognition
#Ldnont
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Today I had a sneak peak at the
@indivalife
chocolate-making lab to see how the
#ldnont
licensed producer is getting ready for the introduction of
#cannabis
edibles, which could hit the market as early as mid-December
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Crew from
@uwogazette
soaking up some wisdom from veteran photog
@geoffrobins
at Broughdale Avenue, where small groups of
#westernu
students are beginning to gather under a watchful police eye
#ldnont
#foco
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Hundreds pack Victoria Park for pro-Palestinian rally demanding ceasefire in
#Gaza
. Speaker on stage calling out
@JustinTrudeau
for government’s response to conflict
#LdnOnt
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Bittersweet day in the
@LFPress
newsroom today as say goodbye to
@JSheratLFPress
and
@HankatLFPress
, two of the most talented beat reporters in
#ldnont
. Their presence and decades of experience will be missed
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From a teen growing pot on the rooftop of a Long Island apartment to cultivating
#cannabis
for a publicly traded company, Pete Young's crusade is told in The High Road. The
@indivalife
mastergrower will be featured in the
@LFPress
pot profile series coming on Oct. 17
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Nearly two dozen vehicles, and one person on foot, waiting in queue at Oakridge Arena, where officials have set up virus assessment centre that opens at 11
#ldnont
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