London, Ont. police are asking for time to place collectively the numbers, nevertheless it seems Western College’s Homecoming went off with none critical incidents on or off campus.
Stunning climate on Saturday sparked concern that events — particularly these off campus — would possibly get out of hand. In all, tens of 1000’s of Western college students participated within the annual road occasion.
Within the space of Broughdale Avenue, police blocked off streets with massive autos, and tried to comprise the foot visitors.
With the addition of officers from Windsor and Hamilton, emergency crews used barricades in the course of Broughdale to maintain the partiers to the sidewalk and entrance lawns.
Whereas police aren’t but prepared share last numbers, they’ve confirmed tickets have been handed out as alcohol-fuelled events grew in dimension following the tip of the Western Mustangs’ victory over Ottawa and because the evening bought underway.
Hundreds of scholars packed Broughdale Avenue in London, Ont. for Homecoming events on Sept. 23, 2023. (Brent Lale/CTV Information London)
“With the cops right here and the entire state of affairs it was a really properly behaved Homecoming. It wasn’t many disasters, I’ll inform you that. There was a number of individuals on roofs, however that was at all times settled down by the police,” pupil Benjamin Yampolsky advised CTV Information London.
On Sunday morning, Broughdale Avenue and Epworth Avenue — key streets for exercise — confirmed few indicators of Saturday’s festivities.
However some individuals within the space did have complaints come Sunday morning.
“With the transferring automobiles and stuff, that’s when it will get laborious as a result of I couldn’t transfer my automotive, they barricaded it out of right here and I needed to drive locations final evening,” Yampolsky mentioned.
— With information from CTV Information London’s Bryan Bicknell and Brent Lale
