Closer Look
In this new nightly feature, Village Media journalists take a deeper dive into important stories making headlines around the province
Every day, our local journalists tackle the stories that matter most: the ones that impact your day-to-day life.
In communities across the province — as well at Queen’s Park and on Parliament Hill — our on-the-ground reporters and editors chase down the answers you need to know.
In this new nightly segment — ‘Closer Look’ — Village Media’s Scott Sexsmith sits down with one of our journalists to explore an important story they are covering.
These interviews are designed to help you better understand how our reporters gather the information that lands in your local news feed.
Closer Look
CLOSER LOOK: Killer drunk driver was ‘a time bomb waiting to explode’
Tonight on 'Closer Look': Family and friends delivered emotional victim impact statements at the sentencing hearing for a 26-year-old Ontario man whose drinking and driving caused a deadly crash.
In cities and towns across Ontario — and at Queen’s Park and Parliament Hill — our journalists work for you. Their mission is to dig for answers and tell you what they find.
This new feature — ‘Closer Look’ — is a chance to hear directly from those reporters and editors. These conversations go beyond the headlines, helping viewers better understand how we gather the details that land in your local news feed.
On tonight's episode: 'A time bomb waiting to explode.'
In Guelph, a drunk driver has been sentenced to six years in prison — and slapped with a 10-year licence ban — after killing a 31-year-old man who "had so much more life to experience.”
Nicholas McGrath, 26, pleaded guilty in connection with a fatal 2023 crash near Hillsburgh, which claimed the life of David Thomas.
SEE: Drunk driver in fatal Hillsburgh crash was 'a time bomb waiting to explode'
“David’s death has completely shattered my life, and left a hole in my heart,” said Karen Thomas, David's mother, during a packed court hearing last week. “This senseless and preventable loss has devastated our family, and inflicted a pain no words can capture.”
GuelphToday reporter Mark Pare was in the courtroom for the sentencing and joins us tonight with all the details. You can read his latest article HERE.
Stay tuned for more episodes of ‘Closer Look’ every weeknight at 7 p.m. You can find all our previous segments HERE.
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