Maija Nenonen

Western President Alan Shepard identified an Honours Business Administration student at Ivey as the victim of Monday's tragic incident on Western Road.

“Maija’s family shared that she had dreamt of attending Western well before applying for schools in Grade 12. “She is remembered as a strong member of our community who gave generously of her time to support others.” A landscaping truck and trailer could be seen in the parking lot on Monday, which was cordoned off with police tape.

On Tuesday, Western University officials offered condolences to the friends and family of 21-year-old Maija Nenonen, who died after she was hit by a vehicle in ...

She was co-director of Western’s Relay for Life event in support of cancer research.” a statement from Ivey read. Originally from Sault Ste. Marie, Nenonen began her academic career at Western in 2018 as a Health Science student. “While I know that words can give little consolation at a time of deep grief, we join in mourning their loss.”

LONDON – The grieving mother of a Western University student killed in a collision Monday says her daughter lived a full life in her brief 21 years.

“Our thoughts are with Maija’s friends and family, and the fellow students who have been impacted by this tragic event,” it said in a statement. Her death has shocked the Ivey School of Business, where she was a first-year student, and the broader Western community as students write final exams. “I was pretty freaked out.” “I ran out and looked and there were quite a few cops. “I think, at that point, we heard some yelling.” She lived life to the fullest,” said Pina Nenonen, the mother of Maija Nenonen. My nickname for her was ‘Busy Lady’ because she was always buzzing around,” Pina added, speaking over the phone from Sault Ste. Marie, where her daughter grew up. There was a paramedic that went running toward the truck that had a trailer hitched to it,” she said. If you need a job done, then she’d get it done for you. Pina said her family doesn’t know the details of what happened on Monday. She said Maija was on her way to campus to study at a library for her exams. “Everybody has been saying she was like the shining light and just a bit of a clown, and goofy and joking. Pina said the word “driven” applies to her daughter: “She’s a bit of a doer.

Western University has identified a young woman who died in a pedestrian involved collision Monday as one of its students.

Police were scouring the city for the shooter and trying to track down the renter of a van possibly connected to the violence. One expert in B.C. says this comes amid a transition away from public health orders to individual responsibility. Car-surfing is when one person rides on top of a fast-moving car. While I know that words can give little consolation at a time of deep grief, we join in mourning their loss," Shepard said in his statement. “Members of the traffic management unit have a very lengthy and complex investigation ahead of them. Some students who live along Western Road are still trying to come to terms with the tragedy. We know that this was probably an accident but it’s still scary ‘cause it could just be one of us, or one of our friends one day. RCMP and Winnipeg police are looking for a 50-year-old man who is wanted in the deaths of three people in Portage la Prairie. Police added that the driver remained on scene. One person is in hospital following a shooting in the 3000 block of Federal Avenue in Halifax. The search to find a new location to host the 2023 World Junior Hockey Championship is on – and Waterloo region is in the running. And this was a tragic situation.