August 14, 2003 – the day tens of millions of people in Ontario and parts of the U.S. saw their lives screech to a halt amid a massive blackout that lasted the better part of a day. It started with a Cleveland-area power plant shutdown that prompted a bizarre domino effect that toppled 100 more. But it was also . . . a strangely nice experience. This was the main news story produced by reporters in a darkened newsroom and first published in the Aug. 15, 2003 print editions of The London Free Press Read More
LFP Archives: Reflecting on Ontario’s really big blackout, 20 years later
