Tag: environment canada
London heat wave: All you need to know about the early summer sizzler
Here’s what you need to know about the London region’s sweltering weather.
Hot days (and nights) loom for London area amid expected heat wave
Friday marked the official start of summer and it’s arriving with several days of hot, humid weather across the London region.
Two schools closed after heavy rains hammer London region
Power outages caused by overnight storms closed two Elgin County elementary schools on Thursday. Straffordville public school and Port Burwell public school were closed, officials with the Thames Valley District school board announced early Thursday. Their on-site EarlyON Centres, child care centres and before and after school programs were not operating at those sites for […]
Officials issue warning over air quality in Elgin, Oxford counties
After far-off wildfires drove air quality in the region into high-risk territory last week, a Southwestern Ontario health unit has extended a special air quality statement.
Impaired driving charge laid following car-train collision: Police
A Cambridge resident faces charges, including of operating a vehicle while impaired, following a weekend car-train collision in Oxford County, police say. The Saturday morning collision occurred about 5:30 a.m. in Blandford-Blenheim, a largely rural township northeast of Woodstock, Ontario Provincial Police said. Police said a 38-year-old had minor injuries from the collision and was […]