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Spring storm topples trees, knocks out power to thousands in London
A spring storm blew across London Tuesday, toppling trees and leaving nearly 12,000 homes and businesses without power. The late-afternoon storm brought rain, hail and powerful winds gusts of nearly 70 km/h that lasted for about an hour before the sunshine returned around 5 p.m. “For a quick storm, there was quite a bit of […]
One taken to hospital after London apartment blaze
One person was taken to hospital following a blaze in a London apartment on Tuesday. The fire broke out in a second-floor unit of a building near the intersection of Hamilton Road and Adelaide Street east of the city’s core, London Fire Department officials wrote on social media at 3 p.m. on Tuesday. Fire prevention […]
Stolen car crashed after driving through school yard as kids played: Police
A London man is charged after police say a stolen vehicle was driven through a school yard while children were playing nearby.
Cornies: After 50 years, Canada still hasn’t fully embraced the metric system
When their flip-clock radios woke them on April Fools’ Day 50 years ago, many Canadians might have thought they’d entered an alternate universe.
Winds the latest threat to maintaining power in parts of Grey-Bruce
More than 3,500 Grey-Bruce customers without power in Grey-Bruce