Provincial police urged drivers in the London region to stay off the roads as blowing snow created white-out conditions while the largest local hospital prepared for a crush of injured patients Saturday afternoon. OPP in Middlesex, Huron and Perth counties asked drivers to avoid unnecessary travel with flurries and gusting winds sending snow flying across […]
Three days of advance polling in Ontario’s Feb. 27 election open Thursday. Here’s all you need to know if you want to cast your ballot ahead of time. Jonathan Juha reports. THE BIG PICTURE With one week to go in Ontario’s snap election, its first mid-winter vote in 44 years and the first early election […]
It’s been a banner season for Boler Mountain. The London ski hill opened on Dec. 14, a week ahead of schedule, and has been packed ever since, thanks to an unseasonably snowy winter. “Mother Nature has been very kind this year,” said Greg Strauss, a member of Boler’s management team. “It’s been a fantastic season.” […]
London is in the path of a Family Day weekend winter storm that was expected to drop as much as 30 centimetres of snow on the region, Environment Canada says. The national weather agency issued a winter storm warning for London and much of Southwestern Ontario that started Saturday morning and was expected to last […]
More snow. More problems. Despite Wiarton Willie’s assurances earlier this month of a waning winter, the season’s end seems even further away after another dumping of snow overnight Wednesday and into early Thursday morning. All school buses in the region are cancelled. Environment Canada issued a blowing snow advisory for the area Thursday morning. The […]
School buses were cancelled for both major London-area school boards and multiple morning crashes were reported on both Highways 401 and 402 Thursday after an overnight snowstorm swept across the region. Shortly before 6 a.m. Thursday, officials announced on social media that all school vehicles for both the Thames Valley District school board and London […]
The Township of Huron-Kinloss declared a Significant Weather Event as of 3 p.m. today, Feb. 12, in response to a forecasted major winter storm. All roads and sidewalks maintained by the Township will be in a “state of repair” until further notice, according to the Township. According to Environment Canada, snow is expected to be […]
Parts of Southwestern Ontario are losing more than two weeks of sub-zero days each winter due to climate change, a new report says. In London and Middlesex County, there are an average of nine additional above-freezing days each December to February, a trend that may lead to more ice storms and flooding, one renowned climate […]
The London area was placed under a snow squall watch Tuesday amid a winter storm that could dump up to 25 centimetres of snow on the region and plunge it into a deep freeze. Read More
Environment Canada called for freezing rain in London and much of Southwestern Ontario on Sunday. Read More