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Fishers, often colloquially called “fisher cats,” are fascinating but misunderstood creatures. They belong to the weasel family (Mustelidae) and are known for their agility, hunting prowess, and important ecological role. … Continued

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Heeman's popular pick-your-own program has been nixed for the season mere days after having started.

There’s no shortage of events planned this weekend and on Canada Day in Owen Sound and Grey-Bruce. Canada Day itself is on a Tuesday this year, with the statutory holiday and all the associated closures observed then. However, there’s plenty to do in the region over the weekend and on the birthday of Canada’s confederation. […]

Toyota will assemble electric batteries at its Ontario plants, adding to the concentration of electric vehicle investment in Southwestern Ontario.

It was scorching. It was boiling. But it wasn't quite record-setting.

A stretch of Highway 402 was closed Sunday because of extreme heat affecting the pavement.

A six-year-old boy was rescued from Lake Huron after drifting away from shore on what Ontario Provincial Police described as an “inflatable ring.” The child, who police said was wearing a “personal floatation device,” drifted from shore near Black’s Point Beach, south of Goderich, on Monday just after noon, police said. The boy was located […]

Here’s what you need to know about the London region's sweltering weather.

Provincial police closed a Southwestern Ontario beach after a swimmer went missing in Lake Erie over the weekend. Emergency crews were called Sunday shortly after 3 p.m. to Port Burwell beach for a report of two swimmers in distress, Elgin OPP said. One swimmer was pulled to safety and taken to hospital with non-life threatening […]

Friday marked the official start of summer and it’s arriving with several days of hot, humid weather across the London region.

One person is dead after a two-vehicle collision north of Exeter, police said.

A Southwestern Ontario public health unit at the epicentre of a provincewide measles outbreak has reported the fewest new weekly cases in months. The four new measles cases reported by Southwestern Public Health – the health unit for Oxford and Elgin counties, Woodstock and St. Thomas – between June 12 and 19, mark the lowest […]