ARVA – Tar spot can be a big black hole for potential corn yields, in the neighbourhood of 60 bushels per acre. Read More
The booming London area will lead Southwestern Ontario in population growth over the next 25 years with an expected increase of more than 50 per cent, the latest snapshot from Queen's Park projects. Read More
The attached graphic is an interactive map showing oil and gas wells in Ontario, located at geohub.lio.gov.on.ca. If you run your cursor over the various pins, it will give more details about each well. But don’t bother. Read More
A weather watcher who monitors severe storms on Lake Erie is sounding the alarm on what he says is shaping up to be a potentially destructive year ahead on the lake that laps Southwestern Ontario. Read More
The owner fears animals that were part of the festivities at a Pride event in London may have been poisoned – with two dying and a third showing symptoms, according to Little Hobby Hill Farm, whose owner told CBC they were sent a threatening email before the event, warning against
How many times over the past year have Canadian politicians, while doling out billions for new automotive battery and vehicle plants, declared that "the future is electric" or something similar? Read More
As the only deepwater port on the east shore of Lake Huron, the Port of Goderich has been called the gateway to Southwestern Ontario. Read More
From Leamington to Port Dover, thousands of people gathered to watch Monday's total solar eclipse under sunny skies that began to darken in the mid-afternoon when the sun moved directly behind the moon. Photographers from The London Free Press and our sister papers fanned out to catch the awe and excitement. Read More
London Free Press journalists and our Postmedia colleagues across Southwestern Ontario have ventured into the darkness (or soon-to-be darkness) as a total solar eclipse gets set to darken skies for roughly two hours Monday afternoon. Follow along for live updates of the celestial event: Read More
Classes cancelled, a state of emergency declared, power grid preparations and hand-wringing about crowds. It’s all eyes on April 8, with the countdown on to a rare total solar eclipse whose path of totality will skirt Southwestern Ontario. Momentous, but lasting mere minutes at its height, it promises a collision of science and hype. Our Jennifer Bieman reports. Read More
A total solar eclipse of the sun will make the sky go dark over Southwestern Ontario, and far beyond, for a few minutes on April 8. Preparations are underway for the mid-afternoon phenomenon, including the Thames Valley and London Catholic school boards rescheduling a professional activity day to that Monday, so kids will be home when the suns disappears. Our Beatriz Baleeiro looks up – way up – to find everything you need to know about the looming eclipse Read More