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
One of Canada's richest farm belts, whose land and climate make it able to produce almost anything that grows in Canada, Southwestern Ontario is also fertile ground for rising farmland prices. Brian Williams reports on how the region stacks up in the latest farmland value report by lender Farm Credit Canada. Read More