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In 1879, the 60-foot steam tug “Prince Alfred” arrived in Wiarton to replace the “O’Koura” which had burned on Colpoys Bay the previous summer. Owner Andrew Port offered travellers a daily, one-way passage from Wiarton to Owen Sound for 75 cents. The winter of 1879-80 was unusually mild and the



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Get ready for a wild bit of weather to kick off the work week. London and the surrounding area was under an Environment Canada wind warning on Monday, with winds expected to gust from 70 to 90 kilometres/hour all day and into Tuesday, according to the national weather agency. There



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Whipping winds with the potential to knock out power are expected to lash the London region on Friday. Environment Canada has issued a weather warning for London and the surrounding area, warning that wind gusts of between 70 and 90 kilometres/hour are expected by the afternoon. The wild winds were



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This is the third week of January and it will feel exactly like that in London, according to Environment Canada. Frigid temperatures were set to continue on Monday and Tuesday, the national weather agency said, though London was fortunate enough to be missed by a blizzard headed for regions just