One of Ontario’s largest working farms for sale has hit the market just outside London for $72.1 million, only to be met with a chilly response from potential buyers due to tariff threats on agriculture exports to the U.S. The 930-hectare (2,300-acre) farm is located about 1.5 kilometres from Lake Erie in Malahide Townshp and […]
A small community just east of London is in a position to pay off a Cold War-era submarine, a bad debt that’s hung over it for a decade, its top administrative official says. The Municipality of Bayham, which sits on the shore of Lake Erie in Elgin County and has 7,000 residents, was saddled with […]
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PORT BURWELL – A Cold War-era submarine in a Southwestern Ontario village is sinking efforts, for now at least, to restore one of the oldest lighthouses on Lake Erie’s north shore. Port Burwell is home to both the HMCS Ojibwa, a museum-piece submarine tourists can visit, and to the historic
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With parts of the Lake Erie coast eroding at a pace of four metres or more a year – some of the highest rates in the Great Lakes – one group is appealing for federal funding to fight it. Read More
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Despite skyrocketing enrolment at some schools in the London area, one in a Lake Erie village has so few pupils – now 105 – a plan is in place to keep its Grade 6 kids for two more years to help offset falling enrolment. Read More
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Dozens braved the chilly weather to plunge into Lake Erie during Port Burwell's Polar Bear Swim on New Year's Day. Photos by LFP's Derek Ruttan Read More
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Whether residents of Port Burwell are for or against it, including local politicians, plans for beachfront townhouse condos have been given the go-ahead by a provincial development watchdog. Read More
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A “contentious eviction” in Bayham Township on Thursday drew a huge police presence including an armoured truck to the Lake Erie village of Port Burwell in Elgin County. Read More
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A boozy golf cart ride in the wee hours of the morning has resulted in charges for one Tillsonburg person. Read More
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Work has begun to increase the stability of Port Burwell's 1840-vintage wooden lighthouse – the oldest on Lake Erie’s north shore – that is at risk of toppling over. Read More