Where were you that day? Were you driving when the lights went out? Trapped inside an elevator? Camping and completely unaware?
At 4:11 pm on August 14, 2003 approximately 55 million North Americans found themselves without electricity.
The widespread outage stretched across parts of Ontario, Michigan, Ohio, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and New York.
On this episode of the 519 Podcast, we look back at “The Great Northeast Blackout - 20 years later”
A zoning bylaw complaint lodged against the overflow shelter has been addressed following an independent investigation, but Sarnia's mayor would still like to see the site closed soon for the sake of area residents.
A new land lease is being negotiated to ensure a privately owned hangar remains at Sarnia's Chris Hadfield Airport for the next 20 years.
A 22-year-old from Wallaceburg has died after being hit by a vehicle at Walpole Island.
The waterway running beneath the Grand Bend Bridge is closed until October 3.
Sarnia council rejected a call to form a joint working group to identify alternate sites for Indwell's supportive housing project, and a new mural will be installed in the lobby at city hall.
A day ahead of the Bank of Canada policy rate announcement, Statistics Canada reports inflation ticked upwards in August to 1.9 per cent year-over-year.
