Port Stanley News

February 9, 2012: We note, with deep regret, the untimely passing of Stan Speers, who served as reeve of the village of Port stanley for two terms and later as a councillor.

St. Thomas native Meaghan Smith, Juno winning 2011 new artist of the year, joins Orchestra London for a Serenade Brunch musical valentine Feb.

ROBERT CHAULK Central Elgin's parking lot on the south side of Edith Cavell Boulevard at Main Beach in Port Stanley is one of two public lots in the village where the municipality has approved paid parking.

The map contains rider-approved motorcycle routes along Ontario's south coast. The destinations range from the Friday the 13th hot spot Port Dover, to Port Stanley all the way to Hamilton and Niagara.

The hope of thousands of slaves for whom Canada was the promised land, will echo in words and song on Saturday in Aylmer.

"Crazy...I'm crazy for feeling so lonely...I'm crazy...crazy for feeling so blue..." Most fans of country music can easily recall these famous lyrics sung by the legendary Patsy Cline in her signature hit "Crazy", written by Willie Nelson and released in October 1961.

Port Stanley harbor in 2004. A beach, shops, lodging, fishing and restaurants are part of the economy of this Canadian town, where officials favor tourism over trucks delivered by a ferry from Cleveland.

Two recent Lake Erie ferry articles in media outside the Port Stanley area suggest our newest Central Elgin Council may not be as open and honest with the taxpayers paying the bills as they would have those taxpayers believe.

But a search of oil isn't the reason for the more than 30 holes poked in the portlands so far.

The municipality of Central Elgin recently arrived at an agreement- in-principle with the Cleveland Port Authority to launch a two-year pilot program beginning in 2013.

Signing it as if it were written by his dog, a local dog owner wrote a letter to Central Elgin Council requesting a "dog friendly area" in Port Stanley, noting that currently the berm "is the only dog friendly area in which to run me in town where we won't get into potential trouble with the scary dog catcher officer." 1. Dog Friendly Area: Email ... (more)

Port officials in Cleveland say they're talking with their counterparts in Canada about the idea of passenger ferry service across Lake Erie, possibly next year.

Control of the $500-million system that supplies drinking water to 500,000 people who live in the London region is about to return to the Ontario Clean Water Agency .

The Elgin Military Museum is very pleased to announce the appointment of Rear Admiral Dan McNeil to the position of Project Coordinator for Project Ojibwa.

At their meeting of January 16, 2012 Central Elgin Council approved the expenditure of $114,356.00 for 23 new, decorative street lights on Main and Bridge Streets in Port Stanley, to be installed in the early spring.