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Two dead after crash on Richmond Road
Two persons died and a third was seriously injured after a pickup truck left Richmond Road, entered a ditch and rolled over several times, ejecting the driver and a passenger, on Saturday, Oct. 9, about 8:53 p.m. Ontario Provincial Police Acting Sergeant Ed Sanchuk, in a statement, said that speed, alcohol and lack of use…
Read MoreSouthwestern COVID-19 cases continue gradual rise
Southwestern Public Health was reporting 16 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford on Friday, Oct. 8, up from 11 new cases the previous day. The number of ongoing cases being tracked by the health unit also rose, to 84 Friday from 79 Thursday. A quarter of the cases involve residents…
Read MoreJessie Reimer, 28, dies from crash injuries
Elgin Ontario Provincial Police reported on Thursday, Oct. 7, that Jessie Reimer, 28, of Brownsville had died of injuries she sustained during a crash involving her sports-utility vehicle and a grain truck on Lyons Line on Thursday, Sept. 30. The westbound SUV had been westbound on Lyons Line and struck the rear of the grain…
Read MoreAylmer man, 75, dies of COVID-19
Southwestern Public Health reported the death of an Aylmer man, 75, related to COVID-19 on Tuesday morning, Oct. 5. He is the 87th resident of Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford area to die so far in the pandemic. The region has seen a surge of confirmed cases in the last week. The number of ongoing…
Read MoreAylmer and area now at 22 cases
The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Aylmer and area increased to 22 on Monday, Oct. 4, from 10 on Friday, Oct. 1. That’s the biggest increase of any municipality in the Southwestern Public Health region of Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford. The health unit on Monday was tracking 71 ongoing COVID-19 cases, up…
Read MoreSome Westminster Central pupils to be shifted to South Dorchester Public School
Middlesex Trustee Sean Hunt warned, “We must not make these mistakes again,” after Thames Valley District School Board on Tuesday, Sept. 28, approved sending some pupils from Westminster Central Public School, which will be closed as of September of 2022, to South Dorchester Public School. The original plan had been to close both Westminster Central…
Read MoreConfirmed outbreak at Elgin Manor
Elgin Manor long-term care home, with the confirmation of two more cases of COVID-19, in addition to one discovered Friday, is now in a “confirmed outbreak,” Elgin County announced Sunday afternoon, Oct. 3. The first case on Friday involved a resident. The Sunday cases involve another resident and one staff member. All other residents and…
Read More“Suspected” outbreak at Elgin Manor
Elgin County announced on Friday afternoon, Oct. 1, that a single case of COVID-19 had been confirmed involving a resident at Elgin Manor long-term care home in Southwold that morning. The resident had been moved into isolation, and so far no other residents or staff had tested positive, the county continued. With one positive case,…
Read MoreNow 10 cases in Aylmer and area
The number of ongoing confirmed COVID-19 cases in Aylmer and area increased to 10 Friday, Oct. 1, from six on Wednesday, Sept. 29, Southwestern Public Health reported on Friday, Oct. 1. (The health unit took Thursday off for National Truth and Reconciliation Day.) Across the Southwestern region of Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford, 21 new…
Read MoreMotorist, infant seriously hurt in SUV-grain truck collision
The driver of a sports utility vehicle and an infant passenger were taken by ambulance to hospital to be treated for what Ontario Provincial Police described as serious, life-threatening injuries after a crash also involving a grain truck on Lyons Line between Imperial Road and Dorchester Road on Thursday, Sept. 30, at about 6:40 p.m.…
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