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Aylmer Police found this dog running at large in the area of John Street North last week, and were hoping to reunite it with its owner. The mixed-breed corgi was taken to the Animal Care Centre at 100 Burwell St. in St. Thomas, which reported Monday, July 12, that it had been claimed by its…

Southwestern Public Health was reporting zero new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford on Thursday, July 8, down from four on Wednesday. The number of ongoing cases being tracked by the health also fell, to 16 from 18. St. Thomas and area stayed at four cases and Aylmer and area and…

Southwestern Public Health on Wednesday, July 7, ordered the closure under the Health Protection and Promotion Act of Walnut Manor, a supportive living residence, in St. Thomas “due to the existence of significant health hazards,” including mould, rodent and bed bug infestations and a lack of hot running water. As a result, the health unit…

Southwestern Public Health was reporting four new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Elgin, St. Thomas and Woodstock on Wednesday, July 7, up from three on Tuesday. The health unit is now tracking 18 ongoing cases of the virus in the region, up from 17. St. Thomas and area decreased to four ongoing cases on Wednesday…

Southwestern Public Health was reporting three new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, July 6, compared to four over the weekend. The health unit is now tracking 17 confirmed ongoing cases in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford, up slightly from 16 Monday. St. Thomas and area rose to five cases Tuesday from three on Monday,…

Southwestern Public Health on Monday, July 5, reported that four new cases of COVID-19 had been confirmed over the weekend in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford. The health unit was tracking 16 ongoing cases on Monday, up from 13 on Friday. A new case was discovered in Bayham, while St. Thomas and area stayed at…

Southwestern Public Health has announced that, effective Monday, July 5, anyone 12 through 17 years old who had previously received a first dose of COVID-19 vaccine would become eligible to book an appointment for a second. The health unit, in a statement, said it was “committed to ensuring local youth can be fully vaccinated against…

Southwestern Public Health announced Friday, July 2, that six new cases of COVID-19 had been confirmed in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford over the past two days, compared to just one on Wednesday, June 30. The number of ongoing cases being tracked by the health unit rose to 13 from 11. Cases in St. Thomas…

Southwestern Public Health reported one new confirmed case of COVID-19 in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford on Wednesday, June 29, down from four the previous day. The number of ongoing cases also dropped, to 11 Wednesday from 15 Tuesday. St. Thomas and area remained at five ongoing cases. No ongoing cases are being tracked in…

Elgin County, for the first time in months, has no ongoing cases of COVID-19 being tracked by Southwestern Public Health as of Tuesday, June 29. The health unit did report four new confirmed cases Tuesday, up slightly from an average of just under four a day during the weekend. Currently, 15 ongoing cases of COVID-19…