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London District Catholic School Board on Friday, Nov. 13, announced a case of COVID-19 had been confirmed at Assumption Catholic School in Aylmer. The board said parents, guardians and staff in the Assumption community had been notified , and the school would remain open. Buses will also continue to operate. Southwestern Public Health was investigating…

Elgin County Ontario Provincial Police are investigating the suspicious death of a German Shepherd dog found by an area hunter. The dog’s body was found on Friday, Nov. 13, at 9:20 a.m., seemingly shot with a .22-calibre round, just off the parking lot at Calton Swamp, 7698 Carter Road, in Malahide. It appeared to be…

Southwestern Public Health announced late Friday afternoon that, under provincial guidelines, this region, which includes Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford, would be moved from the “green-prevent” tier to the “yellow-protect tier” under a new Ontario colour-coded pandemic restrictions system effective Monday, Nov. 16. The region currently had an incident rate of confirmed cases of COVID-19…

Two persons were sent to hospital in London, one by air ambulance, following a bad crash involving three vehicles at Imperial Road and Ron McNeil Line on Thursday, Nov. 12, at about 10:20 p.m. Malahide Fire Chief Brent Smith said firefighters from stations in Lyons and Springfield were dispatched to the scene at 10:24 p.m.,…

Thames Valley District School Board announced Thursday night, Nov. 12, that a “presumptive case” of COVID-19 at Straffordville Public School has been confirmed by medical testing. The school board said that staff as well as parents and guardians of all Straffordville pupils had been notified. The school will remain open and buses will continue to…

The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Oxford took a sharp swing upward on Thursday, Nov. 12, Southwestern Public Health reported. Locally, the number of ongoing cases in Aylmer and area dropped to four from five, while St. Thomas and area continued to have one. But in Oxford, cases increased almost across the board,…

Southwestern Public Health was tracking five confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Aylmer and area on Wednesday, Nov. 11, up from two the previous day. A new case also appeared in St. Thomas and area. Bayham, which had dropped to four cases on Tuesday from 32, went to zero, but a “presumptive” case has been diagnosed…

From The Royal Canadian Legion OTTAWA – The Remembrance Day Ceremony has played a major role in Remembrance since 1931. Every year, at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, we gather in memorial parks, community halls, workplaces, schools and homes to stand in honour of all who have fallen. The…