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EESS grads donate $6,000 in prom money to local charities
Ally Van Velzer, left, Kylie Geurtjens and Mikayla Dunn, on behalf of the 2019-20 graduating class from East Elgin Secondary School, on Friday, Oct. 30, presented donations to Allison DeBlaire of 519 Pursuit for a sock drive for the homeless in London and area, Megan Mattingley of The Inside Ride charity fundraiser at EESS, Ali…
Read MoreChartwell Aylmer staff member recovers
An employee at Chartwell Aylmer long-term care home who had contracted COVID-19 has now recovered, Southwestern Public Health reported on Friday morning, Oct. 30. That reduced the number of ongoing confirmed cases being tracked in Aylmer and area to three from four. Woodstock and area continues to have 12 cases and Tillsonburg and area one.…
Read MoreWoodstock up to a dozen cases
Southwestern Public Health was tracking 12 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Woodstock and area on Thursday morning, Oct. 29. That city has seen a steady increases in cases in recent days. The health unit continues to monitor four ongoing cases in Aylmer and area and one in Tillsonburg and area. One Southwestern-area resident who had…
Read MoreAttempt to derail new Belmont school foiled
An effort by London Trustee Jake Skinner to delay the construction of a new elementary school in Belmont failed at a Thames Valley District School Board meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 27. That paves the way for a property for the school to be purchased and plans for construction to continue. Trustee Skinner’s motion, to resubmit…
Read MoreDown to four cases in Aylmer
Southwestern Public Health reported Monday morning, Oct. 26, that it was tracking four ongoing confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Aylmer and area, down from six the previous day. No other cases were being monitored in the rest of Elgin County or St. Thomas. In Oxford, numbers were unchanged, with eight cases in Woodstock and area,…
Read MoreNew Ontario cases a record high at 1,042
Over 1,000 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 were being reported in Ontario on Sunday, Oct. 25, a record high since the pandemic began. Locally, one case of COVID-19 was confirmed in a staff member at Secord Trails long-term care home in Ingersoll, which earlier this year had an outbreak involving eight staff members, all of…
Read More“Freedom Rally” attracts hundreds; “No one who’s healthy wears a mask” their cry
Hundreds attended a “Freedom Rally” in Aylmer on Saturday afternoon, Oct. 24, describing COVID-19 precautions as fear tactics being used by all levels of government to oppress Canadians. “No one who’s healthy wears a face mask,” they chanted as they paraded through the downtown area, while a few passers-by yelled back, “Get vaccinnated” or “It’s…
Read MoreCases double to six in Aylmer
The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Aylmer and area doubled to six on Saturday, Oct. 24, from three the previous day, Southwestern Public Health reported. St. Thomas and area dipped slightly to two cases from three, and Tillsonburg and area remained at one. Woodstock and area also went down slightly, to five from…
Read MoreCases up in Wodstock
Southwestern Public Health was tracking six confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Woodstock on Friday, Oct. 23, up from four the previous day. Two cases, one in West Elgin and one in South-West Oxford, were resolved overnight. Aylmer remains at three cases, St. Thomas at three, Ingersoll at three, Blandford-Blenheim at one and Tillsonburg at one.…
Read MoreOne area case in intensive care
One person who has a confirmed case of COVID-19 is currently hospitalized in intensive care in the Southwestern Public Health region, as of Thursday morning, Oct. 22. The health unit did not identify who or which hospital was involved. Southwestern is monitoring three ongoing cases of confirmed COVID-19 in Aylmer and area, three in St.…
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