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Southwestern Public Health was reporting three confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Aylmer and area on Tuesday morning, Oct. 20, up by one from the previous day. St. Thomas and area remained steady at three cases, and West Elgin at one. In Oxford County, Tillsonburg and area dropped from four cases to two, but a new…

Three new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed by testing in the Southwestern Public Health region on Monday morning, Oct. 19, including one in Aylmer and area, one in Woodstock and area and one in Ingersoll and area. Currently, the health unit is monitoring a total of three cases in St. Thomas and area, two in…

Southwestern Public Health was reporting 15 confirmed ongoing cases of COVID-19 in Elgin, St. Thomas and Woodstock on Saturday, Oct. 17. That number included two new cases in St. Thomas and area for a total of three, and one new case in Norwich and area for a total of two. The number of cases in…

Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced Friday afternoon, Oct. 16, that given an alarming increase in the number of COVID-19 cases, York Region, home to more than a million residents, would be rolled back to a “modified” Phase 2 status, forcing some businesses to close. He said the region would remain in the partial lockdown for…

Southwestern Public Health was reporting tracking 13 ongoing confirmed cases of COVID-19 in its region, including one new case each in West Elgin and Woodstock and area, on Friday, Oct. 16. The number of cases in St. Thomas and area dropped to one from two. Other communities remained unchanged from Thursday, including Aylmer and area…

St. Thomas Police are asking the public’s help to find Trystin Mulhern, 13, who was reported missing on Friday morning, Oct. 16. He was last seen Wednesday around 9 a.m., and spoken to by telephone around 2 p.m. that day. He has ties to the London area. Anyone seeing Trystin is asked to contact St.…

Southwestern Public Health was reporting a new confirmed case of COVID-19 in Tillsonburg on Wednesday, Oct. 14. St. Thomas and area has two cases, Ingersoll two and East Zorra-Tavistock one. Across Ontario, 721 new confirmed cases were reported, most in in the pandemic “hot spots”, Toronto, Ottawa and Peel.

Thames Valley District School Board trustees will learn at their meeting Tuesday night, Oct. 13, that the Ontario government has approved capital funding for a new elementary school in Belmont. A report from Associate Director Jeff Pratt said the Belmont school was the only TVDSB “capital priority” approved by the province. TVDSB had also asked…