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Thames Valley District School Board reported its third confirmed case of COVID-19 at an elementary school in two days on Tuesday, Oct. 13, this time at Northdale Central Public School in Dorchester. The school will remain open and buses will continue to operate. Middlesex-London Health Unit is investigating the new case, identifying the infected person’s…

Hard on the heels of the Thames Valley District School Board confirming a second case at a London elementary school, it’s now reporting a COVID-19 infection at Mary Wright Public School in Strathroy. The board on Monday afternoon, Oct. 12, stated the school would remain open, and continue to be served by school buses. Middlesex-London…

Thames Valley District School Board announced a second positive case of COVID-19 has been identified at Sir Arthur Currie Public School in London by the Middlesex-London Health Unit on Monday, Oct. 12. The second case of COVID-19 was linked to the first case and as a result the health unit has declared an outbreak in order…

Southwestern Public Health confirmed three new cases of COVID-19 in Oxford County on Monday, Oct. 12, two in Ingersoll and one in East Zorra-Tavistock. St. Thomas and area has one ongoing case, as does Central Elgin.  

Southwestern Public Health was reporting a new confirmed case of COVID-19 in St. Thomas and area on Sunday, Oct. 11. The only other ongoing case in the Southwestern region of Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford is in Central Elgin. On the same day, 649 new cases were being reported across Ontario.

Southwestern Public Health was reporting one ongoing confirmed case of COVID-19 in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford on Friday, Oct. 9, that being a recently-diagnosed one in Central Elgin. Ontario reported a record-high 939 new cases for the day on Oct. 9.    

Southwestern Public Health was reporting just two ongoing confirmed cases of COVID-19 being tracked within its region on Thursday, Oct. 8, one in St. Thomas and area and one in Central Elgin. Two other cases in St. Thomas and area were dropped from the ongoing list overnight. No other cases are being reported elsewhere in…

Elgin Ontario Provincial Police announced Thursday morning, Oct. 8, that the body of Michael Renton, 62, had been found on the shore of Lake Erie eight kilometres east of Port Bruce. Mr. Renton had been reported missing after failing to return from a late-night walk on Tuesday night, Oct. 6. His body was found Wednesday…

The Elgin Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are searching for a 62-year-old male who went missing in Port Bruce on Tuesday, Oct. 6. Michael Renton was last seen leaving his residence for a walk and a smoke at around 10 p.m. last night, said OPP Constable Troy Carlson. When he did not return, his family became…

Southwestern Public Health was reporting a new confirmed case of COVID-19 in Central Elgin on Wednesday, Oct. 7. The number of cases in St. Thomas and area dropped overnight from five to three. Thames Valley District School Board also announced Oct. 7 that a case of COVID-19 had been discovered at Saunders Secondary School in…