Posts by Rob Perry
Assault with a weapon charged
One person has been taken to hospital with serious injuries after an incident at a home on Talbot Line east of Rogers Road in Malahide on Thursday, May 28, at 6:23 p.m. Constable Troy Carlson of Elgin Ontario Provincial Police said a Malahide man, 23, has been charged with assault with a weapon and uttering…
Read MoreNo confirmed COVID-19 cases in Elgin County
Elgin County is currently free of COVID-19 cases confirmed by medical testing, Southwestern Public Health was reporting Thursday morning, May 28. St. Thomas still has one confirmed case, and Oxford County, the other part of Southwestern Public Health’s region, eight. Southwestern noted that of the 73 confirmed cases so far this year in its area,…
Read MorePort Stanley Festival Theatre cancels summer season
Port Stanley Festival Theatre announced Tuesday morning, May 26, it was cancelling its 2020 summer season. The theatre noted that it had been providing summer shows for over 40 years. “For the longest time we have clung to the possibility that we would be able to present some kind of partial programming to patrons in…
Read MoreNo Aylmer Fair this year
Aylmer and East Elgin Agricultural Society President Randy Laur announced Monday, May 25, that the annual Aylmer Fair would not be held this year. He said that complications created by the COVID-19 pandemic had made holding a fair untenable. However, he added, board members were already starting to plan for the 175th edition of the…
Read MoreCOVID-19: Staff outbreak at Ingersoll long-term care home
Seven workers at Secord Trails Care Community, a long-term care home in Ingersoll, have tested positive for COVID-19, Southwestern Public Health reported on Friday morning, May 22. A single case had been confirmed in a health-care worker on Monday, May 18. Six additional workers have since tested positive. The employees hold a variety of positions…
Read MoreNew COVID-19 case in Tillsonburg
A second new confirmed case of COVID-19 has popped up in Oxford, this time in Tillsonburg, Southwestern Public Health reported on Thursday morning, May 21. Earlier in the week, another new case had appeared in Ingersoll, identified as a staff member at a retirement home. All residents and staff there are now being tested. The…
Read MoreDrive-in services get provincial blessing
Aylmer Church of God issued a statement on Saturday, May 16, praising the Ontario government for amending COVID-19 emergency regulations to allow drive-in religious services. The church has been holding such services for several weeks, in what appeared to be a contravention of those regulations. No charges have been laid though, and the church launched…
Read MoreOnly two confirmed cases still ongoing in Elgin and St. Thomas
Southwestern Public Health on Friday morning, May 15, was reporting only two ongoing cases of COVID-19 in Elgin and St. Thomas. One is in Malahide Township and the other in St. Thomas. Oxford County, the other part of Southwestern’s region, was also reporting just two cases, both in Woodstock. So far during the pandemic, a…
Read MoreFatal crash on Wellington Road
Elgin Ontario Provincial Police are reporting a fatal crash occurred on Wellington Road in Central Elgin on Thursday, May 14, about 4:45 p.m. A two-vehicle collision took place on Wellington north of Ron McNeil Line. A southbound car crossed the centre line and struck a northbound pickup truck, OPP reported. The car driver had no…
Read MoreMany businesses to re-open on Tuesday, May 19, marinas, campgrounds and golf courses this Saturday-updated
Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced that private parks, marinas and golf courses could re-open for business on Saturday, May 16, as long as strict distancing requirements continued to be met. Campgrounds can re-open to prepare for the coming season Saturday, but access is limited to campers with full-season rentals for now. He also said that,…
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