Posts by Rob Perry

A large crowd of People’s Party of Canada supporters rallied in Aylmer’s Steen Park on Wednesday night, Sept. 15, prior to the federal election in Elgin-Middlesex-London riding on Monday, Sept. 20. Leader Maxime Bernier and local candidate Chelsea Hillier were among the speakers. (AE/Rob Perry)

Southwestern Public Health was reporting 10 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford on Wednesday, Sept. 15, up from six new cases on Tuesday. The number of ongoing cases being tracked by the health unit rose to 60 Wednesday from 50 Tuesday. Out of those cases, 63.3 percent involve individuals 39…

The body of Daniel Sosa-Zerebecka, 25, of St. Catharines, a swimmer missing from Port Burwell Provincial Park beach since Saturday, Sept. 11, was found by searchers on the Lake Erie shoreline 13 kilometres east of there on Monday, Sept. 13, at 12 noon. Ontario Provincial Police Acting Sergeant Ed Sanchuk said members of the OPP’s…

The Town of Aylmer issued a brief statement Monday, Sept. 13, warning that residents might experience “slight discolouration and/or odour in their tap water.” Other municipalities with public water distribution systems have done the same, blaming the violent storm that went through the area on Sunday night churning up Lake Erie in the area where…

Southwestern Public Health was reporting from the weekend 28 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford on Monday, Sept. 13, or an average of just over seven a day. Seven new cases had also been confirmed on Friday. The number of ongoing cases being tracked by the health unit stood at…

Thames Valley District School Board announced Monday morning, Sept. 13, that the following elementary schools were closed for the day because of power outages: Port Burwell Public School; Springfield Public School; and Straffordville Public School. A severe thunderstorm swept through Elgin, St. Thomas and much of Southwestern Ontario late Sunday night.  

Ontario Provincial Police, Bayham Fire and Rescue Services and Norfolk County paramedics are searching for a swimmer missing off the beach at Port Burwell Provincial Park. Acting OPP Sergeant Ed Sanchuck reported that on Saturday, Sept. 11, at about 1:49 p.m., emergency services were called in for a report of a missing swimmer and three…