A total of 927 new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed across Ontario on Friday, Nov. 26, the highest daily number since early September. Southwestern Public Health on Friday reported 24 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford, down from 34 Thursday. However, the number of ongoing cases being tracked by the…
Thames Valley District School Board announced Friday, Nov. 25, that Port Burwell Public School, closed to in-person learning since Friday, Nov. 19, after eight cases of COVID-19 were confirmed there, would re-open on Thursday, Dec. 2. That’s three days later than the original announced date of Monday, Nov. 29. No additional cases have been confirmed…
Southwestern Public Health on Thursday, Nov. 25, reported 34 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford, up from 22 the previous day. The number of ongoing cases being tracked by the health unit also rose, to 178 from 165 Wednesday. SWPH is reporting 13 area residents are hospitalized with COVID-19, three…
Two men and one woman, all from St. Thomas, have been charged in connection with recent armed robberies in that city and in Sparta. St. Thomas Police Corporate Communications Director Tanya Calvert reported that an investigation by city detectives and Elgin Ontario Provincial Police led to the arrests. The Emergency Response Unit from London Police…
Thames Valley District School Board on Tuesday night, Nov. 23, approved a two-year pilot project for “Low-German Mennonite Focus Schools” to be created at Summers Corners Public School and Straffordville Public School starting in September of 2022. The proposal for the focus schools was presented by Superintendent Tracy Langelaan and System Principal Abe Wall, a…
Southwestern Public Health on Wednesday, Nov. 24, announced that one additional confirmed case of COVI-19 involving a staff member had been added to the outbreak at Aylmer Retirement Residence in Aylmer. Previously, eight residents and one other staff member had been confirmed as having the virus. The health unit reported 22 new confirmed cases Wednesday…
Southwestern Public Health reported the death attributed to COVID-19 of an Elgin man in his 60s on Tuesday, Nov. 23. The death of another Elgin man, in his 80s, had been announced on Monday. SWPH recorded 31 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford on Tuesday morning, up from an average…
Southwestern Public Health announced Monday, Nov. 22, that appointments for children 5 through 11 years old at mass immunization clinics for COVID-19 vaccinations could be booked starting on Tuesday, Nov. 23, at 8 a.m. Appointments were required, the health unit noted. The number available this week would be limited this week due to vaccine shipping…
Southwestern Public Health announced on Monday, Nov. 22, that a 96th resident of the Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford region had died as a result of COVID-19 since the pandemic began, an Eglin County man in his 80s. The health unit also reported 71 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 from the weekend, or an average…
Elgin County announced Sunday, Nov. 21, that a single confirmed case of COVID-19 had been found in a staff member at its Terrace Lodge long-term care home in Malahide, just east of Aylmer that morning. This placed the home into a “suspected outbreak” under provincial guidelines, the county stated. “County staff are working closely with…
Elgin Ontario Provincial Police have identified the driver who died in a two-vehicle crash on Ron McNeil Line near Highbury Avenue on Thursday, Nov. 18, as Olivia Vaseleniuck. Constable Norm Kelso said the crash took place at about 8:45 a.m. in Central Elgin. An eastbound vehicle and a westbound one collided, and both drivers were…
Southwestern Public Health on Friday, Nov. 19, was reporting an outbreak of COVID-19 at Aylmer Retirement Residence on Talbot Street East. Seven residents and one staff member had confirmed cases of the virus, the health unit stated. SWPH also recorded 38 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 across Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford Friday morning, more…