Elgin County, for the first time in months, has no ongoing cases of COVID-19 being tracked by Southwestern Public Health as of Tuesday, June 29. The health unit did report four new confirmed cases Tuesday, up slightly from an average of just under four a day during the weekend. Currently, 15 ongoing cases of COVID-19…
Southwestern Public Health on Monday, June 28, was reporting 11 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 from the weekend, or just under four a day, compared to two on Friday, June 25. The number of ongoing cases being tracked by the health unit in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford dropped slightly, though, to 24 Monday from…
Southwestern Public Health was reporting two new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Friday, June 25, the same number as the previous day. The number of ongoing cases being tracked by the health unit across Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford decreased to 25 Friday from 29 Thursday. St. Thomas and area dropped to seven ongoing cases…
The Klassen family, father Cornelius, mother Helena and their children still living at home, Jake, Felipe, Jose, Samuel and Priscilla, the youngest and just turning 16, lost everything they owned when their Malahide home was destroyed by fire on Monday, June 21. While insured against fire, the family is scattered among several homes of friends…
The reopening of the King George VI lift bridge in Port Stanley, originally scheduled for May and then pushed back to Friday, June 25, has been delayed for another two weeks. In a statement, Elgin County, which owned the bridge, reported, “Recent commissioning and testing activities have identified adjustments and refinements that must be…
Southwestern Public Health and Middlesex-London Health Unit jointly announced Thursday, June 24, that anyone 18 and older who had received afirst dose of an mRNA vaccine, either Pfizer or Moderna, on or before May 30 could now rebook appointments for a second, booster shot to an earlier date. Southwestern Medical Officer of Health Dr. Joyce…
The Ontario government in a statement announced Thursday, June 24, that the province would move to Step 2 of its “Roadmap to Re-open” plan effective Wednesday, June 30, two days earlier than previously scheduled. Premier Doug Ford said, “Because of the tireless work of our health care heroes, and the record setting success of our…
Southwestern Public Health was reporting two new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford on Thursday, June 24, down from four on Wednesday. The number of ongoing cases also dropped, to 29 from 32. Ongoing cases in St. Thomas and area dipped to 10 Thursday from 11 Wednesday, while Aylmer and area,…
Elgin Ontario Provincial Police are reporting that Richard Tobola, 62, of Malahide died suddenly after a mishap involving a backhoe in a wooded area on the north side of Nova Scotia Line between Richmond Road and Carter Road on Wednesday, June 23, just after 11 a.m. OPP, Malahide firefighters and Elgin County paramedics rushed to…
Southwestern Public Health reported four new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford on Wednesday, June 23, up from two the previous day. The number of ongoing cases being tracked by the health unit stands at 32, up from 30 the previous day. Southwestern also disclosed that to date, five cases involving…
Southwestern Public Health reported two new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford on Tuesday, June 22. On Monday, the health unit had announced 11 new cases from over the weekend, or an average of just under four a day. The number of ongoing cases being tracked by the health unit remained…
St. Thomas Police are asking the public’s health in finding Jeffrey Wardle, 43, of St. Thomas, who was last seen at the family resident in the southeast corner of the city on Sunday night, June 19. He might be wearing jeans, a T-shirt and black running shoes. He has short red hair, and is clean-shaven…