Southwestern Public Health on Monday, June 21, reported 11 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 from Elgin, St. Thomas over the weekend, or an average of just under four a day. The number of ongoing cases being tracked by the health unit now stands at 30, up from 28 on Friday. Ongoing case in St. Thomas…
Southwestern Public Health will switch to the use of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at its mass immunization clinics after receiving word the region’s next shipment of Pfizer would be delayed for two or three days. The health unit, in a statement Sunday afternoon, June 20, said that on Monday, June 21, Pfizer would be offered only…
Elgin-Middlesex-London MPP Jeff Yurek lost his job as Ontario’s Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks in Cabinet shuffle announced by Premier Doug Ford on Friday, June 18. MPP Yurek was replaced by Northumberland-Peterborough MPP Dave Piccini. MPP Yurek, who has been in the Cabinet since July of 2018, was formerly Minister of Natural Resources…
A fire destroyed a home at 57148 Jackson Line in Bayham on Tuesday night, June 15, at about 9:15 p.m. Both occupants got out safely. Bayham Fire Chief Harry Baranik said both fire stations in the municipality rushed to the scene, with 25 firefighters turning out. Malahide Fire Service sent a tanker truck and 10…
The Southwestern Public Health region continues to experience a slow upward creep in the number of ongoing COVID-19 cases being tracked in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford. The health unit reported three new confirmed cases on Friday, June 18, down from four the previous day, but the total number of ongoing cases increased slightly to…
The Church of God (Restoration) Aylmer, pastors Henry Hildebrandt and Peter Wall, and Herbert Hildebrandt were fined a combined $90,500 on Friday morning, June 18 for what was their third contempt hearing in Ontario Superior Court of Justice. Justice Bruce Thomas said the fines were for “past actions” and reflected that the church and its…
A small, homebuilt aircraft crashed in Dutton on Thursday, June 17, about 6:15 p.m., leaving its pilot, 67, with what Elgin Ontario Provincial Police described as “serious life-altering injuries.” OPP Constable Troy Carlson said OPP, Dutton Dunwich Fire Service and Elgin County paramedics were called to the scene, and on arriving found a Rutan Long-EZ…
Southwestern Public Health reported four new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford on Thursday, June 17, down slightly from five the previous day. The number of ongoing cases being tracked by the health unit stood at 27 Thursday, up from 26 Wednesday. Ongoing cases in St. Thomas and area rose to…
Elgin Ontario Provincial Police reported that Drew Danielle Neufeld, 24, of Aylmer died as the result of a single-car crash on Highway 3 just west of Aylmer on Wednesday, June 16, about 9:28 p.m. Constable Troy Carlson said Ms. Neufeld was driving east on Highway 3 when the car she was driving left the road,…
Southwestern Public Health reported five new cases of COVID-19 had been confirmed in St. Thomas, Elgin and Oxford on Wednesday, June 16. That’s down slightly from the six new cases announced Tuesday, but the number of ongoing cases being tracked by the health increased to 26 from 23. The number of ongoing cases rose in…
The Royal Canadian Air Force Snowbirds made two passes over St. Thomas on Tuesday morning, June 15, just before 11 a.m. Efforts had been made to involve them in an aerial salute to essential workers on Saturday, June 12, since they were performing in Windsor and Detroit at the time, but the timing couldn’t be…
The Moderna mRNA vaccine for COVID-19, which Southwestern Public Health had planned to stop using at its mass vaccination clinics because of an expected shortage in supply, is back on the menu along with the Pfizer mRNA vaccine. On Tuesday, June 15, Southwestern in a statement said it had been informed by the Ontario Ministry…