Southwestern Public Health announced late Friday, June 4, how residents 80 and over in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford would be able to move up their appointments for their second doses of COVID-19 vaccine. The provincial government recently announced that most Ontarians wouldn’t necessarily have to wait a full four months before getting their booster…
Southwestern Public Health reported four new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford on Friday, June 4, the same number as the previous day. The number of ongoing cases in the region being tracked by the health unit continues to inch downward, declining to 42 on Friday from 43 Thursday. The number…
Aylmer Police Chief Zvonko Horvat reported on Thursday, June 3, that charges had again been laid against the Church of God Restoration in Aylmer for holding an outdoor service, ignoring COVID-19 emergency orders forbidding such gatherings, on Sunday, May 30. An Aylmer man, 57, and a Stirling man, 36, were also charged with failing to…
Southwestern Public Health reported that four new cases of COVID-19 had been confirmed in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford on Thursday, June 3, up slightly from three the previous day. The health unit is now tracking 43 ongoing cases, down from 48 Wednesday. West Elgin increased to two ongoing cases Thursday from one on Wednesday,…
Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced Wednesday, June 2, that all elementary and secondary schools in Ontario would remain closed to in-person learning until September. He also encouraged all those schools to organize outdoor graduations for all of their students, not just those in Grades 8 and 12 as usual in the past, now that the…
While the number of new and ongoing confirmed cases of COVID-19 wanes in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford, the virus-linked deaths of two Oxford women in their 70s announced by Southwestern Public Health on Wednesday, June 2, serves as a grim reminder of the ongoing dangers of the pandemic. Those deaths bring the total so…
Southwestern Public Health was reporting only four new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford on Tuesday, June 1. Over the weekend, the average was just under nine a day. Ongoing cases being tracked by the health unit dropped to 49 Tuesday from 52 Monday, and none of them were in Aylmer…
Southwestern Public Health, reacting to the Ontario government’s announcement it would speed up the process of received a second, booster COVID-19 vaccination to less than the four months originally expected, said a system to re-book second appointments would be ready to go on June 7. Currently, those 80 and older are eligible to book earlier…
Southwestern Public Health on Monday, May 31, reported 26 new cases of COVID-19 had been confirmed in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford over the weekend, or an average of just under nine a day. The number of ongoing cases being tracked by the health unit dropped to 52 Monday from 62 Friday. Ongoing cases in…
Justice Bruce Thomas in St. Thomas Superior Court of Justice Monday morning, May 31, fined the Church of God (Restoration) Aylmer, Pastor Henry Hildebrandt, and Assistant Pastor Peter Wall a combined $66,000 for continued breach of a court order to follow gathering limits under the Reopening Ontario Act. The hearing was in response to the…
High-risk healthcare workers at St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital will be able to get their second dose of COVID-19 vaccine right at STEGH. The hospital on Monday, May 31, announced a partnership with Southwestern Public Health for a four-day clinic to get STEGH workers their booster vaccinations. The on-site clinic would be the first of…
Malahide Township announced Monday morning, May 31, that Adam Betteridge, the municipality’s director of development services for the last year-and-a-half, will become chief administrative officer as of June 28. He is replacing Michelle Casavecchia-Somers, who is retiring. Mr. Betteridge, a graduate of University of Waterloo with a Bachelor of Environmental Studies (Honours, Planning) degree, is…