St. Thomas Superior Court Justice Bruce Thomas, in an online hearing on Friday morning, May 14, ordered substantial fines for Aylmer Church of God (Restoration), Pastor Henry Hildebrandt and Assistant Pastor Peter Wall. Justice Thomas also ordered the church padlocked until churches were allowed to hold in-person services at no less than 30 percent of…
Elgin County Warden Tom Marks, deputy mayor of Central Elgin, announced on Thursday, May 13, that the expected re-opening of the King George VI Lift Bridge in Port Stanley would be delayed by almost a month to June 25. The original expected completion date was May 31. The bridge has been closed for well over…
Southwestern Public Health announced Thursday, May 13, that some high-risk health-care, long-term care and retirement home workers and emergency medical first responders would be eligible to receive their second COVID-19 vaccine booster shot sooner than originally expected. Starting Friday, those at a heightened risk of being infected by COVID-19 could seek their booster shots sooner…
Dozens of vehicles were parked at Aylmer Church of God on Thursday morning, May 13, while at the same time in St. Thomas Superior Court of Justice, lawyers for the church and the province were arguing whether the church should be fined and its doors locked for last week being found in contempt for holding…
Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced Thursday, May 13, that the province-wide COVID-19 shutdown would be extended by at least two weeks. It will now end by June 2 at the earliest. “We’ve made some extremely hard choices in order to protect the hospitals. We’ve all made great sacrifices to stop the rampant spread of COVID-19…
Southwestern Public Health announced Thursday, May 13, the COVID-19-related death of an Oxford woman in her 90s, a resident at Caressant Care Nursing Home in Woodstock. The nursing home is in the midst of an outbreak, with four residents and six staff members having tested positive for COVID-19. Another outbreak continues at Tillsonburg District Memorial…
A missing woman, 22, sought by Aylmer Police has bee found in Toronto safe and in good health. Police reported in an online post that two persons had been taken into custody by Toronto Police in relation to the case. An investigation was ongoing and further information would be forthcoming, Aylmer Police stated. Police had…
Southwestern Public Health Medical Officer of Health Dr. Joyce Lock, in a weekly news briefing on Wednesday, May 12, said that the health unit was tracking 136 ongoing cases of COVID-19 in Elgin, Middlesex and London, which was a higher number than the previous Wednesday. “We are not heading in the right direction,” she warned.…
After a dip to five new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford yesterday, the number surged back up to 20 on Wednesday, May 12, Southwestern Public Health reported. That brings the number of ongoing cases being tracked by the health unit to 136, up from 133 on Tuesday. St. Thomas and…
Ontario Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. David Williams announced late Tuesday afternoon, May 11, that the province will “pause” using AstraZeneca for the first doses of COVID-19 vaccine. In a statement, the pause was attributed to “an abundance of caution due to an observed increase in the rare blood clotting condition known as vaccine-induced…
In a weekly report issued Monday, May 10, Southwestern Public Health reported that, to date, 77,940 residents of Elgin, St. Thomas had received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine, an increase of over 10,000 from 66,436 on Monday, May 3. In St. Thomas, 42.3 percent of adult residents have been vaccinated, in Elgin County…
Southwestern Public Health was reporting just five new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford on Tuesday, May 11. That compared to 58 over the weekend, or an average of just over 19 a day. The number of ongoing cases being tracked by the health unit stood at 133 on Tuesday, down…