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Local news in and around Aylmer and Elgin County

COVID-19 cases at Davenport, South Dorchester public schools

March 17, 2021 | 0 Comments

Thames Valley District School Board announced on Wednesday, March 17, that COVID-19 cases had been confirmed by Southwestern Public Health affecting Davenport Public School in Aylmer and South Dorchester Public School in Malahide. ‘The board stated that both schools, which had one active case each, would remain open, and that all staff and parents in…

Southwestern cases continue steady climb

March 16, 2021 | 0 Comments

Southwestern Public Health was reporting 14 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford on Tuesday, March 16, up from nine on Monday. The health unit is tracking 72 ongoing cases across the region, up from 61 Monday. Aylmer and area remained at 18 cases, while St. Thomas rose to five on…

Nine new cases, 61 ongoing

March 15, 2021 | 0 Comments

Southwestern Public Health is reporting nine new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford on Monday, March 15, up from two on Sunday. The health unit is tracking 61 ongoing cases, up from 55. Aylmer and area cases rose slightly, to 18 Monday from 17 Sunday, while St. Thomas and area remained…

New cases level off

March 14, 2021 | 0 Comments

Southwestern Public Health, after two days of double-digit increases, reported only two new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, March 14. That’s down from 18 on Saturday and 16 on Friday. The health unit is tracking 55 ongoing COVID-19 cases in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford, down from 56 on Saturday. Aylmer and area decreased…

Eighteen new COVID-19 cases on March 13

March 13, 2021 | 0 Comments

Southwestern Public Health is reporting 18 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford on Saturday, March 13, up from 16 on Friday. However, the number of ongoing cases being tracked by the health unit increased by only seven, to 56 from 49. Aylmer and area cases decreased to 18 from 19,…

COVID-19 variant found at Woodstock school

March 12, 2021 | 0 Comments

Southwestern Public Health announced Friday afternoon, March 12, that a variant of COVID-19 had been confirmed in a case connected to St. Michael’s Catholic Elementary School in Woodstock. St. Michael’s had already been closed earlier in the week following the declaration of an outbreak after three cases were identified which seemed to be linked only…

Six new COVID-19 cases in Aylmer

March 12, 2021 | 0 Comments

Southwestern Public Health is reporting 16 new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford on Friday, March 12, up from six on Thursday. The health unit is now tracking 49 ongoing cases, up from 42 Thursday. Aylmer and area jumped to 19 ongoing cases Friday from 13 the previous day, while…

Aylmer house fire causes $350,000 in damages

March 12, 2021 | 0 Comments

A structure fire at 144 Sydenham Street West in Aylmer caused an estimated $350,000 in losses on Thursday, March 11. One person was upstairs in the house when the fire started, but quickly escaped. No one was injured. The Aylmer Fire Department firefighters were dispatched at 5:53 p.m. and arrived on scene eight minutes later.…

Missing St. Thomas girl found

March 11, 2021 | 0 Comments

A girl, 11, reported missing to St. Thomas Police on Thursday morning, March 11, was found safe, police reported at 12 noon that day.  

Southwestern scrutinizing seven possible variant cases

March 10, 2021 | 0 Comments

Southwestern Public Health reported on Tuesday afternoon, March 9, that it was looking at seven possible additional cases of COVID-19 created by a “variant of concern.” Two cases had already been resolved, involving a variant first identified in the United Kingdom. Megan Cornwell of Southwestern Public Health said that the potential seven other variant cases…

Only one new COVID-19 case on Tuesday, March 9

March 9, 2021 | 0 Comments

Southwestern Public Health was reporting just one new confirmed case of COVID-19 on Tuesday, March 9, down from eight on Monday. The number of ongoing cases being tracked by the health unit in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford also dropped, to 44 from 60. Aylmer and area decreased to 17 cases Tuesday from 29 Monday,…

Ongoing cases down in Southwestern region

March 8, 2021 | 0 Comments

Southwestern Public Health reported eight new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Monday, March 8, up from three on Sunday. The number of ongoing cases being tracked in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford, however, dropped to 60 from 72. Aylmer and area saw the biggest decrease, to 29 ongoing cases Monday from 47 on Sunday, while…