Thames Valley District School Board on Wednesday night, Dec. 9, announced a confirmed case of COVID-19 had been identified at Summers Corners Public School. All staff and parents of children were notified immediately, the board said. The school will remain open and buses will continue to run.
Southwestern Public Health was reporting 21 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in St. Thomas and area on Wednesday, Dec. 9, up slightly from 20 the previous day, while Aylmer and area decreased to 16 from 18. Bayham remained steady at seven cases, Central Elgin at one and Southwold at one. In Oxford, Woodstock and area cases…
Central Elgin Deputy Mayor Tom Marks was named head of county council after a secret ballot of members, besting Central Elgin Mayor Sally Martyn in an unusual contest, on Tuesday night, Dec. 8. He will serve as the head of county council for the next year. The special meeting where he was elected was beset…
On Tuesday, Dec. 8, Southwestern was reporting 18 ongoing cases of COVID-19 being monitored in Aylmer and area, down from 19 the previous day. St. Thomas and area had 20 cases, down from 22, while Bayham saw an increase to seven from five. Southwold stayed steady at one, while a new case appeared in Central…
Thames Valley District School Board on Monday night, Dec. 7, announced two more confirmed cases of COVID-19 at East Elgin Secondary School in Aylmer, bringing the current ongoing total to four. That’s expected to drop back to two on Tuesday as the first two cases were cleared, the health unit said. The board stated that…
The number of confirmed ongoing cases of COVID-19 being reported by Southwestern Public Health reached triple digits with 102 on Monday, Dec. 7, and the health unit issued a letter that day urging all residents to fight the disease together. Aylmer and area saw an increase to 19 cases on Monday from 17 on Sunday,…
The number of new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the Southwestern Public Health Region continues to climb. The number of cases in Aylmer and area on Sunday, Dec. 6, stood at 17, up from 15 the day before, and St. Thomas and area rose to 19 from 16. Bayham jumped to five cases from one,…
Elgin County announced on Saturday night, Dec. 5, that an employee at Terrace Lodge long-term care home in Malahide has tested positive for COVID-19, and is now self-isolating at home. At this time, the county stated, no other cases had been reported among staff or residents. Terrace Lodge was working with Southwestern Public Health to…
A total of 1,859 cases of COVID-19 were confirmed across the province on Saturday, Dec. 5, a new record for Ontario. Locally, the number of cases in St. Thomas and area jumped to 16 from 12 the previous day, and rose in Aylmer and area to 15 from 14. Southwold remained at one case, while…
Southwestern Public Health on Friday, Dec. 4, announced the eighth fatality in this region linked to COVID-19 after the death of a man in his 80s. The health unit released no other information about the man, but did state the Southwestern region, made up of Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford, had experienced one of its…
The Rural Education Task Force of Thames Valley District School Board has opened an online “thought exchange,” seeking the opinions of residents on the needs of schools in the countryside. Elgin St. Thomas Trustee Meagan Ruddock said that the question being posed was straightforward. “What are the unique challenges and opportunities of our TVDSB rural…
Southwestern Public Health was reporting 13 ongoing confirmed cases of COVID-19 in St. Thomas and area on Thursday, Dec. 3, up from 10 the previous day. The number of cases in Aylmer and area stayed even at seven. In Oxford, Woodstock and area dropped to 21 from 26, Ingersoll and area increased slightly to 10…