A third positive case of COVID-19 has been confirmed by Southwestern Public Health at Assumption Catholic School in Aylmer, London District Catholic School Board announced on Thursday, Nov. 19. All parents and guardians of pupils as well as staff at the school had been notified, the board stated. Assumption would remain open and buses would…
Southwestern Public Health was reporting 11 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Aylmer and area on Tuesday, Nov. 17, up from eight the previous day. In St. Thomas and area, the number of cases rose to four from two, while Bayham remains steady at one. Cases in Woodstock and area declined slightly to 21 from 23…
Aylmer Mayor Mary French, left, Elgin-Middlesex-London MPP Jeff Yurek, St. Thomas Director of Social Services Heather Sheridan and Joe Ostojic and Peter Ostojic of Walter Ostojic and Sons of St. Thomas were on Brown Street in Aylmer Tuesday morning, Nov. 17, to announce $1.5-million in provincial funding for a new 23-unit apartment building, essentially identical…
A second confirmed case of COVID-19 is being reported at Assumption Catholic School in Aylmer, London District Catholic School Board announced Monday, Nov. 16. The first case was announced on Friday, Nov. 13. The board said that the school would remain open and buses would keep running.
Southwestern Public Health is reporting eight confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Aylmer and area on Monday, Nov. 16, up from four the previous day. St. Thomas and area is at two cases, up from one, and Bayham stays at one case. Woodstock and area increased to 23 cases from 17, Norwich dipped slightly to 17…
A cottage was covered by spray from breaking waves, if not waves themselves, as high winds blew along the Lake Erie shoreline late Sunday afternoon, Nov. 15. Malahide South Station firefighters closed some roads in the community, reportedly due to concerns over the danger of falling branches or even trees. A brief but heavy rainfall…
Rehoboth Christian School in Norwich has voluntarily closed after an outbreak of COVID-19 there and in the community around it, Southwestern Public health announced on Sunday, Nov. 15. The number of confirmed cases in Norwich Township jumped to 18 on Sunday from a dozen the previous day. Dr. Joyce Lock, Southwestern Medical Officer of Health,…
The number of new confirmed COVID-19 cases in Oxford County continues to steadily climb. Locally, Southwestern Public Health was continuing to report four cases in St. Thomas and area and one in Aylmer and area, unchanged from two days earlier. However, in Oxford, Woodstock and area was up to 18 cases, Norwich and area 12,…
About 200 protestors, rejecting COVID-19 pandemic restrictions, marched from Memorial Arena in the southwest of St. Thomas to Veterans Gardens, a war memorial in the downtown area, on Saturday, Nov. 14. A handful of counter-protesters were on hand, and seemed incensed by the takeover by the protesters of the war memorial, but St. Thomas Police…
London District Catholic School Board on Friday, Nov. 13, announced a case of COVID-19 had been confirmed at Assumption Catholic School in Aylmer. The board said parents, guardians and staff in the Assumption community had been notified , and the school would remain open. Buses will also continue to operate. Southwestern Public Health was investigating…
Elgin County Ontario Provincial Police are investigating the suspicious death of a German Shepherd dog found by an area hunter. The dog’s body was found on Friday, Nov. 13, at 9:20 a.m., seemingly shot with a .22-calibre round, just off the parking lot at Calton Swamp, 7698 Carter Road, in Malahide. It appeared to be…
Southwestern Public Health announced late Friday afternoon that, under provincial guidelines, this region, which includes Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford, would be moved from the “green-prevent” tier to the “yellow-protect tier” under a new Ontario colour-coded pandemic restrictions system effective Monday, Nov. 16. The region currently had an incident rate of confirmed cases of COVID-19…