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Another Elgin death attributed to COVID-19
Southwestern Public Health reported the death attributed to COVID-19 of an Elgin man in his 60s on Tuesday, Nov. 23. The death of another Elgin man, in his 80s, had been announced on Monday. SWPH recorded 31 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford on Tuesday morning, up from an average…
Read MoreTesting clinic announced for Port Burwell
Southwestern Public Health announced Friday morning, Nov. 19, that Ontario Health would host a COVID-19 testing clinic at Port Burwell Public School on Saturday, Nov. 20, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Testing would be open to staff, pupils, family and friends, and anyone who might have been exposed to a recent case of virus,…
Read MoreNew COVID-19 restrictions coming
As case numbers continue to rise, Southwestern Public Health Medical Officer of Health Dr. Joyce Lock advised Tuesday, Nov. 16, that new COVID-19 restrictions would be put in place within the next seven days or so. She didn’t specify what the restrictions would be, but did say they would focus on indoor spaces where transmission…
Read MoreSTEGH has surpassed its capacity for critical care due to COVID-19
St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital, in an urgent statement issued late Friday afternoon, Nov. 12, stated the number of patients requiring critical care there was at the highest since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The number of COVID-19 cases at STEGH was “increasing at an unprecedented rate,” it said. All 13 COVID-19 patients now…
Read MoreFifty-eight new cases in two days
Southwestern Public Health, after being closed Thursday for Remembrance Day, on Friday, Nov. 12, reported that 58 new cases of COVID-19 had been confirmed in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford, or an average of 29 a day. On Wednesday, 22 new cases had been announced. The number of ongoing confirmed cases being tracked by the…
Read MoreRemembrance Day in Aylmer
Aylmer Police Chief Zvonko Horvat, left, and Deputy Chief Nick Novacich saluted after laying a wreath from the Aylmer Police Association during the Remembrance Day service at the town Cenotaph on Thursday, Nov. 11. A large group of Ontario Police College recruits were on parade for the event, which was well-attended by local residents. Similar…
Read MoreSt. Thomas man, 56, dies after crash in Aylmer
A St. Thomas man, 56, died after a crash between a sports-utility vehicle and a transport truck in the area of Talbot and King streets in Aylmer on Tuesday night, Nov. 9, at 11:20 p.m. Aylmer Police Deputy Chief Nick Novacich said a 2005 Nissan Murano SUV was being driven east on Talbot Street East…
Read MoreWarning of renewed COVID-19 restrictions
Recent increases in the number of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford has led Southwestern Public Health Medical Officer of Health Dr. Joyce Lock to warn of the potential return of pandemic restrictions in the region. During a news briefing on Thursday, Nov. 4, she reported that 21 new confirmed…
Read MoreThree deaths in three days; hospitalizations in double digits
Southwestern Public Health announced on Wednesday, Nov. 3, that an Elgin woman in her 70s who was confirmed as having COVID-19 had died. That’s the third death in three days in Elgin. An Aylmer man, 85, died Monday and an Elgin woman in her 80s Tuesday. The death toll for Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford…
Read MoreHerbert Hildebrandt trial, day one
The assault trial for Herbert Hildebrandt, of Malahide, began Friday, Oct. 22, with only one prosecution witness testifying before day’s end. Mr. Hildebrandt was charged with assault after allegedly pushing to the ground Jack Dykxhoorn, 84, of Malahide at the former Thompson family farm, across from the Church of God, at the north end of…
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