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Two new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed by testing in the East Elgin area, one in Bayham and one in Malahide. They were added Wednesday morning, July 22, to six ongoing cases in Elgin and St. Thomas. As of Thursday, July 16, Elgin and St. Thomas had no confirmed ongoing cases. That changed just…

The number of COVID-19 cases confirmed by testing in St. Thomas increased on Tuesday morning, July 21, to five from three the previous day. The three other St. Thomas cases had been reported by Southwestern Public Health on Sunday, July 19. One case in Bayham was confirmed on Saturday, July 18. Two more are ongoing…

Three new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed by medical testing in St. Thomas, Southwestern Public Health reported on Sunday, July 19. Elgin and St. Thomas had been clear of confirmed cases as of Thursday, July 16. However, a new case showed up in Bayham on Saturday, July 18, and now more in St. Thomas.…

Elgin County’s status as being free of confirmed cases of COVID-19 lasted only a couple of days. On Saturday, July 18, Southwestern Public Health was reporting a new case in Bayham. No other cases are currently reported in Elgin or St. Thomas. in Oxford County, two ongoing cases confirmed by medical testing continue in Woodstock.

Southwestern Public Health on Thursday morning, July 16, was reporting no cases of COVID-19 confirmed by medical testing in Elgin or St. Thomas. The one ongoing case in Dutton Dunwich has recovered. Southwestern is reporting two ongoing cases in Woodstock. So far since the pandemic began, Southwestern had confirmed by testing 87 cases of COVID-19…

Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced on Monday, July 13, that by Friday, July 17, most of the province, including Elgin and St. Thomas, will move to “Stage 3” of the province’s plan for re-opening the economy and bringing life closer to what it was before the COVID-19 pandemic arrived in March. He said 24 regions,…

Malahide councillors on Thursday night, July 9, adopted bylaws to declare the Amish Settlement Area northeast of Aylmer a community safety zone, doubling speeding fines, and to reduce the speed limit on all roads there to a maximum of 60 kilometres per hour. The new bylaws will come into force when signs have been installed…

COVID-19 tests results came back positive for an Aylmer woman, 68, following her death on Wednesday, July 1, after being admitted to Tillsonburg District Memorial Hospital. She had gone to hospital on July 1, and died later in the day, Megan Cornwell said on behalf of Southwestern Public Health. As far as the health unit…

The Ontario government has approved calling tenders for a new $8.7-million public elementary school to be built in Belmont. Elgin-Middlesex-London MPP and Ontario Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks Jeff Yurek announced the approval, as well as stating the school was expected to open for the 2023-24 school year, in a news conference in…