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Elgin and St. Thomas moving to Stage 3 of provincial pandemic recovery
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,…
Read MoreAmish area speed limits down, speeding fines doubled
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…
Read MoreOne case in Elgin, one in Woodstock
Southwestern Public Health on Thursday morning, July 9, was reporting just two ongoing cases of COVID-19 confirmed by testing in its jurisdiction. A Malahide resident who had been infected with the disease appears to have recovered. The one remaining case in Elgin is in Dutton Dunwich, and has been ongoing for some time. A relatively…
Read MoreHealth unit investigating church funeral
Southwestern Public Health has announced it is conducting COVID-19 “contact tracing” for everyone who attended a recent funeral at a church. Southwestern’s post on its Facebook page does not name the church or say where it is. However, a copy of a “High priority health alert” sent out by the health unit has been circulating…
Read MoreAylmer woman, 68, dies, tests positive for COVID-19
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…
Read MoreAylmer barber shop shut down after health infractions, clients advised to consult healthcare providers
Clients of Mario Chirico Barber Shop in Aylmer are warned about the risk of blood borne infections after a health inspection found lapses in infection prevention. Southwestern Public Health, in a news release on Tuesday, confirmed that single-use disposable razor blades were used on multiple clients, and that reusable instruments were not cleaned and disinfected…
Read MoreElgin library branches to provide “curbside pickup” starting Monday, June 29
Elgin County’s 10 library branches will re-open to the public starting on Monday, June 29, but “by appointment only” for curbside pickup. In a statement, Elgin Warden David Mennill, mayor of Malahide, said, “We are really pleased that we can start this service as we know that our residents are eager to gain access to…
Read MoreBelmont to get its new school
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…
Read MoreNew COVID-19 case in Malahide
Southwestern Public Health reported Wednesday, June 24, that a new case of COVID-19 had been confirmed by medical testing in a Malahide resident. Overall, the number of cases in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford had dropped overnight from four to three. In addition to the new case in Malahide, one ongoing case continued in Dutton…
Read MoreKayakers rescued from Lake Erie off Port Bruce
Elgin Ontario Provincial Police Constable Troy Carlson reported that the U.S. Coast Guard assisted police and local boaters with the rescue of four kayakers, three of them 14 years old and one adult, from Lake Erie just south of Port Bruce on Tuesday night, June 23. The three youths, all from the Aylmer and Malahide…
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