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New doctors, nurses welcomed to area
Nine new family doctors and two nurse practitioners were welcomed to the community on Oct. 2 as the St. Thomas-Elgin Health Recruitment Partnership, in conjunction with St. Thomas and District Chamber of Commerce and Doug Tarry Homes (DTH), hosted a “meet-and-greet” in Central Elgin. The health care workers were treated to soft drinks, finger foods…
Read MoreAylmer Pool might not open in 2026
Aylmer council’s finance committee members decided on Wednesday, Oct. 1, that they’d rather wait to see if the municipality received a provincial grant to help pay the estimated $805,000 in needed repairs to the town pool in 2026, even if that meant the facility might not open next summer. Doing so was proposed by Councillor…
Read MoreProtests over proposed heritage home demolition
Cherry Street, a nonprofit group that provides affordable housing in Aylmer, is planning to demolish 50 Centre St., as well as 32 Centre St., to make room for a new development. At a town council meeting Wednesday, Oct. 1, two neighbours, Cynthia Grant and Stephen Blankenship (the latter’s father was a founding member of the…
Read More“Liberation Day” tariff worries in area
The pomp and glory expected on U.S. President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” on April 2 is lost on Elgin County businesses. Instead of the celebratory mood promoted by the White House, the proprietor at Phil Mauer and Associates, in Eden, for example, is “not thrilled” with the dreaded tariffs regime that President Trump is expected…
Read MoreMeasles disinformation called out by health unit
The number of known measles cases in the region is rapidly rising. Southwestern Public Health (SWPH) medical officer of health Dr. Ninh Tran reported Feb. 20 that there have been 35 confirmed cases of measles in this region since Jan. 1, 2025, including 17 new cases in the last week. For the same period, Grand…
Read More“Sovereignty nothing to be taken lightly”
St. Thomas and District Chamber of Commerce held an all-candidates meeting for the Feb. 27 provincial election in Elgin-Middlesex-London riding on Tuesday, Feb. 11, and Chief Executive Officer Paul Jenkins asked the four nominees who attended about Canadian sovereignty at a time of a potential trade war with USA and continuing barriers to interprovincial trade…
Read MoreTown wants review of all possible library sites
East Elgin Community Complex Board and Elgin County might have approved in principle moving the Aylmer Old Town Hall library branch to EECC, but Aylmer council wants a county committee established to review all possible sites. And that’s what the town will tell county council in response to its request for Aylmer to also endorse…
Read MoreCounty endorses library move to Complex
Elgin County council members on Tuesday, Jan. 28, unanimously endorsed in principle moving the Aylmer branch of the county library system from its current Old Town Hall site downtown to East Elgin Community Complex, on the west edge of town. They also asked Aylmer council to give a similar endorsement, and instructed Community and Cultural…
Read MoreFlack: farm risk management funding to increase $100-million a year
Ontario Agriculture Minister Rob Flack and Finance Minister Paul Bethlenfalvy came to VanQuaethem Farms in Eden on Tuesday morning, Jan. 28, on the cusp of a provincial election to announce a $100-million increase in provincial funding for “risk management programs” (RMP) for farmers. The funding would increase from $150-million currently to $250-million over the next…
Read MoreMalahide cuts off EECAP support
Malahide council, sitting as committee of the whole on Thursday, Jan. 16, ruled that East Elgin Community Assistance Program (EECAP), which runs Corner Cupboard food bank, East Elgin Christmas Care and other welfare programs, doesn’t need financial support from the township this year. EECAP received a $3,000 “community grant” last year from Malahide and asked…
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