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The Ontario government on Wednesday, Nov. 3. announced increased eligibility for a third round of COVID-19 booster shots starting Saturday, Nov. 6. In a statement, the province said the third shot was to provide recipients with “an extra layer of protection against the Delta variant,” and that in coming months, they would be made available…

For the second day of a row, Southwestern Public Health on Tuesday, Nov. 2, announced that a local resident confirmed to have COVID-19 had died, an Elgin County woman in her 80s. The death of an Aylmer man, 85, with COVID-19 had been reported on Monday. Nine area residents were hospitalized with COVID-19 on Tuesday,…

Aylmer Police, in a statement Monday, Nov. 1, reported that on Monday, Oct. 25, at about 4:37 p.m., a black Chiappa revolver was reported stolen from the glovebox of an unlocked 2003 Volkswagen. The owner left the revolver in the glovebox, and an Aylmer man, 29, has been charged with careless storage of a firearm…

Elgin Ontario Provincial Police announced Sunday, Oct. 31, that bicyclist Michael Smith, 59, of London was killed in a collision with a stolen car on Wilson Line east of Belmont Road in Malahide on Saturday, Oct. 30, at about 4:50 p.m. He was pronounced dead on the scene following the arrival of OPP officers from…

Elgin Ontario Provincial Police are investigating a fatality that occurred on Wilson Line east of Belmont Road in Malahide Township on Saturday, Oct. 30, at about 4:50 p.m. Constable Norm Kelso said OPP officers from Elgin and Middlesex, Malahide and Central Elgin firefighters and Elgin paramedics were called to the scene, and the victim was…

Southwestern Public Health was reporting Friday, Oct. 29, that six residents of the Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford region were hospitalized with COVID-19, three of them in intensive care units. That’s up from three hospitalizations, with two in ICUs, from Thursday. Southwestern announced nine new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in its area on Friday, down…

Elgin Ontario Provincial Police have identified the motorist killed in a head-on crash on Imperial Road just south of Lyons on Wednesday, Oct. 27, as Mya Klassen, 18, of Aylmer. She was pronounced dead at the scene after the motor vehicle she was driving was in collision with a transport truck, Const. Norm Kelso said…

Elgin-Middlesex-London MPP Jeff Yurek announced Thursday, Oct. 28, that St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital would finally be getting the provincial funding it needs to purchase, install and operate a magnetic-resonance imaging (MRI) machine. STEGH in recent years has been designated as a “stroke centre,” able to deliver specialized services to patients that could greatly reduce…

Southwestern Public Health reported 10 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford on Thursday, Oct. 28, down from 12 the previous day. The health unit is tracking 88 ongoing cases across the region, down from 91 Wednesday. Aylmer and area at 19 has as many ongoing cases as the rest of…