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45 and older in Aylmer and area eligible for vaccinations

Effective immediately, anyone 45 and older residing in the “N5H” postal code is eligible to book at appointment for a COVID-19 vaccination from Southwestern Public Health. That includes all of Aylmer and much of Malahide. Southwestern announced that on Tuesday afternoon, April 27. Proof of age and home address is required in order to to…

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Ongoing Southwestern cases drop

Southwestern Public Health reported 20 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford on Tuesday, April 27. The number of ongoing cases is 150, down from 160 on Monday. St. Thomas and area decreased to 40 ongoing cases Tuesday from 44 Monday, Aylmer and area to six from seven and Bayham to…

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Over weekend, 65 new cases in Southwestern region

Southwestern Public Health on Monday, April 26, announced 65 new cases of COVID-19 had been confirmed in Elgin, St. Thomas and Woodstock over the weekend, compared to 12 on Friday. Currently, the total number of ongoing cases being tracked in the region is at 160, up slightly from 159 Friday. The health unit also reported…

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Three charged after service

Three persons from Perth County have been charged in connection with an incident following an in-person service at Aylmer Church of God on Sunday, April 25. In a statement, Aylmer Police said that the service had been monitored by officers starting at 10:30 a.m. in anticipation of breaches of Ontario’s COVID-19 pandemic orders. “A large…

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Arrests after Church of God Service

Aylmer Police arrested a man (in red-and-black jacket) after repeatedly telling him he was too close to them, across from Aylmer Church of God on Sunday afternoon, April 25. The man, who wasn’t wearing a face mask and had been inside the church, had been holding a cell phone close to the officers’ faces, demanding…

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Southwestern records 76th COVID-linked death

Southwestern Public Health announced on Friday morning, April 23, that a St. Thomas man in his 60s had died as a resulted of COVID-19. This is the 76th fatality since the pandemic started. The health unit also reported 12 new cases of COVID-19 in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford on Friday, down from 26 the…

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Two charged at Church of God are Toronto police officers-updated

A North York man, 42, and a Scarborough woman, 41, charged in connection with an alleged breach of pandemic restrictions at Aylmer Church of God on Tuesday night, April 20, identified themselves as Toronto police officers at the time in a video released on Ontario MPP Randy Hillier’s social media post. The video shows an…

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Parking lots, washrooms closed at Elgin beaches

Elgin County Warden Tom Marks, in a statement Thursday, April 22, announced that while park trails and playgrounds remain open in local municipalities, other outdoor recreational facilities, including golf courses, soccer fields, basketball courts, tennis courts, baseball diamonds and skateparks are shut down because of provincial COVID-19 emergency orders. “Residents must stay home except for…

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Ford: mea culpa

Ontario Premier Doug Ford, in a news conference on Thursday morning, April 22, acknowledged his government had erred the previous week in giving police additional powers to randomly stop motorists and pedestrians to see if they’re obeying a COVID-19 “stay-at-home” order. The powers were announced late Friday afternoon, April 16, in response to dire predictions…

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Southwestern records 75th COVID-19 death.

Southwestern Public Health reported 26 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford on Thursday, April 22, down from 28 on Wednesday. More significantly, the number of ongoing cases being tracked in the region dropped to 168 from 198. However, Southwestern also announced the 75th death in its area linked to COVID-19…

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