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Free training offered for 6,000 PSW students
Ontario Premier Doug Ford on Wednesday, Feb. 24, announced that 6,000 students enrolled in personal support worker programs at the province’s 24 colleges starting in April would pay nothing for their training. The government was investing a total of $115-million in that, and to provide $2,000 in tuition assistance for 2,200 students currently enrolled in…
Read MoreNo new cases in Southwestern region Wednesday, Feb. 24
Southwestern Public Health is reporting no new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Elgin, St. Thomas and Middlesex on Wednesday, Feb. 24, down from six new cases on Tuesday. Across the region, the health unit is tracking 28 ongoing cases, down from 35 the previous day. St. Thomas and area dropped to four cases Wednesday from…
Read MoreNo confirmed cases in Aylmer for now
Southwestern Public Health was reporting no confirmed ongoing cases of COVID-19 in Aylmer and area on Tuesday, Feb. 23, down from one on Monday. Six new cases were confirmed by testing in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford on Tuesday, but the number of ongoing cases across the region dropped to 35 from 40. St. Thomas…
Read MoreNo new cases reported Monday
Southwestern Public Health reported no new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Monday, Feb. 22, the first time that has happened in months. The number of ongoing cases in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford dropped to 40 Monday from 43 on Sunday. St. Thomas and area stayed at nine ongoing cases and Aylmer and area, Dutton…
Read MoreTwo new cases, 43 ongoing
Southwestern Public Health was reporting two new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford on Sunday, Feb. 21, the same as on Saturday. The health unit is tracking 43 ongoing cases across the region, up from 42 on Saturday. St. Thomas and area remained at nine cases on Sunday, and Aylmer and…
Read MoreTwo deaths linked to COVID-19-updated
Southwestern Public Health was reporting two fatalities connected to COVID-19, one involving at resident at Aylmer Retirement Residence, on Saturday, Feb. 20. That brought the number of deaths in the Southwestern region linked to COVID-19 to 67. One of the fatalities was an Elgin woman in her 90s who resided at Aylmer Retirement Residence, and…
Read MoreOnly one new case Friday, Feb. 19
Southwestern Public Health reported only one new confirmed case of COVID-19 in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford on Friday, Feb. 19, down from nine the previous day. The number of ongoing cases being tracked by the health unit also dropped, to 50 from 61. Dutton Dunwich decreased to one ongoing case on Friday from two…
Read MoreNine new cases, but ongoing cases remain at 61
Southwestern Public Health was reporting nine new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford on Thursday, Feb. 18, up from two on Wednesday. However, the number of ongoing cases being tracked by the health unit remained unchanged at 61 as recoveries offset new infections. One fatality was reported Thursday, an Oxford woman…
Read MoreMajor fire at Walker Farms-updated
A major fire erupted in at least one barn at Walker Farms in Summers Corners on Wednesday, Feb. 17, just before 5 p.m. Firefighters streamed in from Malahide, Bayham, Central Elgin and Aylmer to fight the blaze, including Aylmer’s aerial truck, seen here. Meanwhile, workers drove cows that had been evacuated from barns towards waiting…
Read MoreKeep up good work, health unit urges
Dr. Joyce Lock, medical officer of health for Southwestern Public Health, says she’s pleased with the continued downward trend in the number of COVID-19 cases in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford, but doesn’t want the public becoming complacent about precautions they should take. During a weekly news conference Wednesday, Feb. 17, she said everyone should…
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