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More charges from Sunday Church of God service
Aylmer Police announced early Tuesday, Dec. 29, that additional charges had been laid in connection with a drive-in service at the Church of God on John Street North on Sunday, Dec. 27, including obstructing a peace officer and intimidation of a justice participant, specifically a police officer. The charges were laid against a Malahide man,…
Read MoreAylmer and area Southwestern COVID-19 hotspot
Aylmer and area so far during the COVID-19 pandemic has recorded 234 confirmed cases, both ongoing and resolved, far more than the much larger communities of Woodstock and area at 182 and St. Thomas and area at 180. Trailing behind those three leaders, according to Southwestern Public Health records, are Tillsonburg and area at 129…
Read MoreAylmer Police blotter
Aylmer Police Inspector Nick Novacich reported the following on Sunday, Dec. 27: Impaired driving Officers were on patrol on Friday, Dec. 25, at 1:30 a.m. when they saw a northbound vehicle on Elm Street heading into an industrial area. The vehicle was spinning its tires, doing “donuts” on the road and police pulled over the…
Read MoreCharge laid over Church of God service Sunday, Dec. 27
A Malahide man, 37, was charged with organizing an event that exceeded provincial pandemic restrictions banning more than 10 persons gathering outdoors, during a Sunday drive-in service at Aylmer Church of God on Sunday, Dec. 27. The man was not identified by name, but an Express photographer on site at the time saw Herbert Hildebrandt…
Read MoreCOVID numbers keep climbing
Southwestern Public Health reported 37 new cases of COVID-19 in its region covering Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford on Sunday, Dec. 27, down from 44 the previous day. However, the number of confirmed ongoing cases continued to rise, to 261 from 235. Aylmer and area remained steady at 54 cases, Bayham at 12 and West…
Read MoreJump in Aylmer and area cases
Southwestern Public Health was reporting Saturday, Dec., 26, that the number of ongoing confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Aylmer and area had jumped to 54 from 41 on Thursday. (Most COVID-19 information was not provided on Friday, Dec. 25.) Six new cases were confirmed across the Southwestern region on Christmas Day and 44 on Saturday,…
Read MoreSouthwestern region sees 12th death, 37 new cases
Southwestern Public Health was reporting a 12th death linked to COVID-19 on Thursday, Dec. 24, a St. Thomas woman in her 60s. A total of 37 new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed on Thursday, down from 47 the previous day. The current number of ongoing cases being tracked is 197, up from 182 the previous…
Read MoreSeveral new cases for local public schools
Thames Valley District School Board on Wednesday night, Dec. 23, announced one new confirmed case each of COVID-19 at East Elgin Secondary School and Davenport Public School in Aylmer, Eva Circe Cote French Immersion Public School in Sparta, Summers Corners Public School and Kettle Creek Public School in Port Stanley. Individual cases were also reported…
Read MoreSecond resident at Elgin Manor has COVID-19
Elgin County announced on Wednesday night, Dec. 23, that a second resident of Elgin Manor long-term care home in Southwold has tested positive for COVID-19. Both residents are in isolation. Three staff members at Terrace Lodge long-term care home in Malahide have also tested positive for COVID-19. Warden Tom Marks, deputy mayor of Central Elgin,…
Read MoreOngoing cases jump to 182 from 160
Southwestern Public Health was tracking 182 ongoing confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, Dec. 23, up from 160 the previous day. The health unit said the 47 new cases identified on Wednesday was the highest single one-day total since the pandemic began. Aylmer and area rose to 37 cases from 33, St. Thomas and area…
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