Thames Valley District School Board on Tuesday night, Nov. 23, approved a two-year pilot project for “Low-German Mennonite Focus Schools” to be created at Summers Corners Public School and Straffordville Public School starting in September of 2022. The proposal for the focus schools was presented by Superintendent Tracy Langelaan and System Principal Abe Wall, a former vice-principal at East Elgin…
Southwestern Public Health on Wednesday, Nov. 24, announced that one additional confirmed case of COVI-19 involving a staff member had been added to the outbreak at Aylmer Retirement Residence in Aylmer. Previously, eight residents and one other staff member had been confirmed as having the virus. The health unit reported 22 new confirmed cases Wednesday in Elgin, St. Thomas and…
Southwestern Public Health reported the death attributed to COVID-19 of an Elgin man in his 60s on Tuesday, Nov. 23. The death of another Elgin man, in his 80s, had been announced on Monday. SWPH recorded 31 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford on Tuesday morning, up from an average of just under 24 daily…
Southwestern Public Health announced Monday, Nov. 22, that appointments for children 5 through 11 years old at mass immunization clinics for COVID-19 vaccinations could be booked starting on Tuesday, Nov. 23, at 8 a.m. Appointments were required, the health unit noted. The number available this week would be limited this week due to vaccine shipping schedules, but should open up…
Southwestern Public Health announced on Monday, Nov. 22, that a 96th resident of the Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford region had died as a result of COVID-19 since the pandemic began, an Eglin County man in his 80s. The health unit also reported 71 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 from the weekend, or an average of just under 24 a…
Elgin County announced Sunday, Nov. 21, that a single confirmed case of COVID-19 had been found in a staff member at its Terrace Lodge long-term care home in Malahide, just east of Aylmer that morning. This placed the home into a “suspected outbreak” under provincial guidelines, the county stated. “County staff are working closely with Southwestern Public Health on outbreak…
Elgin Ontario Provincial Police have identified the driver who died in a two-vehicle crash on Ron McNeil Line near Highbury Avenue on Thursday, Nov. 18, as Olivia Vaseleniuck. Constable Norm Kelso said the crash took place at about 8:45 a.m. in Central Elgin. An eastbound vehicle and a westbound one collided, and both drivers were taken by ambulance to St.…
Southwestern Public Health on Friday, Nov. 19, was reporting an outbreak of COVID-19 at Aylmer Retirement Residence on Talbot Street East. Seven residents and one staff member had confirmed cases of the virus, the health unit stated. SWPH also recorded 38 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 across Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford Friday morning, more than double the 16 confirmed…
Southwestern Public Health announced Friday morning, Nov. 19, that Ontario Health would host a COVID-19 testing clinic at Port Burwell Public School on Saturday, Nov. 20, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Testing would be open to staff, pupils, family and friends, and anyone who might have been exposed to a recent case of virus, the health unit said. Those…
Bayham Historical Society announced Friday morning, Nov. 19, that a traditional ceremony to turn on holiday lighting in Vienna’s Memorial Park Saturday night, Nov. 20, had been cancelled. Jeff Robinson, on behalf of the society, said the decision had been made reluctantly, but given the recent spike in COVID-19 cases and the temporary closure of Port Burwell Public School because…