Justice Bruce Thomas on Wednesday morning, September 15 announced he would sign an order agreed to by the province and a lawyer for Aylmer Church of God (Restoration) and its directors that would allow the church to be reopened to its congregation. The church, as part of a sentence for contempt findings against it and its leaders for defying COVID-19…
Yellow, six-pointed star stickers declaring “UN-VAXXED” offered for sale online by a local anti-restrictions activist closely mimic the yellow badges used to identify Jews in Nazi-controlled Europe during the Second Great War. A spokesperson for a national Jewish advocacy group said selling and promoting an item like this “is an exploitation of our community’s tragedy and pain.” That included victims…
Southwestern Public Health was reporting 10 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford on Wednesday, Sept. 15, up from six new cases on Tuesday. The number of ongoing cases being tracked by the health unit rose to 60 Wednesday from 50 Tuesday. Out of those cases, 63.3 percent involve individuals 39 or younger. Ongoing cases in…
The body of Daniel Sosa-Zerebecka, 25, of St. Catharines, a swimmer missing from Port Burwell Provincial Park beach since Saturday, Sept. 11, was found by searchers on the Lake Erie shoreline 13 kilometres east of there on Monday, Sept. 13, at 12 noon. Ontario Provincial Police Acting Sergeant Ed Sanchuk said members of the OPP’s Underwater Search and Recovery Unit…
The Town of Aylmer issued a brief statement Monday, Sept. 13, warning that residents might experience “slight discolouration and/or odour in their tap water.” Other municipalities with public water distribution systems have done the same, blaming the violent storm that went through the area on Sunday night churning up Lake Erie in the area where water was taken to be…
Southwestern Public Health was reporting from the weekend 28 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford on Monday, Sept. 13, or an average of just over seven a day. Seven new cases had also been confirmed on Friday. The number of ongoing cases being tracked by the health unit stood at 50 Monday, up from 41…
Thames Valley District School Board announced Monday morning, Sept. 13, that the following elementary schools were closed for the day because of power outages: Port Burwell Public School; Springfield Public School; and Straffordville Public School. A severe thunderstorm swept through Elgin, St. Thomas and much of Southwestern Ontario late Sunday night.
Ontario Provincial Police, Bayham Fire and Rescue Services and Norfolk County paramedics are searching for a swimmer missing off the beach at Port Burwell Provincial Park. Acting OPP Sergeant Ed Sanchuck reported that on Saturday, Sept. 11, at about 1:49 p.m., emergency services were called in for a report of a missing swimmer and three near-drownings in the waters of…
After an absence of a year, the Elgin Plowing Match returned on Saturday, Sept. 11, on the farm of Brian and Donna Lunn south of Belmont. John Dekroon brought his Percheron team, Shadow, 6, and Sophie, 8, to compete in the horse-drawn division. He’s a farmer who pursues horse-drawn plowing as a hobby, explaining the attraction is, “The calm, the…
Southwestern Public Health wants to talk to the owner of a dog involved in a biting incident on Centre Street, between Queen and Metcalfe streets, in St. Thomas on Wednesday, Sept. 1, between 2 and 2:30 a.m. The health unit, in a statement, said the dog was being walked by a man when it bit another person. The owner noted…