Category Archives: Post to St. Thomas News
Teen dies in Aylmer industrial accident
The Ministry of Labour is investigating the death of an employee Wednesday morning at Elgin Feeds in Aylmer. Aylmer Police responded to the business off John St. North. According to their media releas...
Mar 15, 2023
Consideration of a supervised drug-use site gets lukewarm reception during Monday's city council meeting
Southwestern Public Health's study into the feasibility of drug treatment and consumption services in the region was met in cautious fashion at Monday's city council meeting. Councillors Gary Clarke a...
Mar 15, 2023
Community spotlight: BBBS Curl for Kids fundraiser a fabulous win for young people
The theme for this year's Big Brothers Big Sisters Curl for Kids was Fabulous 4s and the result at the end of the day was just that, fabulous. Interim executive director Carolyn Johnson tells myFM pro...
Mar 15, 2023
Home invasion suspect arrested in Sarnia
The second suspect in a home invasion incident in January has been arrested by Sarnia Police. Thirty-three year-old Daniel Corlett is now in custody in St. Thomas awaiting a court appearance today (We...
Mar 15, 2023
Community spotlight: Duncan McPhail remembered as 'a pillar of the community'
Calling him larger than life, Elgin County Warden Ed Ketchabaw says with the death of Deputy Warden Duncan McPhail on the weekend "we have lost a true advocate." McPhail sat on county council for 17 y...
Mar 14, 2023
Preparing for the jobs of tomorrow
Ontario's Minister of Education Stephen Lecce says he's preparing kids for the jobs of tomorrow. The province will implement a new high school graduation requirement next fall aimed at preparing stude...
Mar 14, 2023
With today's Volkswagen announcement, 'the city has secured its future'- St. Thomas Mayor Joe Preston
With the announcement Monday that Volkswagen has chosen St. Thomas as the site for first overseas gigafactory for battery cell manufacturing, Mayor Joe Preston proclaimed the city has secured its futu...
Mar 13, 2023
Volkswagen selects St. Thomas as the home for it's first overseas EV battery facility
As announced earlier today, Volkswagen and and its battery operation, PowerCo, announced they have selected St. Thomas as the site of Volkswagen's first overseas gigafactory for battery cell manufactu...
Mar 13, 2023
St. Thomas lands Volkswagen EV battery plant
European automaker Volkswagen says it plans to build an electric vehicle battery plant in St. Thomas. It says the facility will be its first overseas "gigafactory'' for battery cell manufacturing, wit...
Mar 13, 2023
St. Thomas to become key player in province's Fertilizer Challenge
As announced last week, St. Thomas is to become a player in addressing the fertilizer shortage in the province. Ontario is investing $2 million in 10 projects, including the fertilizer coating plant p...
Mar 13, 2023
