Category Archives: Post to St. Thomas News
Community spotlight: New city council must look forward while leaving no one behind - Mayor Joe Preston
He calls it his dream team. St. Thomas Mayor Joe Preston made the comment Monday evening as the new city council was sworn in during its inaugural meeting. Written by Ian McCallum
Nov 22, 2022
Constitutional Challenge to be Launched against new Provincial LTC Bill
Healthcare advocates revealed plans Monday to launch a constitutional challenge to an Ontario law that allows some elderly hospital patients to be discharged to a nursing home they did not choose. The...
Nov 22, 2022 Alexas_Fotos / Unsplash
Dog Alerts Home Owners of Smoke Outside of Home
A fire late Saturday on Wellington Street near Princess Avenue has been deemed not suspicious by fire investigators. Firefighters responded to the three-story residence around 9:30 p.m. with smoke vis...
Nov 22, 2022
RIDE Program Nabs Break and Enter Suspect
An Elgin OPP festive RIDE checkpoint in Central Elgin proved especially productive early Friday morning. Officers stopped a vehicle after it appeared the driver was attempting to avoid the checkpoint....
Nov 22, 2022
Community spotlight: A calendar for a cause in support of The Inn
It's a 2023 calendar with a lot of familiar faces. The city's emergency shelter, The Inn, was selected to participate in the Calendar for a Cause fundraiser and a dozen community-minded volunteers ste...
Nov 21, 2022
Environment Canada Warns of Strong Winds Monday
Environment Canada has issued a Special Weather Statement warning of strong winds Monday. Wind Gusts of up to 80km/hr are expected to begin Monday morning and continue until the early evening. The nat...
Nov 21, 2022
Strike Averted: Province Reaches Tentative Deal with CUPE
Students across Ontario are in school today after the union representing 55-thousand education workers reached a tentative deal yesterday afternoon with the province, averting a strike that had been p...
Nov 21, 2022
CRTC Set to Phase In Fourth Area Code for SW Ontario
It's a numbers game and we're running out of them. And so next June, a new area code will be phased in for southwestern Ontario. Seems the 226, 519 and 548 area codes in the region are expected to run...
Nov 21, 2022 ROBIN WORRALL / Unsplash
Police Asking for Witnesses of Talbot St. Assault
St. Thomas Police are investigating after a young person was assaulted by six other youths over the noon hour Thursday. The assault took place at the intersection of Talbot and Flora streets. The vict...
Nov 21, 2022
Shotgun Slug Fired Through Front Door of Apartment Building
St. Thomas Police are investigating after a shotgun slug was fired through the front door of a southside apartment building early Friday morning. No one was injured and police are asking anyone with i...
Nov 21, 2022
