Category Archives: Post to St. Thomas News
Health Minister Calls Mask Wearing a "Personal Choice"
Health Minister Sylvia Jones says wearing a mask in public places is a personal choice and people should not be passing judgment on those who do or don't wear one. Jones made the comment after most of...
Nov 16, 2022
Community Spotlight: Veteran city firefighter Kyle Smith promoted to Deputy Chief
A 28-year veteran of the city's fire department has been appointed deputy chief, effective immediately. Kyle Smith moves into the position after the promotion of Deputy Chief Dave Gregory to chief on ...
Nov 15, 2022
Winter overnight parking rules now in effect in St. Thomas
Overnight parking rules are now in effect in St. Thomas. From today (Tuesday) through to March 15, overnight parking on city streets is prohibited between 2 and 6 a.m. Overnight parking permits are av...
Nov 15, 2022
Tentative deal reached at Western
A strike has been averted at Western. Western University and the University of Western Ontario Faculty Association have reached a tentative agreement. As a result classes will proceed as scheduled tod...
Nov 15, 2022
World Population Reaches 8 Billion: United Nations
The United Nations says the world's population has reached the eight-billion mark. The projection came in a report released in July that says much of the growth expected between now and 2050 is coming...
Nov 15, 2022 Kevin Gill / CC
Province Revokes Controversial Bill 28
The president of CUPE's Ontario School Board Council of Unions says education workers have their rights back after Premier Doug Ford's government repealed a law that had imposed a contract and banned ...
Nov 15, 2022
Ontario is experiencing an unprecedented number of children fighting RSV, COVID-19 and flu in its hospitals
Southwestern Public Health is advising it's time to think differently about respiratory illnesses and what they can mean to the most vulnerable around us - particularly children 4 and under. Medical o...
Nov 14, 2022
Community spotlight: St. Thomas making inroads with unprecedented levels of homelessness
The solution to homelessness is housing and housing with supports. That was the message from Danielle Neilson, the city's Homelessness Prevention and Housing Programs Coordinator in a presentation to ...
Nov 14, 2022
Masking encouraged, but Ontario's top doctor stops short of a mandate
Ontario's chief medical officer of health is ``strongly recommending'' everyone wear masks in all indoor public settings, including schools and child-care centres. But Dr. Kieran Moore is stopping sho...
Nov 14, 2022
Province Extends Gas Tax Cut Until End of 2023
A continued break at the pumps for motorists and businesses. The province is proposing to extend the current gas and diesel tax rate cuts until the end of 2023. The cuts were to expire at the end of t...
Nov 14, 2022 sippakorn yamkasikorn / Unsplash
