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Calling himself old school, downtown businessman Shawn DeNeire has joined the race for a seat on city council in the Oct. 24 municipal vote. DeNeire was born and raised in St. Thomas and was a Central...

Ontario's highest court has ordered the province to pay 3.5-million dollars to a company at the heart of a tainted-meat probe nearly two decades ago. The Court of Appeal ruled last week that the provi...

The Ontario government is extending its deadline for child-care operators to apply for the $10-a-day program. In a letter sent to municipalities and obtained by The Canadian Press, the province says t...

If you weren't able to make it out to the mini beach clean up and environmental education event two weeks ago at Port Stanley Main Beach, you'll have another chance this Friday. Hosted by Ecodemy Educ...

While at least one health unit in SW Ontario is sending out suspension notices to students over out-of-date immunization records, Southwestern Public Health is taking a more measured approach. The Win...

It's one thing to lock the keys in your vehicle. It's another to have a young child locked inside with the keys, especially on a hot day. It happened this past Saturday at the 401 service centre in Du...

With the provincial government keeping the door open to further privatizing healthcare, the Ontario Health Coalition is speaking up. The group which represents 750,000 citizens and over 500 organizati...

A St. Thomas resident is out $11,000 after falling victim to a gift card scam. The individual was contacted by a man warning of suspicious activity on their credit card. To remove the charges, they we...

This week's Destination Local Feature Sponsored by Elgin County Tourism and fuelled by Lynhurst Esso and Variety is the Railway City Music and Arts Festival. Preparing for its second annual showing, t...

The city has sent a four-person delegation to the Association of Municipalities of Ontario's (AMO) annual conference now underway in Ottawa. Through AMO, Ontario's 444 municipalities work together to ...