Category Archives: Post to St. Thomas News
Ontario to allow non-urgent surgeries to resume as COVID-19 cases and ICU admissions drop
Ontario's top doctor is giving hospitals the green light to gradually resume non-urgent surgeries. Dr. David Williams says daily COVID-19 rates, hospitalizations and intensive care admissions appear t...
May 20, 2021
COVID-19: Just a pair of new cases today in St. Thomas/Elgin
The province is reporting 1,588 new COVID-19 cases this morning with 19 deaths while Southwestern Public Health is reporting 14 new cases with 17 resolved. There was one new case in St. Thomas and Cen...
May 19, 2021
CECI goes virtual for their production of The Drowsy Chaperone
Students and staff at Central Elgin Collegiate Institute weren't about to let COVID-19 restrictions bring the curtain down on their year-end theatrical production. They had to improvise and the result...
May 19, 2021
SWPH begins preparing for the vaccination of 12-17 age group
With everyone 18 and older now eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine in the Southwestern Public Health region, they are putting the necessary plans in place to begin welcoming teens into vaccine clinics. ...
May 18, 2021
COVID-19: New case count drops to single digit
The province is reporting 1,616 new COVID-19 cases this morning with 17 deaths while Southwestern Public Health is reporting just seven new cases with 25 resolved. There were two new cases in St. Thom...
May 18, 2021
Tractor trailer driver airlifted to hospital following collision near West Lorne
The eastbound lanes of Highway 401 near West Lorne were closed for much of the evening Monday, following a 2 vehicle collision involving a tractor trailer. Elgin OPP say that around 4 p.m., a road pai...
May 18, 2021
Shoppers Drug Mart now offering rapid asymptomatic COVID-19 testing
Shopper Drug Mart has announced that rapid result COVID-19 testing for asymptomatic individuals is now available across the province, including all St. Thomas locations. The rapid antigen tests are av...
May 18, 2021
Vaccine eligibility moves to 18+ in SWPH region today
Beginning today at 8 a.m., all individuals 18 years of age and over can begin booking COVID-19 vaccination appointments. Because 2.2 million doses of vaccine are expected to arrive this week, the prov...
May 18, 2021
COVID-19: Week-end numbers trending in a positive direction
The province is reporting 2,170 new COVID-19 cases this morning with 4 deaths while Southwestern Public Health is reporting 36 new cases with 50 resolved since Friday. There were four new cases in St....
May 17, 2021
Elgin Middlesex Street Crime Unit shut down Forest Ave meth lab
A traffic stop that took place in the city of London on April 18th has lead the OPP to a meth lab operating out of a Forest Avenue address in St. Thomas. The Middlesex OPP say that following the stop,...
May 17, 2021
