Category Archives: Post to St. Thomas News
Downtown merchants have excellent COVID-19 protocols in place
Downtown merchants are very much abiding by the COVID-19 restrictions under the Reopening Ontario Act. That's the finding after last week's coronavirus education campaign undertaken by city police, by...
Dec 10, 2020
Festive RIDE program now underway
Elgin OPP, St. Thomas and Aylmer Police remind motorists the annual Festive RIDE program is now underway. And, police remind under the Mandatory Alcohol Screening provision, an officer with an approve...
Dec 10, 2020
Man arrested for breaching child exploitation conditions
A former St. Thomas resident was arrested and charged by the Internet Child Exploitation Unit of St. Thomas Police on Wednesday after turning himself in. Thirty-two-year-old Brandon Arthur Kersey was ...
Dec 10, 2020
But officer, the car still runs fine
A 32-year-old Southwest Middlesex man faces several charges after hitting the centre median on Hwy. 401, west of Union Road. Around 2:15 p.m. Wednesday, Elgin OPP received a report of a vehicle striki...
Dec 10, 2020
COVID-19: 14 new cases in St. Thomas/Elgin
Ontario reported 1,983 new cases of COVID-19 today (Thursday), another one-day record while Southwestern Public Health is advising of 19 new cases, including nine in St. Thomas and five in Aylmer. Thi...
Dec 10, 2020
St. Thomas Police issue warning to parents
St. Thomas Police have issued a warning to parents regarding an attempt to lure youth into sending nude photographs to an individual. The Internet Child Exploitation Unit suspects a fake Instagram acc...
Dec 10, 2020
Health unit reports two more school cases tonight
Southwestern Public Health tonight (Wednesday) identified a single positive case of COVID-19 at both New Sarum and Summers' Corners public schools. Thames Valley District School Board has notified sta...
Dec 09, 2020
COVID-19: Beginning the long path back to normal
Canada has become just the third country in the world, after Britain and Bahrain, to approve the COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer and BioNTech. That clears the way for the delivery of 249-thousand doses b...
Dec 09, 2020
St. Thomas man faces child pornography charges
A 31-year-old St. Thomas man faces a variety of charges following an online investigation by the St. Thomas Police Service Internet Child Exploitation Unit. Officers from the Street Crimes Unit arrest...
Dec 09, 2020
Health Canada approves Pfizer vaccine
Health Canada has approved national use of Pfizer and BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine. The decision clears the way for the delivery of up to 249,000 doses this month, with the first shipment set to arrive...
Dec 09, 2020
