Category Archives: Post to St. Thomas News
Fire behind Memorial Arena being treated as suspicious
A fire yesterday (Thursday) evening behind Memorial Arena is being treated as suspicious. The stubborn blaze in a mountain of rubble on the site of the former Hayes-Dana plant on Victor Drive took abo...
Sep 18, 2020
18 foot fishing boat calls in back up after running out of fuel in Port Bruce
The Elgin OPP were called the Port Bruce area last night after a fishing boat ran out of fuel and was unable to get to shore. Police say that they received the report about a vessel in distress off Po...
Sep 18, 2020
STEGH seeing an uptick in appointments at the COVID-19 testing centre
As the province pushes to increase testing capacity at COVID-19 assessment centres, Robert Biron President and CEO of the St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital says over the past few days there has been a...
Sep 18, 2020
Average sale price for a home in St. Thomas soars to $455,786 in August
The latest housing numbers are in from the London and St. Thomas Association of Realtors and it was their 2nd best August in history despite the challenges of COVID-19. In St. Thomas, the average sale...
Sep 18, 2020
Flaring scheduled to take place in Aylmer next week
The Aylmer Police Service has put a notice out to the community about planned maintenance that will be taking place next week at the Aylmer IGPC site. The service reports that EPCOR will be completing...
Sep 18, 2020
Police searching for early morning break and enter suspect
The St. Thomas Police are investigating following a break and enter at a Ross Street Laundromat early Thursday morning. Police report that around 5 a.m., security video recorded a suspect prying open ...
Sep 17, 2020
COVID-19: A single new case reported today
Southwestern Public Health is reporting just a single new confirmed COVID-19 case this morning (Thursday). It is a Woodstock resident 20 to 29 years of age. That brings to 10 the number of ongoing cas...
Sep 17, 2020
Alzheimer Society's Finding Your Way Scavenger Hunt goes this Saturday
The Alzheimer Society: Elgin-St.Thomas will be holding their Finding Your Way Scavenger Hunt this Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Everyone is invited to join in on the hunt that spans across Elgin Coun...
Sep 17, 2020
Province launches website to track COVID-19 cases in schools
There's now an online tool available to Ontario residents to give you a better sense of how COVID-19 is impacting schools. The provincial government launched a tracker on their website Friday (11th), ...
Sep 17, 2020
STEGH to use funding to upgrade areas of the hospital that date back to 1954
It was announced earlier this week that the St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital will receive close to $1.3 million in funding as part of the province's Infrastructure Renewal Fund. Hospital president an...
Sep 17, 2020
