Category Archives: Post to St. Thomas News
North end neighbourhood evacuated due to gas leak
Plenty of excitement in a north St. Thomas neighbourhood this morning. Just before 9, the city's fire department received several 9-1-1 calls for a vehicle that hit a home at 9 Pine Valley Drive. It s...
Jun 25, 2020
Province gives green light for new Belmont school
It's the news Belmont residents have been waiting almost four years to hear and this morning's announcement is a positive message for the province's rural communities. Elgin-Middlesex-London MPP Jeff ...
Jun 25, 2020
St. Thomas Elgin Food Bank announces temporary closure of facility
As a result of a recent weather event, the St. Thomas Elgin Food Bank will be closing its facility at 803 Talbot Street until the end of July in order to complete repairs. Although this means that the...
Jun 25, 2020
Ontario Health Coalition protests provincial home care changes in front of MPP Yurek's office
Proposed home care changes in the province would dismantle public governance and oversight, according to the Ontario Health Coalition, a group that lobbies for full publicly funded health care. Bill 1...
Jun 25, 2020
Elgin Roofing awards free roof to local resident
Elgin Roofing is giving back to the local community through the donation of a free roof. The local company recently ran a contest through their website where people were able to nominate someone who t...
Jun 25, 2020
COVID-19: New case reported in Malahide
Southwestern Public Health is reporting a new case of COVID-19 in Malahide today. This news follows yesterdays announcement that St. Thomas had officially resolved all active cases, leaving the area w...
Jun 24, 2020
Province extends State of Emergency to July 15th
Ontario Premier Doug Ford says the province is extending its state of emergency until July 15th. Ford says he hopes it'll be the last time the province will have to extend its emergency declaration. T...
Jun 24, 2020
OPP call in U.S. Coast Guard to help rescue kayakers in Port Bruce
The Elgin County OPP and local first responders received some assistance from the U.S. Coast Guard last night after 4 kayakers needed rescuing on Lake Erie. At around 9 p.m. Tuesday night, officers we...
Jun 24, 2020
Elgin County encouraging residents to "Go Gold for Grads" this week
While graduation ceremonies have fallen victim to COVID-19 restrictions, Elgin County warden Dave Mennill says these unprecedented time have taught students to be resilient and to adapt quickly. To ho...
Jun 24, 2020
Students in Ontario to learn about money, coding and computer programming as early as Grade 1
Education Minister Stephen Lecce has laid out the provinces new elementary math curriculum. The new curriculum for students in Grades 1-8 will teach mandatory financial literacy concepts to learn abou...
Jun 24, 2020
