Category Archives: Post to St. Thomas News
COVID-19: St. Thomas worker tests positive at Ontario Plants Propagation facility
Fallout from the COVID-19 outbreak at the Ontario Plants Propagation facility has now hit St. Thomas. A city resident who works at the plant tested positive for the virus over the weekend, joining at ...
Jun 01, 2020
Jacqueline Bloom named new Executive Director of STEGH Foundation
The St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital Foundation has appointed its new Executive Director. After roughly 3 months without an Executive Director, the STEGH Foundation has announced that Jacqueline Bloo...
Jun 01, 2020
STPS arrest same male twice in 2 days
The St. Thomas Police Service were kept busy by a local resident after they were arrested twice in 2 days. Police report that 35 year old Edward Steacy was first arrested Saturday night when he stole ...
Jun 01, 2020
Parkside moves annual graduation banquet online
Although they won't be able to gather together, the staff at Parkside Collegiate Institute have come up with a way for the annual graduation banquet to go on. The banquet which is held every year for ...
Jun 01, 2020
MP Vecchio denounces funding lapse for trafficking victim programs
Elgin-Middlesex-London MP has a simple question for the Liberal government. Where is the money? The funding in this case is $75 million promised last fall to front-line agencies involved in programs a...
May 31, 2020
Elgin beaches to remain closed
Elgin County Warden Dave Mennill reminds area residents and visitors that all public beaches in the county remain closed due to COVID-19 restrictions. This includes beaches in Port Stanley, Port Bruce...
May 31, 2020
Ontario announces drive-in theatres can reopen, backcountry camping allowed and new electricity rate relief measures
The provincial government made several announcements today including extending the suspension of time-of-use price on electricity rates and the allowance of backcountry camping in Ontario Parks. As On...
May 30, 2020
COVID-19 outbreak at Ontario Plants Propagation
Southwestern Public Health and the Middlesex-London Health Unit and working together in response to a COVID-19 outbreak involving temporary foreign workers living in London but working near St. Thomas...
May 29, 2020
Ford considers reopening province by region
Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he's considering a regional approach to reopening Ontario as a part of Phase 2. Ford says this is because the testing has increased in the province. Ford says other juri...
May 29, 2020
TVDSB students to retrieve personal belongings next month
Arrangements are now being made for Thames Valley District School Board students to pick up the personal possessions left behind in schools when they were ordered closed March 13. Mark Fisher, Directo...
May 29, 2020
