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COVID-19: St. Thomas and Elgin County continue to sit at 2 active cases
St. Thomas and Elgin County are continuing to flatten the COVID-19 curve. As of Tuesday (May 19), Southwestern Public Health reports just 2 active cases in the area, 1 being in St. Thomas and the othe...
May 19, 2020
Emergency Orders extended in Ontario until May 29th
The Ontario government is extending all emergency orders currently in place until May 29th. This includes the closure of sit-in restaurants, bars, restrictions on social gatherings of more than five p...
May 19, 2020
2020 Iron Horse Festival cancelled
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the St. Thomas Iron Horse Festival that was set to take place from August 20th to 22nd has been cancelled. Iron Horse Festival President Joanne Dowswell says that...
May 19, 2020
City Council takes next step in appointing new member
City council took a step forward last week as members move to fill the seat left vacant following the death of Linda Stevenson. Council agreed to appoint an individual to the position in lieu of holdi...
May 19, 2020
EBRC announces new Regional Relief and Recovery Fund available to local businesses
New funding that is meant to help financially support small and medium sized businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic has been made available through the Elgin Business Resource Centre. The EBRC is off...
May 19, 2020
94.1 myFM launches Restart Local
In order to keep everyone informed about what is open in our community, 94.1 myFM has launched our Restart Local initiative. General Manager of 94.1 myFM Samantha Wakefield says the Restart Local init...
May 19, 2020
Emergency act amendment allows drive-in church services
Calling it an important step in the process of reopening churches across the province, Church of God Pastor Henry Hildebrandt received word Saturday his drive-in services in Aylmer are permitted under...
May 18, 2020
STPS continue to investigate fatal motorcycle collision on Sunset Drive
The St. Thomas Police Service along with their Accident Reconstruction Unit are continuing to investigate following a fatal collision that took place around 4:30 this afternoon on Sunset Drive near th...
May 16, 2020
Video surveillance cameras coming to downtown core
Video surveillance is coming soon to the city's downtown core. At Tuesday's council meeting members will be asked to endorse Phase 1 of the project which will see the installation of eight CCTV camera...
May 16, 2020
Wellington Road crash victim identified
Elgin OPP have identified the driver killed in a two-vehicle crash Thursday afternoon on Wellington Road north of Ron McNeil Line. 54-year-old Carrie Avery of Southwold was driving southbound on Welli...
May 16, 2020
