Brian Williams

1 week ago | therecord.com | Brian Williams

A Southwestern Ontario retirement home that closed as its former manager was charged following a $200,000 fraud investigation has new ownership. A listing posted to Facebook by realtor Marius Kerkhoff, days after Trillium Care Communities Norwich closed its doors to residents on Nov. 11, indicated the 20-bed retirement home was under contract. In a latter post, Kerkhoff said the retirement home at 25 Main St. E. in Norwich – a small community south of Woodstock – had been sold.

2 weeks ago | therecord.com | Brian Williams

Officers responded to incidents at two separate St. Thomas schools this week involving students making threats, police say. The first incident was on Tuesday when officers were called to an unidentified high school after a student threatened a member of the administration, St. Thomas police stated in a news release on Friday. Officers went to the school and after an investigation were able to connect the student and their parents to mediate the situation, police said.

2 weeks ago | therecord.com | Brian Williams

A London-area public health office at the epicentre of a provincewide measles outbreak is reporting its largest weekly surge in cases of the highly infectious disease since it began recording weekly statistics. Southwestern Public Health, the health unit that oversees Oxford and Elgin Counties and St. Thomas, is reporting 65 news measles cases since April 24 as of Thursday.

2 weeks ago | therecord.com | Brian Williams

A third Oxford County community has been issued a boil water advisory over the past two days by public health officials. In Ingersoll, a town of about 14,000 people in Oxford County, residents who  use the municipal water supply were issued a warning on Wednesday by Southwestern Public Health – the health unit for Oxford and Elgin Counties and St. Thomas – after samples indicated potential water contamination, officials say.

2 weeks ago | therecord.com | Brian Williams

ST. THOMAS – Controversial Conservative candidate Andrew Lawton was elected MP Tuesday night in a redrawn London-area party stronghold. Polls reported slowly Monday evening, but Lawton never lost his lead over his three opponents in Elgin-St. Thomas-London South – a riding slightly recast and renamed from the former Elgin-Middlesex-London – including Liberal rival David Goodwin.