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2 days ago | 
therecord.com | Brian Williams
Driven by a desire to prepare for a growing population, a local municipal mayor is eyeing a possible new municipal complex. Strathroy-Caradoc Mayor Colin Grantham’s motion to direct staff to complete a land-needs analysis for a future facility – including, but not limited to, an arena and fire hall in the community of Mt. Brydges, just west of London – received support from fellow councillors at a meeting earlier this week.
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1 week ago | 
therecord.com | Brian Williams
The public health office at the epicentre of Ontario’s measles outbreak has reported the lowest number of new infections in a week since April. As of Thursday, Southwestern Public Health, the health unit that oversees Oxford and Elgin counties and St. Thomas, reported 26 new measles cases since May 22, the lowest number of new cases in a seven-day span since 15 new cases were recorded from April 17 to April 24.
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3 weeks ago | 
therecord.com | Brian Williams
The London-area health unit at the epicentre of a provincewide measles outbreak is reporting more than 100 new infections in a week for the first time since the outbreak began in October. Southwestern Public Health reported 104 new measles cases in Elgin and Oxford counties, Woodstock and St. Thomas since May 8 on Thursday.
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3 weeks ago | 
therecord.com | Brian Williams
We have a winner. The mystery behind the unclaimed $5-million Lotto 6/49 prize sold in Woodstock that almost expired has been solved after a Beachville resident checked the winning ticket. It was April 17 when the Ontario Lottery Gaming Corp. advised players to review their past tickets before the $5-million winner expired on May 4 – news that Connie Christie heard on the radio while running errands, according to an OLG statement published on Wednesday.
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1 month 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.
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1 month 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.
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1 month 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.
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1 month 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.
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1 month 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.
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1 month ago | 
therecord.com | Brian Williams
The Liberal candidate in a Southwestern Ontario riding is criticizing his Conservative opponent after the Tory’s absence from a debate. Liberal candidate for Oxford David Hilderley ripped his Conservative opponent Arpan Khanna in a statement posted to his Facebook page for missing a Thursday evening debate held by Unifor Local 88 in Ingersoll. “Arpan Khanna doesn’t respect the people of Oxford enough to show up at this particular debate in Ingersoll,” Hilderley wrote in the Thursday evening post.
