Tag: Elgin County
For rural education advocates, London-area fight grows deeper
Rural education advocates are chafing after the Thames Valley District school board dissolved a task force created to come up with ideas to improve rural schooling.
OPP DNA DRAGNET: The wrong thing for the right reason?
A violent sexual assault. Police racing the clock. A controversial step that helped solve the crime, but which critics charge was ‘clearly discrimination.’
Final arguments loom in human-rights case over police DNA sweep
The lawyer representing 54 migrant workers caught in a 2013 DNA sweep in Elgin County is seeking $30,000 in damages for each worker as the legal team prepares to make closing arguments in its human rights case this week.
School buses cancelled in Elgin County
Freezing rain has led to the cancellation of all school buses in Elgin County on Wednesday.
Small town opens shelter as rural homelessness concerns deepen
An Elgin County housing coalition is preparing to open the area’s first emergency homeless shelter, a sign of deepening rural homelessness. The Homelessness Coalition of West Elgin and Dutton Dunwich — home to a combined population of nearly 9,000 — is set to open the emergency shelter at St. Mary Parish in West Lorne on Friday night. “I’m so happy […]
Winter storm warning in effect for southwestern Ontario
Environment Canada initially issued a special weather statement on Tuesday, but that statement was upgraded to a winter storm warning Wednesday afternoon.
School buses cancelled in Elgin County
MyBigYellowBus.ca announced Friday all buses in Elgin, including those headed to schools in St. Thomas, are cancelled for the day.
Weekend shoreline statement issued by LTVCA
The winds may ease off a little this weekend, but the Lower Thames Valley Conservation Authority (LTVCA) has issued a flood outlook.