Tag: Elgin County
OPP confirm identities of man, woman found dead in rural home
The OPP confirmed the identities of two people whose bodies were found last week in a rural home in Elgin County but didn’t shed any light on how investigators believe the man and woman who had been dating died.
25 years on, police seek public’s help solving brutal slaying of farmer, wife
Investigators are marking the 25th anniversary of the unsolved double homicide of a dairy farmer and his wife near St. Thomas by appealing anew for anyone with information to come forward.
Port Burwell beachfront townhouse condos a go despite rejection by local council
Whether residents of Port Burwell are for or against it, including local politicians, plans for beachfront townhouse condos have been given the go-ahead by a provincial development watchdog. The 13-unit complex rejected by a vote of 4-1 in January by Bayham council, instead recently received interim approval by the Ontario Land Tribunal. Council turned down […]
‘Hostile’: Area politician reprimanded for conduct code violations
Elgin County’s top politician, Warden Ed Ketchabaw, has been dealt a reprimand by his council colleagues after an integrity watchdog found he twice violated the county’s code of conduct
New mobile dental clinic serves low-income seniors in Oxford, Elgin
Call it a different kind of motor mouth.
The community that landed the delivery giant is bracing for more growth as industry is looking hard at the remaining 500 acres of land undeveloped on the former Ford assembly site that is now home to
It doesn’t know yet exactly how much it will get, but Southwold Township already has plans for its Amazon property tax windfall, Mayor Grant Jones said Wednesday.
Time for London-area schools to replace ‘dangerous’ table saws: Trustee
Staff at the region’s largest school board will probe the need to replace table saws in shop classes after a trustee slammed the “extremely dangerous” tools and called for an available safer replacement.
Fast-growing St. Thomas to see boundary shake-up for elementary schoolkids
Trustees at the Thames Valley District school board approved the majority of recommendations to redraw the boundaries for several elementary schools in St. Thomas.
‘Support local’: Young mom launching rural farmers market
Young mom launches farmers market in rural community Kaitlyn Stoddart and her family moved to Dutton three years ago, right before the pandemic turned their new Elgin County community into a “ghost town,” she recalls. Like others in the rural town southwest of St. Thomas, the mother of two and her husband love to shop […]
Record-setting dry spell leaves local farmers waiting (and waiting) for rain
The London region has just completed the driest local May ever, Environment Canada officials say – with only 4.1 millimetres of rainfall recorded, a drop in the bucket compared to April’s 92.1 mm.