Tag: Elgin
Shore to Shore racers wait out thunderstorm before hitting the road
A thunderstorm that bubbled up threw a curveball at organizers of the Rotary Club of Wiarton’s Shore to Shore Race, but it couldn’t stop the Civic Holiday weekend tradition from going ahead. The start time of the annual road race across the Bruce Peninsula was pushed back to let the storm pass on Monday morning, […]
Two separate crashes, eight hurt within 24 hours in Elgin County
Two long weekend collisions in Elgin County sent eight people to hospital in less than a day, police say. in a series of social media posts Sunday evening and early Monday, Ontario Provincial Police in Elgin County warned first of an investigation into a collision Sunday between a vehicle and a motorcycle on Quaker Road […]
Serious crash closes stretch of Hwy. 401 in Elgin County
A stretch of Hwy. 401 in Elgin County was closed early Saturday in the fallout of a serious single-vehicle crash, Elgin OPP report. An Ornge air ambulance was called in and the section of the highway between Orford and Furnival roads, southwest of London, closed in both directions, police said. The two roads intersecting the […]
Legionnaires’ disease: One dead, infections rise in London outbreak
One person has died and the infection toll has risen from a rare outbreak of legionnaires’ disease in London
Southampton beach posted unsafe for swimming
The beach at Southampton has been posted unsafe for swimming, just as the Civic Holiday weekend begins. Grey Bruce Public Health announced Friday that in consultation with Saugeen Shores, the beach had been posted unsafe after water-sampling results showed bacterial levels exceeding Ontario Ministry of Health standards. The water was tested Wednesday and the results […]
Police searching for Lake Erie jet ski operator missing near Erieau
Authorities are searching for a man who went missing on a personal watercraft in Lake Erie near Erieau
West Nile Virus present in Elgin County: Health unit
A week after Middlesex-London Health Unit confirmed several mosquitoes had tested positive for West Nile Virus in the London area, a neighbouring health unit says a bloodsucker was confirmed to carry the illness. Southwestern Public Health â the health unit for Oxford and Elgin counties including St. Thomas and Woodstock â has traps set up […]
Three injured when tanker truck, vehicle collide: Police
Three people were injured when a tanker truck and vehicle collided east of London on Tuesday. The crash occurred at 12:10 p.m. at Elgin and Gore roads just north of Dorchester, Middlesex OPP said. One person was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries and two with serious injuries, police said. OPP kept the intersection closed […]
Sawed-off shotgun, ammunition, suspected fentanyl seized
Two London men face charges after police seized a sawed-off shotgun, 175 rounds of ammunition and suspected fentanyl valued at almost $29,000. Officers searched a home in the area of Simcoe and Colborne streets on July 24 as part of an ongoing weapons investigation, London police said Tuesday. Officers found nearly 300 grams of fentanyl […]
Lone London-area Conservative MP reportedly calling it quits
A news report says Elgin-Middlesex-London MP Karen Vecchio is packing it in after nine years and won’t run in the next federal election.