Tag: Oxford County
Pride flag torched as anti-LGBTQ incidents flare anew in small town
Police are investigating after a rainbow Pride flag was lit on fire at an elementary school in Norwich, an Oxford County community where there have been several prior incidents involving LGBTQ symbols
Lotto fever: Big Southwestern Ontario winners who made headlines
It was the $5-million mystery that gripped people across Southwestern Ontario: Who bought the winning lottery ticket that nearly hit its one-year expiry date before being cashed in? The question appears to have a happy answer. But high-profile lottery mega-wins don’t always have such positive endings. LFP’s Brian Williams looks back on other fascinating Southwestern […]
More than 100 new measles cases in Elgin, Oxford: Health unit
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. The […]
Owen Sound decides not to explore hybrid county planning offer
‘We know we have great (city) staff but we have a service to provide to the community,’ Deputy Mayor Scott Greig, who supported exploring the county planning proposal
$5M lotto winner steps forward on eve of ticket’s expiry: Officials
Provincial lottery officials say they have a tentative answer to the $5-million question that’s gripped Southwestern Ontario: Who bought the uncashed seven-figure ticket that’s set to expire this weekend? It was April 17 when the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. urged the person who bought in Woodstock the winning May 4, 2024 Lotto 6/49 ticket […]