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Jump to: Hospitalizations – Outbreaks – Schools – Vaccinations and Testing – Ontario – Elgin and Oxford – Huron and Perth – Sarnia and Lambton Health officials in London-Middlesex reported 43 new coronavirus cases had been confirmed in the region as of Thursday. It brings the region’s pandemic case tally to 6,717, of which 6,290 […]

The Thames Valley District School Board is looking to hear from impacted school communities on the naming of a new school and the renaming of an existing school, both in southeast London, Ont. Naming committees will be formed for both and the public will be invited to submit suggestions later this spring, with forms to […]

Ontario is reporting 2,380 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, bringing the provincial total to 336,070. However, Thursday’s case count is an overestimation by about 280 cases due to data catch-up related to the provincial system, the Ontario government said. Despite the inclusion of older cases, Ontario still recorded more than 2,000 new infections. The province […]

TORONTO — Critics of Ontario’s $186-billion spending plan say it fails to meet the immediate needs of residents and small businesses struggling through the pandemic. The budget tabled by the Progressive Conservative government includes $6.7 billion in pandemic spending, including $1 billion for the provincial vaccination effort and $2.3 billion for contact tracing and testing. […]

The owner of an autism services organization north of Guelph says whoever spray painted the R-word on her building has upset so many people. Freya Hunter operates Autism Behavioural Services Inc. in Fergus, Ont., and says an employee found the slur against people with intellectual disabilities tagged to the building on Tuesday morning. Read more: […]

Another death, the second this week, has been reported involving an inmate at London’s Elgin-Middlesex Detention Centre, the province’s Ministry of the Solicitor General has confirmed. Paramedics attended the jail Wednesday morning after an inmate was located in medical distress and was taken to hospital where they were pronounced dead, said a ministry spokesperson. “It […]

It’s make-it-or-break-it time for the federal government’s national price on pollution. The Supreme Court of Canada will decide Thursday whether Ottawa’s “carbon tax” is constitutional or if the federal Liberals overstepped into provincial jurisdiction. University of Ottawa law professor Nathalie Chalifour said the legal question is about constitutionality, but the case is existential for Canada’s […]

The 2021 Ontario budget is doubling down on support for families – in one case, quite literally. The government of Premier Doug Ford is planning to spend a fresh $980 million to increase the amount parents can receive through the Ontario COVID-19 Child Benefit to $400 from $200 per child, while families with children with special […]

A team of international scientists that includes a Waterloo, Ont. researcher has released a more detailed image of a black hole. The Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in Waterloo says the new image shows the “swirl” of light around the black hole as it appears in polarized light. Read more: Nova Scotia professor studies light […]

Ontario is reporting 1,571 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, bringing the provincial total to 333,690. Wednesday’s case count is slightly higher than Tuesday’s which saw 1,546 new infections, however more tests were completed. On Monday, 1,699 new cases were recorded and 1,791 on Sunday. According to Wednesday’s provincial report, 459 cases were recorded in Toronto, […]

A heritage-designated home that long made local headlines will soon be demolished as London, Ont., makes way for a long-awaited construction project nearby. City councillors voted on Tuesday for a change of course on plans for the home that sits on the expropriated land of 100 Stanley St. In 2017, former owner Nan Finlayson launched […]

For the second time in eight days, Waterloo Public Health reported a new COVID-19-related death in the area on Tuesday. This is the 14th that has been announced over the last month as the virus’s death toll now stands at 241 since the pandemic first arrived in the area last March. Read more: Waterloo public […]