St. Thomas tiny homes project gets $2.4M boost

London Free Press
Queen’s Park and Ottawa are teaming up to provide $2.4 million to help build 40 tiny, affordable homes in St. Thomas.
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OPP seek driver after rollover crash that flattened vehicle

London Free Press
Romayne Smith Fullerton was walking her dog with a friend in a wildlife preserve southwest of St. Thomas Tuesday morning when she heard an “enormous thump.”
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Insurance deal saves high school swim team’s season: ‘Thankful’

London Free Press
An Elgin County high school’s swim team will be motoring ahead after an insurance dispute between the province and the region’s largest school board threatened to cancel the season. The swim team at East Elgin secondary school in Aylmer will be back in the water in the coming weeks after
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Elgin County to receive nearly $1M for team-based primary health care

London Free Press
Elgin County will receive nearly $1-million from the provincial government to expand team-based health care in the region.
Elgin County, ontario government

In one area community, a novel solution to fill empty space at school

London Free Press
Despite skyrocketing enrolment at some schools in the London area, one in a Lake Erie village has so few pupils – now 105 – a plan is in place to keep its Grade 6 kids for two more years to help offset falling enrolment. Read More
Elgin County, Port Burwell, Thames Valley District school board

OPP confirm identities of man, woman found dead in rural home

London Free Press
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. Read More
Elgin County, Elgin OPP

25 years on, police seek public's help solving brutal slaying of farmer, wife

London Free Press
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. Read More
Elgin County, Elgin OPP, Homicides

Port Burwell beachfront townhouse condos a go despite rejection by local council

London Free Press
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. Read More
Elgin County, Ontario Land Tribunal, Port Burwell

'Hostile': Area politician reprimanded for conduct code violations

London Free Press
An “accusatory” text, sent to two colleagues in the wee hours of the morning. Read More
Elgin County, Integrity commissioner

New mobile dental clinic serves low-income seniors in Oxford, Elgin

London Free Press
Call it a different kind of motor mouth. Read More
Elgin County, Oxford County, Southwestern Public Health

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

London Free Press
Southwold Township doesn’t know how much its Amazon property tax windfall will be, but the municipality already has plans for the money, Mayor Grant Jones said Wednesday. Read More
Amazon, Elgin County, Southwold Township

Record-setting dry spell leaves local farmers waiting (and waiting) for rain

London Free Press
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. Read More
Agriculture, Climate change, Elgin County, Environment Canada, Ontario Federation of Agriculture
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