A stretch of Highway 402 was closed Sunday because of extreme heat affecting the pavement.
A Southwestern Ontario public health unit at the epicentre of a provincewide measles outbreak has reported the fewest new weekly cases in months. The four new measles cases reported by Southwestern Public Health – the health unit for Oxford and Elgin counties, Woodstock and St. Thomas – between June 12 and 19, mark the lowest […]
Grey Bruce Public Health is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying the owner of a dog involved in a biting incident on a Kincardine trail. Around 9:30 a.m. on June 15, a woman was bitten by a dog while walking on the Blue Trail, near the North Line Extension, west of Highway 21, according to a […]
Emergency departments are seeing a surge in cases of a once-rare condition that causes relentless vomiting among youth who use cannabis
An infant born prematurely after contracting measles in the womb has died in Southwestern Ontario, the province's top public-health official said on Thursday.
HURON – Environment and Climate Change Canada has issued a special air quality statement as smoke from wildfires in the west begins clouding the Huron County area. The June 5 statement encompasses southern Huron County, Bluewater, Goderich, northern Huron County, Wingham and Blyth. According to a press release from Huron Perth public health, wildfire smoke […]
The public health office at the epicentre of Ontario’s measles outbreak has reported the lowest number of new infections in a week since April.
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 […]
A London-area pharmacist has been slapped with a three-month suspension over his dispensing of an emergency overdose prevention drug
A London-area public health office at the epicentre of a provincewide measles outbreak is reporting its largest weekly surge in cases of the highly infectious disease since it began recording weekly statistics.
A third Oxford County community has been issued a boil water advisory over the past two days by public health officials.
A Southwestern Ontario public-health office has issued a boil water advisory for a small community east of London. Southwestern Public Health, which oversees Oxford and Elgin counties and St. Thomas, on Tuesday issued the warning for all users of the Mount Elgin municipal water system in Oxford County after what officials called a pressure loss […]