Free Shaw’s Ice Cream at CASO Station Wednesday Comes With a Food Bank Ask
MP Andrew Lawton's office gives out free Shaw's scoops at CASO Station in St. Thomas Wednesday, 1 to 3 p.m., and asks for food bank donations.
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Ship To Shore, a New Norm Foster Comedy, Opens This Week at Port Stanley
Norm Foster's world premiere comedy Ship To Shore, starring Mark Crawford and Cailin Stadnyk, opens this week near St. Thomas at Port Stanley Festival Theatre.
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Highway 3 Resurfacing Starts Monday Between St. Thomas and Aylmer
A 13-km Highway 3 repave between St. Thomas and Aylmer starts Monday. Ontario 511 posts a 10-minute delay for the lane restriction, active into mid-October.
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Yarmouth Yards Has Its First Landmark, a Giant Toy Train
A new sculpture by Ontario artist Briony Douglas, oversized wooden toy train cars, now marks the gate of St. Thomas's Yarmouth Yards industrial park.
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Why St. Thomas’s Books Show Both a Deficit and a $134 Million Surplus
St. Thomas's 2025 books show a $748,675 deficit and a $134.7 million surplus at once. Treasurer Adam Boylan explains why, and it comes down to Yarmouth Yards.
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Downtown St. Thomas Cat Rescue Hit With a Nearly $200,000 Bill From the Province
SALT, a St. Thomas rescue, has until Aug. 25 to pay a $198,156 provincial bill, or it can appeal, after 17 cats taken from it were euthanized.
Read the full storyThe Railway City Music and Arts Festival Takes Over Pinafore Park for Four Free Days This Week
The free, four-day Railway City Music and Arts Festival returns to St. Thomas's Pinafore Park August 13 to 16, with live music, food, and family fun.
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St. Thomas Lays Out a Plan to Borrow $167 Million for Yarmouth Yards
A new city report shows how St. Thomas plans to borrow $167 million for Yarmouth Yards, repaying $9.7 million a year from 2031 with no forecast tax hike.
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Southwold Says Flood Road Repairs Could Take Two Weeks
A 250-year rainfall event flooded roads west of St. Thomas. Southwold says repairs could take two weeks, with debris pickup details due Monday.
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St. Thomas and Elgin Are Studying a City-Run Medical Clinic of Their Own
The Health Recruitment Partnership has helped recruit and retain more than 50 doctors and nurse practitioners for St. Thomas and Elgin County since 2008.
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