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Eric BunnellFort McMurray Today |
The St. Thomas agency distributed roughly 1,600 hampers to local families this holiday season
The Ignite Youth Centre received $10,000 from the campaign after a successful pitch to donors The evening was the 10th annual People Who Care...
A few seasonal save-the-dates for holiday events in St. Thomas and Elgin County The end of November is nigh, and Christmas spirits are most decidedly...
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas in St. Thomas and Elgin County Signs of the coming holidays now seem everywhere around our town,...
Registration for Christmas Cares begins Nov. 12 and closes on Dec. 10 Ya just gotta love this unseasonal weather we’ve been enjoying. Or do you? ...
YWCA is set to announce a new fundraising campaign to help furnish the tiny homes “This is a physical representation of what working together looks...
Ontario Trillium Foundation grant used to install heat pumps in church's community spaces Things are real cool at Central United Church for community...
St. Thomas native penned a celebrated book about his travels with Terry Fox during the original Marathon of Hope St. Thomas native Bill Vigars was a...
YWCA St. Thomas-Elgin officials offer to share project plans with other interested municipalities Project Tiny Hope just may be bigger than we think. ...
A three-day building blitz this week brought together local builders and trades to put up the first eight of Project Tiny Hope’s tiny homes at 21...
Three plays will each get a day’s workshop, followed by an public reading and audience discussion Skullduggery at the local lilac festival!?! You...
New exhibit explores the history of golf and curling in Elgin County It’s getting on that time of year, isn’t it? The end of summer is on the...
More than three dozen area artists take part in painting session Ian Begg proposed the day for artists to paint an old barn at his farm. “I’ve...
St. Thomas-Elgin General Hospital officials celebrated the arrival of a new MRI machine this week I don’t know if there was champagne. But I do...
St. Thomas park staff help band two osprey chicks in Pinafore Park They’re passing the cigars at Pinafore Park. Well, metaphorically, at least,...
Although life has taken Alex Wilson to many far-away places – “I’ve had a lot of adventures,” she laughs – there truly is no place like home...
Demand at the St. Thomas-Elgin Food Bank has risen sharply during the first half of 2024 It’s what they said would happen. Demand for food...
The first tiny home of Project Tiny Hope is now under construction There’s very real hope growing today in St. Thomas. A year after...
Saturday service helps mark the 200th anniversary of the Old St. Thomas Church An event 200 years in the making takes place this Saturday in St....
The mural includes a map of the Oneida Nation's journey and symbols representing its culture, In 1840, more than 200 men, women and children left...
Twenty vendors take part in the first Horton Midweek Market The Horton Farmers’ Market was the place to be for Nicole and gal pals Kim and Brianne...
Elgin County Railway Museum volunteers have spent years restoring the 107-year-old rail car It’s “all aboard” once again for the London and...
The St. Thomas star of stage and screen 'dreams' about returning to Canada There’s a happy 1995 memory of St. Thomas in the Broadway dressing room...
This year's Port Stanley Festival Theatre season is dedicated to the memory of the late Simon Joynes When the curtain goes up next week on the 2024...
Organizers are excited about a new mid-week market day being introduced this year t’s a sure sign that another St. Thomas spring is well upon us –...
McAdams is nominated for best performance by an actress in a leading role in a play Could Rachel McAdams’s star shine any brighter? Just days...
Rachel McAdams wows audiences and critics in Amy Herzog’s drama, Mary Jane Rachel McAdams says she was “terrified” by the prospect of Broadway. ...
The trees were donated to St. Thomas as part of the Sakura Project So, no sooner was the ink dry on last week’s entry that Jeff Bray, the city parks...
Construction on the new hospice facility should be finished in 12 to 14 months Hospice of Elgin is sharing good news. Indeed, great news. “We...
Annual fundraiser helps support The INN St. Thomas-Elgin homeless shelter March, already! Even with its extra 29th day this Leap Year, wherever did...
James Reilly founded an award-winning harmonica band at Elmdale public school in the 1930s They were the worst of times, those early 1930s. But...
Baden man volunteers to restore the aging pump organ at Old St. Thomas Church as part of bicentennial celebrations By day, he’s a computer...
Local landmark was built in 1876 by Joshua Bobier, an early settler The address is 29480 Fingal Line. But the house is so well-known that homeowner...
The year-long bicentennial celebrations began Saturday with a kickoff at the Fire Hall Market Well, it only makes sense, doesn’t it, that if...
Demand at the St. Thomas-Elgin Food Bank has almost doubled over the past three years There’s a box of tissues on Karen McDade’s desk at the St....
Service club members donate $125K to the Hospice of Elgin fundraising campaign Theirs may be a small town on the north shore of Lake Erie. But...
Bicentennial committee has a full year of events planned to celebrate church's 200-year history It could have been a real Silent Night. Age – and...
While modest, the return of holiday lights at Pinafore Park has been well received, parks official says The dark nights at this time of year are just...
The deadline for Christmas hamper registration is Friday, Dec. 8, at 4 p.m. There’s hardly been snow so far this season. And that’s what often...