LONDON, ONT. Just three days after London was placed back into the red-control zone Premier Doug Ford is expected to announce a province wide shutdown as cases continue to climb. The shutdown is expected to last at least a month and is being called an “emergency brake” according to CTV News Toronto. Ford is expected to speak at 1:30 p.m. Thursday. It was just Tuesday that the province forced the Middlesex-London region back into the red-control zone due to climbing cases. On Wednesday the region saw nearly 100 new cases, an amount not seen since the height of the second wave in early January.
This includes an employee and a resident of Ritz Lutheran Villa. “A fully vaccinated staff member with mild symptoms tested positive for COVID-19, and an outbreak was declared,” said administrator Jeff Renaud in a news release. “Surveillance testing on residents, staff and essential caregivers returned one positive result in a fully vaccinated resident who did not have symptoms. Subsequent testing came back negative. Further tests of residents, staff, and Essential Caregivers at the home also came back negative,” he added. Outbreak measures are currently in place as a precaution. Officials say if there are no other cases, the measures may end early next week.
LONDON, ONT. Roughly 1300 kg of food donations are now in the hands of the St. Thomas Food Bank thanks to the organization Global Medic and local paramedics. Elgin St. Thomas EMS paramedic Jennifer Cripton drove an ambulance to the GlobalMedic warehouse in Toronto to pick up the food Tuesday and delivered it to the Food Bank personally.
Elgin St. Thomas EMS deliver a food donation from Global Medic to the St. Thomas Food Bank on March 30, 2021. (Supplied) We re hoping to give back to the community and help get them on their feet, says Cripton. Global Medic is an NGO volunteer-based service that responds to local and international crises
LONDON, ONT. In what is likely a world first the London Police Services (LPS) is all set to deploy its new innovative Rabbit Response Team (RRT). Consisting of three rabbits rescued in Canada the team will assist the well-known Canine Units with the LPS. According to police the bunnies will be used in situations when spaces are too small for dogs and officers to crawl into. Training begins around six to eight months of age and takes about 10 weeks. For details on their training please visit the LPS website here. The team has two Belgian Hare Rabbits, and one Harlequin Rabbit.