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• Want to be a city councillor? Political push underway to open appointment process to all eligible

  Required to fill two recently vacated seats on council, a pair of councillors want to hold an open call for applications.

  

• 'Pandemic baby boom' keeps staff at Sarnia, Ont. hospital busy

  Doctors and nurses in the Maternal Infant Child (MIC) Unit at a Sarnia, Ont. hospital have been extra busy these past few months -- and so far in October, there have already been over 90 babies born there.

  

• Capacity limits for Ontario restaurants, gyms to end as soon as Monday: sources

  Capacity limits on restaurants and gyms in Ontario could be lifted next Monday, as the Ford government considers new measures for establishments that require proof of vaccination certificates, sources say.

• TVDSB looking for a few - hundred - good EAs

  Shortages among educational assistants (EAs) and occasional teachers has led to a recruitment drive for the Thames Valley District School Board (TVDSB).

• MLHU gives preview of COVID-19 vaccination plan for kids

  The COVID-19 vaccination campaign for kids ages five to 11 could get started as early as December and will resemble the early vaccine campaign for adults, local officials say.

• Second death in as many days, 20 new COVID-19 cases in Middlesex-London

  The Middlesex-London Health Unit (MLHU) is reporting a new death for the second day in a row and 20 new COVID-19 cases Thursday.

• Man, 25, killed in crash on major Cambridge road

  A major road connecting Kitchener and Cambridge has reopened following a fatal crash early Thursday morning.

• London, Ont. man charged with criminal harassment for allegedly following young women

  A London, Ont. man is facing criminal harassment charges after police say a total of five women were followed on three occasions, all in the area of Western University's campus, earlier this week.

• London police partner with Wounded Warriors for mental health support

  The London Police Service is doing more to help its members cope with operational stress and trauma.

• As some pandemic benefits expire, feds to spend $7.4B on new programs

  The federal government has announced a suite of changes to the popular income and business support programs put in place during the pandemic and set to expire on Saturday. Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland reminded Canadians on Thursday that the measures were always intended to be 'temporary.'

• 'Our hearts are shattered': Stratford Festival actress Martha Henry dies at 83

  Stratford Festival actress Martha Henry has died at the age of 83.

• Feds say provinces will issue 'standardized' proof of vaccination for travel

  Instead of issuing a singular federal national COVID-19 vaccine passport, the federal government says that each province and territory will be responsible for issuing a 'standardized pan-Canadian' vaccine passport that Canadians can use when travelling. Each province's system is supposed to have a 'common' look and feel, with the expectation that by next month all Canadians will have access.

• OPP release details of additional person arrested related to Walpole homicide

  Lambton County OPP is releasing details of an additional arrest in connection with a death of a Windsor, Ont., man earlier this year on Walpole Island First Nation.

• Hospital foundation launches 'Bring Tom to Town' campaign

  Owen Sound, Ont.'s CT scanner is running on overdrive, and the push is on to bring another one to the region.