The Glanworth Drive overpass crossing Highway 401 will be preserved rather than demolished, Elgin-Middlesex-London MPP Jeff Yurek announced in a news release Friday morning, Feb. 2. Southwold Mayor Grant Jones, who had fought along with Central Elgin Mayor David Marr and other Elgin County councillors to keep the overpass open in face of a Ministry…
A 55-year-old Norfolk man was killed by a tree that had fallen on him while a work crew was cutting it down on a private property southeast of Copenhagen on Wednesday morning, Jan. 24. The Elgin County Ontario Provincial Police and the Ontario Ministry of Labour are investigating the death that occurred in a wooded…
An accommodation review from Thames Valley District School Board is recommending as expected that Sparta Public School be converted to elementary French Immersion classes, effective July 1, with pupils there now to be transferred to Port Stanley Public School. Buried much deeper in the review’s proposals, number 13 out of 15, would see New Sarum…
A double tanker truck collided with a pickup truck on Elgin Road (Highway 73) north of Crampton Drive and south of the nearby railway tracks on Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 16. This photo of the crash scene located between Harrietsville and Mossley was taken shortly before 3:30 p.m. The Middlesex County Ontario Provincial Police officer in…
Malahide volunteer firefighters responded to a call in Copenhagen at about 5:30 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 15. This photo was taken at about 6 p.m. at a home on the east side of Imperial Road just south of Nova Scotia Line. Smoke was seen coming from either the roof of the attached garage or from…
A dragline broke up ice in the mouth of the Port Bruce harbour on Friday morning, Jan. 12, after Catfish Creek Conservation Authority issued a flood advisory in the early-morning hours, followed by a flood warning late in the morning. An ice jam further upstream has resulted in the evacuation of three low-lying homes and…
Canadian children’s and young adult author Eric Walters paid a visit to Davenport Public School in Aylmer on Friday, Jan. 12 where he spoke about his teaching and writing careers. Since his first book, Stand Your Ground, Mr. Walters has published over 94 more novels and picture books with more than 10 more to come…
James Starkey, left, kept his 1-year-old Husky Akilah on a close leash while his fiancee Michelle Meesters was holding onto Bronson, a 4-year-old Rottweiler, when the couple were out walking their dogs on South Street just east of John Street South in Aylmer on Sunday, Jan. 7 just past 12 noon. The couple were almost…
Ian Webster, 11, of Luton was about to begin eating his breakfast at the monthly Aylmer Knights of Columbus all you can eat brunch at the Columbus Club on Beech Street on Sunday morning, Jan. 7. As always, the brunch included scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage, regular and French toast, hash browns, coffee, tea and juice.…
A 33-year-old Norfolk County man is charged with several Criminal Code offences after three Ontario Provincial Police officers were allegedly injured by him with an “edge weapon” after an altercation in Aylmer’s north end on Thursday evening, Jan. 4. Elgin County OPP Constable Adam Crewdson said officers with the Norfolk/Haldimand County Community Street Crime Unit…
A fire raged through a house on Oak Street in Aylmer on New Year’s Day, Jan. 1. Aylmer and Malahide volunteer firefighters joined forces to try to put down the stubborn flames, which took some time. Look for the full story and more pictures in the Express on Jan. 3. Photograph by Rob Perry of…
A team of about 40 volunteers worked either side of an assembly line during packing day of the annual East Elgin Christmas Care food hamper program in Aylmer Immanuel Christian School’s gymnasium on Saturday morning, Dec. 23. The hampers would then be delivered to needy families throughout Aylmer and East Elgin which includes all of…