The Elgin County Ontario Provincial Police blame fog as a contributing factor in two crashes that occurred within about five minutes of each other on Belmont Road on Friday morning, Jan. 20. The first crash occurred at about 6:40 a.m. when a 2004 Jeep Liberty attempted to pass a northbound 2010 Volkswagen Jetta on Belmont…
Willow Toews, left, and Audrey Chipchase made their hands into bowls while singing a song during the return of Children’s Choice story time at Aylmer Old Town Hall Library on Thursday morning, Jan. 19. Running every Thursday starting at 10:30 a.m. for the rest of the winter at the Aylmer Library, Children’s Choice provides free…
Presley Fehr, a Grade 3 pupil at Immanuel Christian School in Aylmer, wore a Duck tape hat and suspenders as she worked on math exercises in class on Wednesday, Jan. 18. Pupils were encouraged to demonstrate their ingenuity by coming up with improvised clothing using the tape for a Spirit Day.
Town public works employee Peter Loewen swept debris shortly after 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 18 after the north side lights of the overhead crosswalk at Talbot Street West at Myrtle Street in Aylmer were broken. Seen behind Mr. Loewen were long-time town public works employee Jim Legg along with Aylmer Police Sergeant Nick Novacich…
The late Josh Field, an East Elgin Secondary student who died following a car crash in 2009, still lives for his family, including his mother Kathryn. That’s because she and her husband approved the donation of his organs, which went to improving or saving the lives of several others, who, as she said, continue to…
Mike Warnock, district manager for Liquor Control Board of Ontario, sank back into the icy waters of Lake Erie, just off Port Burwell’s East Beach, as he and Grand Bend Manager Dave Holmes fulfilled a promise Friday, Jan. 13, to go for a polar bear dip if employees raised over $500 of their own money…
Catfish Creek Conservation Authority issued a flood watch on Thursday morning, Jan. 12 with warmer than normal temperatures melting the snow and ice and the expectation of rain showers later in the day. “This is an assessment that a high probability exists for flooding of low-lying flood-prone areas within the watershed,” CCCA water management technician…
High winds and resulting damage done to trees caused wide-spread power outages for rural Hydro One customers throughout southern Ontario including in Malahide and Bayham overnight Tuesday, Jan. 10 into Wednesday, Jan. 11. Jim Stafford of Hydro One confirmed there were “numerous outages” in the East Elgin area. He said Hydro One crews from Aylmer…
Elgin councillors, at a meeting Tuesday, Jan. 10, voted unanimously to send a letter of protest to St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital board over its decisions to remove representatives nominated by county and St. Thomas city councils, replacing them with appointees from the general public. Central Elgin Mayor David Marr said Elgin and St. Thomas…
Thames Valley District School Board representatives faced a litany of questions about the effects of proposed area school closures and changes during a Public Accommodation Review (PAR) meeting held Monday night at East Elgin Secondary School. Malahide Mayor Dave Mennill, the only non-school representative to speak at the meeting, drawing from his experience as an…
Bayham councillors during a special meeting on Tuesday night, Jan. 3 approved the 2017 operating budget that includes $77,563 more in taxation over 2016, a two-percent tax levy increase. During the meeting, councillors approved a staff recommendation to add a “reserve transfer” of $138,410 to the 2017 operating budget to make the two-percent increase. The…
Skaters took to one of the ice rinks at East Elgin Community Complex Saturday night, Dec. 31, as it hosted its annual Family New Year’s Eve celebration from 6 to 9 p.m. In addition to inflatable amusements, craft tables and face painting, a cake marking the start of Canada 150 events in 2017 was cut.