A 50-year-old man was found dead next to a camping trailer destroyed by fire on Tuesday morning, Sept. 20 in Port Bruce. A Malahide Fire Department spokesman said volunteer firefighters were called to a fire at a unit within Beelin Trailer Park at 49508 Dexter Line in Port Bruce at 6:27 a.m. “We are currently…
John Masales, 41, of Bayham was killed after the motorcycle he was driving collided with a van on Richmond Road at Vienna Line west of Vienna on Sunday evening, Sept. 18. Ontario Provincial Police Constable Liz Melvin said the crash occurred at 8:37 p.m. when a black Honda motorcycle that was travelling north on Richmond…
About 40 people participated in the first annual Jack Ayerst Memorial Walk to Knock Out IPF (idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis) on Sunday afternoon, Sept. 18 in Port Bruce. The event raised money for the Canadian Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation and was established in the memory of Jack Ayerst of Aylmer who was diagnosed with IPF in 2014…
Thames Talbot Land Trust member Ann White was on hand for the dedication and official opening of Hawk Cliff Woods located on the north shore of Lake Erie just east of Port Stanley at the southern end of Fairview Road off Dexter Line on Sunday afternoon, Sept. 18. She visits the nature preserve “quite often”…
Local Christian singer/songwriter Derrick Drover was one of several musicians who performed at the Wheels for Kevin fundraising event at the farm of Mark and Josepha Taylor south of Belmont on Saturday, Sept. 17. The event, sponsored by the Belmont Lions Club, raised money to help buy a wheelchair van for Kevin Smith, the son…
Cars and pickup trucks were lined up despite the rain on Saturday morning, Sept. 17 for the annual household hazardous waste and electronics recycling depot day at East Elgin Community Complex. Open to Aylmer and Malahide residents, the depot accepted various hazardous waste items such as paints and solvents, pesticides and herbicides, motor oil and…
Malahide volunteer firefighters, Elgin County Ontario Provincial Police officers and Elgin-St. Thomas Emergency Medical Services paramedics responded to a two-vehicle crash west of Aylmer on Talbot Line (Highway 3) just east of Orwell on Saturday morning, Sept. 17. This photo was taken shortly after 10 a.m. Talbot Line was closed between the entrances of Temperance…
A total of 192 tickets were sold, the most ever, for the third annual South Dorchester Optimist Community Ham Dinner held in Lyons at the community centre and fire hall on Friday evening, Sept. 16. Diners had the option of one of two seatings for the feast or takeout for home. Proceeds this year go…
Aylmer Old Town Hall Library Assistant Christi Fraser, left, led more than 20 children in dancing to the Hokey Pokey during the first Children’s Choice session held at the library on Thursday morning, Sept. 15. Running every Thursday for the next five weeks starting at 10:30 a.m., Children’s Choice is a pre-school program for ages…
Students in East Elgin Secondary School’s Environmental Leadership Program paddled along the edge of a pond at Pleasant Valley Trout Farm southwest of Aylmer on Friday, Sept. 9. They were completing 20 hours of training required to get their basic canoeing certification before embarking Saturday, Sept. 12, for a five-day paddling, portaging and lake trout…
Officials with Violence Against Women Services Elgin County celebrated the grand opening of their new Women’s Place emergency shelter on Princess Avenue in St. Thomas on Wednesday afternoon, Sept. 7. After the speeches by dignitaries, the about 300 guests in attendance were invited to pick up boxes from a table in the parking lot and…
The Elgin County Ontario Provincial Police don’t come across the sight of a mother pulling her 13-year-old son riding his skateboard with the family automobile every day. But that’s what police came across in Central Elgin just southeast of St. Thomas on Sunday, Sept. 4 when they were contacted about a motorist pulling a youth…