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Food security, personal support and transitional housing at Family Central
Program Manager Sean Doyle, left, and Executive Director Albert Loewen of The Family Central discussed their work and experiences at a “Stories We Tell” session at the Aylmer Old Town Hall library recently. The conversation, moderated by Library Assistant Mary Hamm, covered their personal backgrounds, their involvement with the Central, and the challenges they face…
Read MoreDave and Judy Mennill gives $100,000 to museum
Dave, left, and Judy Mennill of Malahide gave a $100,000 donation to Aylmer-Malahide Museum and Archives representatives Kathi Vandermeer, Mary Hamm and Larry Jeffery at the museum’s new downtown site on Thursday, Dec. 5. The Mennills said they’d long left a bequest for the museum in their wills, but decided to speed up the process…
Read MoreEECC offers to be new home to Aylmer library
East Elgin Community Complex board members voted Wednesday, Nov. 27, to make another pitch to become the new home of a larger Aylmer library. But Kirk Barons, on behalf of the Aylmer Library Expansion Supporters, vowed that group would again fight such an effort, believing the library needed to be downtown, not on the outskirts.…
Read MoreMeasles alert issued by health unit
Southwestern Public Health on Wednesday, Nov. 27, reported a potential risk of the public being exposed to measles through an unimmunized child, who was currently hospitalized for treatment. One exposure risk occurred at Aylmer Ultrasound and Aylmer Family Dental Clinic on Talbot Street West on Thursday, Nov. 21, between 2:30 and 5:30plm. The other was…
Read MoreAMHA U13 Local League team wins Silver Stick
Aylmer Minor Hockey’s Under 13 Local League Red team took on St. Thomas Stars, pictured here, on Friday, Nov. 15, in a game that was part of a Regional Silver Stick tournament at East Elgin Community Complex. Here, Max Deleebeeck sprinted the puck down the ice on Aylmer’s way to a 7-2 victory over St.…
Read MoreWorkers picket Aylmer post office
Workers at the Canada Post office in Aylmer hit the picket line on Friday morning, Nov. 15, as they went on strike along with fellow union members across the country. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers says that, after a year of bargaining with Canada Post without success, it was striking for “fair wages, safe…
Read MoreVoters express sentiments over Conservative nomination
Andrew Lawton, of London, was installed as the Conservative Party of Canada nominee for the Elgin–St. Thomas–London South riding on Saturday, Nov. 9. Mr. Lawton bested Central Elgin candidate Anthony Shields, who was endorsed by current MP Karen Vecchio. The race to become the CPC candidate in the next federal election followed MP Vecchio’s announcement…
Read MoreInsurance dispute threatens high school swimming
East Elgin Secondary School’s swim team is in imminent danger of collapse and, if it does, it will potentially take down competitive swimming for all schools in Thames Valley District School Board. Parents and volunteers involved in running the swim team say the issue involves a dispute over insurance coverage between the Ontario Ministry of…
Read MoreFire victims face long recovery
Cornelius Woelke and his young sons Cornelius Junior, two-and-a-half years old and Jacob, who will turn a year old on Nov. 1, severely burned during a fire in their apartment in Springfield on Saturday, Oct. 19, have started to respond to medical treatment but face a long road to recovery, Jake Friesen said. Jake, of…
Read MoreThree badly burned in Springfield fire
Thick black smoke churned out of two houses on fire on Ron McNeil Line in Springfield on Saturday afternoon, Oct. 19. One was a three-unit apartment building and the other a single-family home. Both were heavily damaged, and a father and two very young children were badly burned and remain in hospital. Malahide Fire chief…
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