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Truck and Tractor Pull this Friday, Saturday
The Fairgrounds will be home the seventh annual Aylmer Canada Day Weekend Truck and Tractor Pull this Friday, June 28, and Saturday, June 29. Aylmer Fair Board President Randy Laur said that while he’s been to such events elsewhere, “I’ve never been a puller,” as competitors are termed. However, in 2016, when the pull was…
Read MoreRabid bat found in Dutton Dunwich
Southwestern Public Health announced Friday, June 21, that a bat from Dutton Dunwich had tested positive for rabies. The bat was sent for testing after two individuals were potentially exposed to its saliva. The health unit stated they were receiving treatment to prevent them from contracting the virus. The bat had been found inside a…
Read MoreCoffee House is back
Emily Froese joined fellow members of the guitar “Shadow Ensemble” playing Silent Night, Everybody Wants to Rule the World and Carol of the Bells during a Coffee House talent showcase at East Elgin Secondary School on Wednesday night, Dec. 20. This was the first such Coffee House in four years, and attracted almost 200 spectators.…
Read MoreSIU releases information on OPP firearm discharge
Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit announced preliminary information on an Elgin Ontario Provincial Police officer-involved shooting on Highway 3 (Talbot Street) at the west end of Aylmer on Wednesday, Nov. 29 at about 3 a.m. No one was hit by the discharge, SIU stated, but three investigators and one forensic investigator have been assigned to look…
Read MoreSIU investigating OPP shooting-updates
Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit is looking into an incident described as police “discharging a firearm at a person” involving Elgin Ontario Provincial Police on Highway 3 (Talbot Street West) west of Aylmer, not far from East Elgin Community Complex, on Wednesday morning, Nov. 29. The only information shared by Elgin OPP Constable Brett Phair that…
Read MoreBig crowd out for Remembrance Day
Eyes snapped to the right as a Remembrance Day procession passed in review in front of Aylmer’s Cenotaph on Talbot Street West following a service on Saturday morning, Nov. 11. A large crowd of spectators attended the event. More pictures in the Nov. 15 edition of The Aylmer Express. (AE/Rob Perry)
Read MoreLongtime DU volunteers saluted
Herb Kebbel, left, Percy Whitcroft and Duncan Sinclair of Aylmer were saluted at the annual Ducks Unlimited fundraising banquet at Saxonia Hall in Malahide on Wednesday night, Oct. 11. They were recognized for 50 years each of volunteer service to the wetlands preservation and education agency. Fellow Aylmer Committee member Kim Black said the men…
Read MoreMayor opposes county MRI donation
Malahide Mayor Dominique Giguère, at an Elgin council meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 10, made clear her strong opposition to the county using money from local taxpayers to donate to a St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital fundraising campaign for a new MRI (magnetic-resonance imaging). While she had no doubt the MRI was needed, she believed that…
Read MoreOpen house at Straffordville fire station
Youths check out fire hats and other giveaways during a fire safety open house at Bayham’s Straffordville station on Tuesday night, Oct. 10. The event included fire safety demonstrations as well as presentations by Elgin Ontario Provincial Police and Elgin County paramedics, and a barbecue. A similar event is being held at Bayham’s Port Burwell…
Read MorePumpkin sale fundraiser in Straffordville
Front, from left, Grade 8 parent Alysha Armstrong, Miriam Chibueze, parent Janette Hill, parent Justine Briggs, parent Trudy Bueckert, Gr. 8 teacher Megan Schned: middle: Nathan Hill, Damien Armstrong, Hayden Willmott, Seth Bridgeman, Jackson Stubbs, Cali Newcombe, Lyla Martens, Vice-Principal Catarina Schmitt; and, back, Maverick Weil were selling pumpkins in front of Straffordville Public School…
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