Posts by Renee Hueston
Shelby Laidlaw playing hockey for Team Canada in Sweden
by Rob Perry of The Aylmer Express Shelby Laidlaw, 17, of Luton in Malahide is competing as part of Team Canada’s Under-18 team at the International Ice Hockey Federation championships in Sweden. She was born and raised in the Aylmer area, the daughter of Jody and Travis Laidlaw. Her sister Reece, 15, also plays hockey,…
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Dr. Michael Toth is not a member of the East Elgin Family Health Team, despite the assertion by Elgin County Chief Administrative Officer Julie Gonyou in her report to Elgin County council. That misinformation was repeated in the November 16, 2022 edition of The Aylmer Express in the article “Elgin County allocates additional funds for…
Read MoreBAYHAM VOTES – Ketchabaw re-elected as mayor (Unofficial)
As of Tuesday, Oct. 25 at 12:15 a.m., The Municipality of Bayham had posted the following unofficial municipal election results (with 11/12 polls reporting): MAYOR Ketchabaw, Ed – 810 Culford, Jon – 501 WARD 1 COUNCILLOR Emerson, Tim – 286 Wade, Barry – 104 Donnell, Valerie – 84 WARD 2 COUNCILLOR Froese, Dan – 313…
Read MoreAYLMER VOTES – Couckuyt Mayor, Barbour Deputy Mayor
Monday night, Oct. 24, The Town of Aylmer posted the following municipal election results to their website: MAYOR Jack Couckuyt (712 votes) (ELECTED) Ted McDonald (539 votes) Tom Charlton (450 votes) DEPUTY MAYOR Pete Barbour (1181 votes) (ELECTED) Fred Buro (301 votes) Isaac Neufeld (177 votes) Five councillors were acclaimed: Jamie Chapman, Kathryn Desrosiers, Arthur…
Read MoreCENTRAL ELGIN VOTES – New names sweep all seven seats: Sloan as Mayor, Noble as Deputy Mayor
Monday night, Oct. 24, The Municipality of Central Elgin posted the following unofficial municipal election results (with 12/12 tabulators reporting): MAYOR Sloan, Andrew – 1807 (ELECTED) Crevits, Dennis – 1192 Marks, Tom – 845 Siebenmorgen, Casey – 328 DEPUTY MAYOR Noble, Todd – 1740 (ELECTED) Row, Colleen – 1665 Harrington, William (Bill) – 586 WARD…
Read MoreMALAHIDE VOTES – Leitch, Cerna, Lewis, Glinski elected as councillors
Monday night, Oct. 24, The Township of Malahide posted the following municipal election results: WARD 1 COUNCILLOR Sarah Leitch – 331 (ELECTED) David Rempel – 56 Garett Ashton – 15 WARD 3 COUNCILLOR Rick Cerna – 153 (ELECTED) Chris Sickini – 73 WARD 4 COUNCILLOR Scott Lewis – 338 (ELECTED) Rita Mcphail – 48 Davy…
Read MoreHerbert Hildebrandt convicted of assaulting octogenarian over a sign
Herbert Hildebrandt was convicted of assaulting Jack Dykxhoorn in St. Thomas Ontario Court of Justice on Monday, August 22. Mr. Dykxhoorn, 84 at the time of the assault, Dec. 10, 2020, was pushed to the ground by Mr. Hildebrandt, approximately half the age and twice the size of Mr. Dykxhoorn. Both men live in Malahide.…
Read MoreCanadian Army training on area roads
-Public Service Announcement- May 26, 2022 – London, Ont. – National Defence / Canadian Armed Forces From May 27-29, 2022, Canadian Army Reserve personnel from 31 Service Battalion, London Support Company will conduct driver and convoy operations training between London and Simcoe, Ontario. Activities will include Administrative Convoy training on a planned, return highway route…
Read MoreDowntown mural vandalized
by Rob Perry of The Aylmer Express A mural painted last year on the south side of 20 John St. S. in downtown Aylmer was vandalized sometime prior to Saturday, May 14, at 11 a.m. Aylmer Police Chief Zvonko Horvat said sometime overnight, the word “SODOM” had been spraypainted over the mural. Anyone with information…
Read MoreMother of premature baby urges all to support Ronald McDonald House
by Rob Perry of The Aylmer Express Jackie Stockford of Malahide said she has learned firsthand the great value of Ronald McDonald House Canada in London, which provides accommodations for parents of youngsters undergoing treatment in hospitals in that city. When Jackie’s daughter Petra was born on Sept. 18, 2020, she was 12 weeks early,…
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