Posts by Craig Bradford

The calf Walkerfarms Brody Bugs 2078 (Bugs for short) was the first animal auctioned off at Walker Dairy Sales of Summers Corners shortly after noon on Friday, Nov. 24 with all proceeds going towards St. Joseph’s Health Care Foundation. The money was earmarked for the London hospital’s breast care program and imaging research there. Bugs…

A two vehicle crash at the intersection of Talbot Street West and Elm Street in Aylmer that occurred at about 1 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 20 caused some backed up traffic near East Elgin Secondary School. It appeared the front ends of a white GMC Savana cargo van and a grey Chevrolet Equinox sports utility…

Margaret Unger browsed the handcrafted home decor items on one of the tables set up in Aylmer Old Town Hall Theatre for the annual Ten Thousand Villages Festival Sale on Thursday morning, Nov. 16. The sale continued on Friday, Nov. 17 from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. and on Saturday, Nov. 18 from 9 a.m.…

In just a 20-minute meeting, the years-long effort to provide the Aylmer area with a larger, new library space came to a sudden halt during the Monday evening, Nov. 13 council meeting. After receiving results of an online survey on which of two locations for a new library space local residents preferred, councillors defeated two…

Royal Canadian Legion, Colonel Talbot Branch 81 (Aylmer) executive member Arthur Oslach, left, was handed a wreath by Aylmer Police Sergeant Nick Novacich, right, while being escorted to the Cenotaph by Legion executive member Ian Stubbs during the annual Remembrance Day ceremony in Aylmer on Saturday morning, Nov. 11. Many Aylmer and area residents filled that…

Ava Fish, left, Sandra Grant and Tariq Oteng were among a whole gymnasium full of New Sarum Public School pupils participating in the annual attempt to set the Guinness World Record for the largest sport stacking event on Thursday afternoon, Nov. 9. The New Sarum PS pupils stacked their cups to music in various different patterned…

Cousins Ava Hiebert, 3, left, and Kaylee Enns, 5, made valentines after the last Children’s Choice Story Time of the fall season at Aylmer Old Town Hall Library on Thursday morning, Nov. 9 as part of the Valentines for Vets Campaign. Several children participated in the craft session when they made valentines for veterans living…

Left photo: Lucas Verbruggen, 10, dressed in a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle costume, ran up and over a stack of bales during the kids obstacle dash component of the third annual Monster Dash Fun Run held at Kinsmen Park in Aylmer on Saturday morning, Oct. 28. Right photo: May Klassen, 6, dressed as a ladybug…

Willy Wonka (played by Kellen DeVos), left, invited a visitor in to see his caged Loompa (Nic Berger) during the fourth annual Screamfield haunted maze built outside (as seen here), and inside, of Malahide Community Place in Springfield on Friday night, Oct. 27. Several volunteers played all sorts of creepy crawly characters in several elaborate…