Posts by Craig Bradford

Danny Pece of Erie Thames Powerlines led children in a clapping and waving arms exercise set to music to establish a fun mood before his presentation on electricity safety and conservation at McGregor Public School in Aylmer on Thursday, May 25. He told a series of stories with demonstrations of electrical accidents that happened to…

Emily Loewen of the Grade 7 Guitar Ensemble played a selection of songs on Wednesday afternoon, May 17 during the rehearsal of the annual Spring Concert at Davenport Public School. The full performance in front of parents and extended family members was later that evening. There were also performances by the Grade 8 Guitar Ensemble,…

A giant inflatable beaver was just one of many attractions during a parade that made its way through downtown Aylmer on Saturday morning, May 13 as part of the town’s Canada 150 Celebrations that day. Hundreds of local residents and visitors lined the parade route from the fairgrounds where it started, along Talbot Street and…

Bryson Mathers, 4, of St. Thomas used his dad’s tackle box as a stool to sit on while settling in to wait for a bite during the annual Tim Hortons Kid’s Fishing Derby at Springwater Conservation Area southwest of Aylmer on Saturday morning, May 13. Gord Mathers also brought his other son Trevin, 7 (not…

Grade 1 pupil Emily Braun jumped as high as she could during Aylmer McGregor Public School’s annual Jump Rope for Heart event on Friday, May 12. Almost the entire pupil body participated in the fun outdoor activities in the school yard that included various jumping games and trying out hula hoops while music pumped out…

Former Springfield Public School pupil and current St. Thomas St. Joseph’s Catholic High School Grade 9 student Nathan Cox launched a ball from one of two robots he and his teacher Norm Dinner brought with them from the St. Joe’s Renaissance Robotics team for a demonstration in front of Springfield PS’s Grade 3 to 6…

A 26-year-old Port Burwell man was arrested in Windsor on Tuesday, May 9 after Ontario Provincial Police and Windsor Police officers staged  a “high risk” traffic stop. Essex County OPP Constable Jim Root said a member of the OPP Traffic Management Unit (TMU) at about 5 p.m. that day “observed a suspected wanted vehicle and…

Catfish Creek Conservation Authority issued a “flood outlook” statement on Thursday morning, May 4 in anticipation that there could be local flooding as a result of the weather forecast calling for heavy precipitation throughout the region over the next three days. “Rain is expected to spread into most of Southwestern Ontario today and rainfall is…