Posts by Craig Bradford
Complex hosts Skate Canada WOS competition
Aylmer Skating Club member Isabelle Chipchase-Row competed in a STAR 5 13+ Women flight during the 2017 Skate Canada Western Ontario Section (WOS) STARSkate Championships and Adult Showcase hosted at East Elgin Community Complex on Saturday, Feb. 18. Starting on Friday afternoon and wrapping up on Sunday evening, the event was a qualifier for the…
Read MoreGangsters taking over Periscope Playhouse
“Lefty,” played by Tim Wells, left, gets a hold of “Frankie” (portrayed by Stephanie McDonald) with help from his sidekick “O’Brien,” played by Dale Cull with “Mountie” (portrayed by Bob Smolders) helplessly looking on during a scene in Port Burwell Periscope Playhouse’s latest original play Gangster Movie. The comedy is written and directed by local…
Read MoreImmanuel Christian has The Voice
Aylmer Immanuel Christian School Grade 4 pupils Promise Atkinson, left, Delilah Krahn, Allyson Mantel and Eden Shelton practiced their singing and dance moves in music teacher Amanda Cameron’s classroom during a winter Electives workshop called The Voice on Friday afternoon, Feb. 17. Other electives workshops included everything from small engine repair to health and beauty styling.…
Read MoreOPP helicopter hit by laser
The Ontario Provincial Police are looking for help from the public to catch someone who was using a laser that hit one of their helicopters when flying over Elgin County. Sergeant Peter Leon said one of the OPP’s two helicopters was participating in a training exercise with OPP specialty teams south of Tillsonburg over the…
Read MoreEESS curlers easily take Lord Dorchester
Top photo: East Elgin Secondary School boys curler Branden Blakely threw a rock during a practice at the Aylmer Curling Club on Wednesday, Feb. 8. On an adjacent sheet, another EESS rink defeated Lord Dorchester Secondary School 10-0 to improve their record to six wins and two losses, good for third place in the South East varsity…
Read MoreBonhomme celebrates Carnaval in Port Burwell
Bonhomme joined in the fun that pupils were having during the annual winter Carnaval held at Port Burwell Public School on Friday, Feb. 10. Several games and activities were set up on the outdoor playground for the children.
Read MoreCentral Elgin man killed in Elgin Road crash
Dennis Wilson, 65, of Central Elgin was killed on Sunday morning, Feb. 12 after the car he was a passenger in crashed into a tree on Elgin Road south of Cromarty Drive between Mossley and Highway 401. Middlesex County Ontario Provincial Police Constable Liz Melvin said police, Thames Centre volunteer firefighters and Middlesex London Emergency…
Read MoreSun comes out for Winter Carnival
Grade 5 pupil Tyler Fisher took a shot at the hockey accuracy game, one of several activities set up during South Dorchester Public School’s annual Winter Carnival on Monday afternoon, Feb. 6. The weather conditions were ideal with bright sun and the temperature hovering at between 2 and 3 degrees Celsius.
Read MoreSpitfires fall to Dolphins in OT
Aylmer Jr. C Spitfires starting goaltender Andrew Harriman-Duke made a pad save off of a Dorchester Dolphins shot during the last home game of the regular season for the Spitfires at East Elgin Community Complex on Saturday night, Feb. 4. The Spitfires lost in overtime 3-2. Harriman-Duke was the second star of the game after…
Read MoreDozens attend Belmont Lions Spaghetti Dinner
Owen Charlton, 7, was thoroughly enjoying his noodles and tomato-meat sauce during the annual Belmont Lions Club Spaghetti Dinner at Belmont Arena and Community Centre on Friday evening, Feb. 3. Attended by dozens of hungry local residents, the spaghetti dinner, which included garlic bread and Caesar salad, raises money for Belmont Lions Club initiatives including purchasing…
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