Posts by Craig Bradford

Grade 3 pupils Joey Yaw, left, and Lily Giesbrecht did an “etiquette rap” to kick-off Springfield Public School’s annual Christmas concert on Thursday, Dec. 22. This year’s show was entitled A Comical Christmas Showcase.

Karen Weverink, front, helped fill boxes with canned food while her mother Sue Monk waited for more items to arrive at her station during the Aylmer Christmas Care food hamper packing at Immanuel Christian School on Friday morning, Dec. 23. The food hampers, filled with everything needed to make a full Christmas dinner with all…

Aylmer Assumption Catholic Elementary School pupil Hailey deBlieck played a trombone during the Bells and Band Music Assembly on Thursday morning, Dec. 22. A plethora of instruments and bells were played during the concert in front of an audience of extended family members.

Grade 6 pupils William Rochus, as Ralph, left, and Shaune Douglas, as Benny, played school custodians in the dress rehearsal of South Dorchester Public School’s production of I Need a Christmas Vacation on Tuesday morning, Dec. 20. Two performances of the concert, which included skits and songs by various pupils in all grades at the…

A heavy truck hauling a trailer became stuck in the former Dempsey Chrysler parking lot across from the north end Tim Hortons in Aylmer along John Street North at Spruce Street shortly before lunch on Friday, Dec. 16. A large tow truck was using a winch to try to pull the truck and trailer out…

Full-day Kindergarten pupils Alexandra Gavey, left, and Erin Pinylo performed the “Reindeer Hoedown” with their classmates during Summers Corners Public School’s Christmas concert dress rehearsal on Wednesday afternoon, Dec. 14. Several extended family members watched the dress rehearsal and a full house was expected for the evening performance later that day.

Aylmer Immanuel Christian School pupils Roenan Hiebert, Hollis Fehr and Bentley Milmine performed to The Little Drummer Boy during the school’s annual Christmas concert dress rehearsal on Wednesday morning, Dec. 14. The dress rehearsal was watched by several parents and grandparents while the nighttime concert later that day was expected to attract a full auditorium. The…

The staff and volunteers at Aylmer Old Town Hall Library held a “sing-a-long” during their annual Christmas open house on Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 13. Seen singing carols that included Deck the Halls, Silent Night and Jingle Bell Rock were, from left, volunteer Adrianna Veraart, staff member Julia Fricke, volunteer Miranda Sawyer along with staff members…

On Wednesday morning, Dec. 14, Aylmer’s Michelle Mohammed, front left, and her family including daughter Kinleigh, almost 2, son Kylan, almost 4, and husband Hashim were “revealed” as the winners of the Parent Life Network’s Canada’s Luckiest Baby contest. The $50,000 “prize bundle” included a $20,000 registered education savings plan, a $5,000 department store shopping…

Anna Miller shovelled the snow around the vehicles in the driveway of her home south of Aylmer on Imperial Road just north of Conservation Line in the early afternoon of Sunday, Dec. 11. Environment Canada described the snow storm as a “Colorado low” that tracked towards the Great Lakes that day into the evening. It…