Posts by Craig Bradford

Hundreds of items were  up for sale at the annual Farm Equipment Consignment Auction at Shackelton Auctions located northeast of Springfield near the corner of Lyons Line and Putnam Road on Saturday, Oct. 1. The day-long auction sold off several partial lines, estates, dealer inventory reductions and over 200 local farmers consignments of farm equipment and machinery…

Eight days after the discovery, Elgin County Ontario Provincial Police on Wednesday afternoon, Sept. 28 identified the 50-year-old man who was found dead next to a burning mobile home in Port Bruce as Timothy James of Malahide Township. A Malahide Fire Department spokesman said volunteer firefighters were called to a fire at a trailer within…

The ninth annual Duff’s Garage Car Show and Open House held at the Talbot Street East business in Aylmer on Wednesday late afternoon and evening Sept. 21 attracted 60 classic cars. The event, which included a charity barbecue and live music from the band Uncertain People and Studio Arts Music Academy and Rock School performers,…

Two passengers who weren’t wearing their seat belts were ejected from a van after it was involved in a collision with a car in the late afternoon of Tuesday, Sept. 20 at the intersection of Fairview Road and John Wise Line south of St. Thomas. Elgin County Ontario Provincial Police Constable Adam Crewdson said the…

A 50-year-old man was found dead next to a camping trailer destroyed by fire on Tuesday morning, Sept. 20 in Port Bruce. A Malahide Fire Department spokesman said volunteer firefighters were called to a fire at a unit within Beelin Trailer Park at 49508 Dexter Line in Port Bruce at 6:27 a.m. “We are currently…

John Masales, 41, of Bayham was killed after the motorcycle he was driving collided with a van on Richmond Road at Vienna Line west of Vienna on Sunday evening, Sept. 18. Ontario Provincial Police Constable Liz Melvin said the crash occurred at 8:37 p.m. when a black Honda motorcycle that was travelling north on Richmond…

About 40 people participated in the first annual Jack Ayerst Memorial Walk to Knock Out IPF (idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis) on Sunday afternoon, Sept. 18 in Port Bruce. The event raised money for the Canadian Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation and was established in the memory of Jack Ayerst of Aylmer who was diagnosed with IPF in 2014…

Thames Talbot Land Trust member Ann White was on hand for the dedication and official opening of Hawk Cliff Woods located on the north shore of Lake Erie just east of Port Stanley at the southern end of Fairview Road off Dexter Line on Sunday afternoon, Sept. 18. She visits the nature preserve “quite often”…

Local Christian singer/songwriter Derrick Drover was one of several musicians who performed at the Wheels for Kevin fundraising event at the farm of Mark and Josepha Taylor south of Belmont on Saturday, Sept. 17. The event, sponsored by the Belmont Lions Club, raised money to help buy a wheelchair van for Kevin Smith, the son…