Posts by Craig Bradford
BAD Peewee BB fall to Bluewater
Peytan Claessens of the BAD (Belmont-Aylmer-Dorchester) Girls Peewee BB hockey team skated the puck up the ice and out of her defensive zone during a provincial playoff game versus the Bluewater Hawks at East Elgin Community Complex on Saturday afternoon, Feb. 21. The home Blazers lost 2-0 with one of the opponents’ goals shot into…
Read MoreKub Kars take over Elgin Mall
First Aylmer Beavers Keiran Hoffer, 6, left, Samantha Chretien, 7, and Zoey Briggs, 5, showed off the cars they made for the 36th annual Kub Kar Rally at Elgin Mall in St. Thomas on Saturday, Feb. 21. Dozens of Cub and Beaver Scouts from throughout Elgin County and St. Thomas participated in this year’s rally.
Read MoreSparta pupils learn how to snowshoe
Environmental educator Shannon Queen, left, helped Sparta Public School Grade 3 pupil Abby Lemke strap on a pair of snowshoes at Jaffa Environmental Education Centre on Wednesday morning, Feb. 18. Ms. Lemke and her classmates were given a quick tutorial on the history of snowshoes and how to put them on before being led out…
Read MoreMinivan rolls into field in Lyons
Jake Quiring of North Side Towing of Aylmer was among the emergency responders who were called to a single vehicle crash on Lyons Line just east of Imperial Road on Wednesday morning, Feb. 18. A minivan slid off the road and rolled over into a field on the south side of Lyons Line shortly before…
Read MoreFire destroys John St. S. house
A fire destroyed the inside of a house on John Street South in Aylmer in the early morning hours of Tuesday, Feb. 17. Aylmer Fire Chief Sam Taylor said firefighters were called to the blaze at 12:58 a.m. and by the time the first crews arrived the house was entirely engulfed in flames. Chief Taylor…
Read MoreParents and pupils reading over breakfast
Jennifer Fulton, left, and her daughter Samantha, 10, had some muffins and other morning-themed food and read a book together during Port Burwell Public School’s monthly Breakfast with Books event on Friday, Feb. 13. Up to 75 parents, grandparents or adult guardians and pupils attend the event that is helped staged with a Parents Reaching…
Read MoreCrash at Hacienda and Glencolin
A two-vehicle crash at the intersection of Hacienda Road and Glencolin Line northeast of Aylmer blocked traffic in the area shortly before 5 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 12. While it did not appear anyone was seriously hurt, an ambulance arrived on scene shortly after this photo was taken. The roads in the area at the…
Read MoreSpitfires edged in overtime
Aylmer Jr. C Spitfires hockey player Luke Bettencourt, middle, checked a Lambeth Lancers player to the ice during game four of their first round playoff series at East Elgin Community Complex on Wednesday night, Feb. 11. Lambeth scored midway through the first overtime period and won the game 5-4 to even the series at two…
Read MoreIGPC to receive $3.7-million federal loan
Aylmer’s IGPC ethanol plant will receive an interest-free $3.7-million loan from the federal government, part of a $10-million technology investment that will increase the facility’s production by 10 percent. The announcement was made Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 10 by federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz at the Integrated Grain Processors Cooperative (IGPC) ethanol plant in Aylmer. The…
Read MoreSpitfires topple Lancers
Aylmer Jr. C Spitfires defenseman Kyle DiCicco, left, occupied a Lambeth forward in front of the net to keep him from getting to any loose pucks during game two of their first round playoff series on Saturday night, Feb. 7 at East Elgin Community Complex. Aylmer won 6-4 to even the series at a game…
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