Posts by Craig Bradford
Break leaves Port Burwell, Vienna without water
A pipeline break along Nova Scotia Line northwest of Port Burwell and a couple kilometres east of Richmond Road left all of Bayham’s municipal water customers without the service for several hours on Friday, Sept. 5. Bayham Water and Wastewater Operations Manager Ed Roloson said about 760 water customers in Port Burwell and Vienna were…
Read MoreTwo injured in farm-related crash
Two occupants of a car were taken to a local hospital for treatment of minor injuries following a collision with a Jeep pulling a tobacco trailer in the Jaffa area just before lunch on Thursday, Sept. 4. Elgin County Ontario Provincial Police Constable Troy Carlson said the collision occurred at 11:33 a.m. on John Wise…
Read MoreSt. Thomas woman reported missing
The St. Thomas Police is asking for the assistance of the public with locating a missing 54-year-old woman. Cindy Grace Brant was last seen at her Chestnut Street address on July 28. She is described as white, five feet four inches tall, 180 pounds with a round face, straight short brown hair with bangs, green/hazel…
Read MoreSpitfires edge Paris in preseason action
The Aylmer Jr. C Spitfires hockey club pulled off a come from behind 3-2 win at home versus the Paris Mounties on Wednesday, Aug. 27 during preseason action. Celebrating the first goal of the game by the Spitfires were Spencer Roloson, left, Josh Lockhart (who scored the goal), Jessiah Sweetland, Josh Houston and Jason Creces.…
Read MoreCrash closes road east of New Sarum
What appeared to be a two-vehicle crash had both lanes of Talbot Line (Highway 3) closed just west of Pleasant Valley Golf and Country Club and east of New Sarum on the late afternoon of Thursday, Aug. 28. Central Elgin firefighters, Elgin County Ontario Provincial Police officers and paramedics responded to the scene, this photo…
Read MoreAnimal hospital gets icy for ALS
Most of the staff of Imperial Road Animal Hospital of Aylmer were drenched in cold water during an Ice Bucket Challenge for ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) after they were done work on Wednesday, Aug. 27. Taking the Challenge in front of their workplace by way of water dropped by the bucket of a front end…
Read MorePolice investigate Belmont fires
Elgin County Ontario Provincial Police have asked for the public’s assistance in finding a suspect or suspects who might have set at least three fires in Belmont and the surrounding area over the past month. A fire that started around 2 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 24 completely destroyed a Dyer Street home and was believed…
Read MoreFitness to Max wins adult soccer title
East Elgin adult soccer player Pete VanWychen of the Fitness to the Max team, left, challenged Showcase Realty’s Scott Hayhoe for the ball during the championship final of the season-ending tournament held at Columbus Park south of Aylmer on Saturday, Aug. 23. Fitness to the Max won in the first sudden death “golden goal” overtime…
Read MoreAylmer Mayor takes the ALS Challenge
Aylmer Mayor Jack Couckuyt was soaked by three buckets of ice water in front of Town Hall at noon on Monday, Aug. 25 after he accepted the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge from Aylmer Police Chief Andre Reymer. He also made an undisclosed donation to the ALS Society of Canada. Pouring the ice water over Mayor…
Read MoreFun at the dairy museum
Chase Coffin, 11, of St. Thomas hammed it up and pretended to be a dairy princess for a few seconds at the third annual Family Fun Day and Open House at the Gay Lea Dairy Heritage Museum west of Copenhagen on Saturday, Aug. 23. Admission was free and the attractions included food, a bouncy cow,…
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