Posts by Rob Perry
Warming up for badminton
Corbyn Pippo-Murphy of host East Elgin Secondary School practised his doubles shots during a preseason exhibition match against Parkside Collegiate Institute, Arthur Voaden Secondary School and Central Elgin Collegiate Institute rivals on Thursday, April 5. This year 44 EESS students are competing in the sport.
Read MoreAMHA Novices lose title series to Lucan
Ethan Vanwychen of host Aylmer Minor Hockey’s Novice Rep team swept the puck away from a charging Lucan player during Game 4 of an Ontario Minor Hockey championship series at East Elgin Community Complex on Wednesday night, March 28. Aylmer led 2-0 early in the second period, but Lucan came back to win the game…
Read MorePeewees blank South Muskoka 6-0
Fisher Ward of host Aylmer Minor Hockey’s Peewee entry rushed the puck toward the South Muskoka net during a game in AMHA’s annual season-ending Rep team tournament at East Elgin Community Complex, Saturday, March 24. Aylmer won that game 6-0 and with another win and a tie, met Ingersoll in the final Sunday afternoon. Aylmer…
Read MoreNovice Rep team keeps playoff hopes alive-update
Aylmer Minor Hockey Novice Rep player Ashton Curtis rushed the puck toward the Lucan net during game 2 of an Ontario Minor Hockey Association championship series at East Elgin Community Complex, Thursday night, March 22. Aylmer was down two games in the series, with 1-4 and, in this game, 2-4 losses, but on Saturday, March…
Read MoreTruck fished out of creek
Four weeks to the day after starting a fateful crossing of the Imperial Road Bridge in Port Bruce, a dump truck finally completed its journey with help from a crane and a large crew of workers Friday, March 23, at about 2:15 p.m. It touched down on the north side of the creek, to be…
Read MoreMinistry orders temporary halt to truck salvage
A worker on Monday morning, March 19, swung a pickax to loosen gravel in the back of a dump truck that fell along with the Imperial Road Bridge in Port Bruce on Friday, Feb. 23. Emptying the truck of its load took the rest of Monday to complete, with the truck expected to be lifted…
Read MoreWork starts on removing truck
Elgin County announced early Friday morning, March 16, that work was commencing on the removal of a stranded dump truck from the remains of the Imperial Road bridge collapse. The truck removal was estimated to take three days, with the diesel fuel from the vehicle and the gravel and fill in the back of the…
Read MoreTemporary bridge to Port Bruce considered
Malahide Mayor David Mennill, at a special county council meeting Wednesday, Feb. 28, called on Elgin to consider installing a temporary access bridge from Imperial Road to Port Bruce south of Catfish Creek, to provide a second exit in case of emergency. With the possibility that replacing the Imperial Road Bridge that collapsed Friday, Feb.…
Read MoreIntegrity commissioner urges reprimand for Cr. Dan McNeil
Central Elgin Integrity Commissioner Mark McDonald is recommending Councillor Dan McNeil be reprimanded and lose 30 days of pay after swearing at David Harding of Sparta during a public open house Jan. 16 on the municipality’s proposed new sign bylaw. Mr. McDonald said Cr. McNeil both admitted to the violation of council’s code of conduct,…
Read MoreEagles felled by WCI in girls hockey
Bailey Nutley of host East Elgin Secondary School flicked the puck away from a Woodstock Collegiate Institute player during a girls hockey game at East Elgin Community Complex Thursday, Feb. 8. WCI ended up taking home a 7-1 win.
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