Posts by Rob Perry
AMHA U13 Local League team wins Silver Stick
Aylmer Minor Hockey’s Under 13 Local League Red team took on St. Thomas Stars, pictured here, on Friday, Nov. 15, in a game that was part of a Regional Silver Stick tournament at East Elgin Community Complex. Here, Max Deleebeeck sprinted the puck down the ice on Aylmer’s way to a 7-2 victory over St.…
Read MoreWorkers picket Aylmer post office
Workers at the Canada Post office in Aylmer hit the picket line on Friday morning, Nov. 15, as they went on strike along with fellow union members across the country. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers says that, after a year of bargaining with Canada Post without success, it was striking for “fair wages, safe…
Read MoreChristmas Tour of Homes this weekend
Yvonne Gavey, left, and Tricia Van Gorp, right, members of a decorating team, helped owner Mary Giesbrecht prepare the interior of the home she shares with husband Frank as one of the stops in the Aylmer and Malahide Museum’s 20th annual Christmas Tour of Homes this coming weekend. The show will run Friday from 4…
Read MoreVoters express sentiments over Conservative nomination
Andrew Lawton, of London, was installed as the Conservative Party of Canada nominee for the Elgin–St. Thomas–London South riding on Saturday, Nov. 9. Mr. Lawton bested Central Elgin candidate Anthony Shields, who was endorsed by current MP Karen Vecchio. The race to become the CPC candidate in the next federal election followed MP Vecchio’s announcement…
Read MoreEast Elgin U18 team defeats Tavistock 4-1 in minor hockey plan
Cam Richardson of East Elgin Minor Hockey’s Under 18 hockey team was hemmed in along the boards by a Tavistock opponent but kept moving during a game at East Elgin Community Complex on Saturday, Nov. 9. East Elgin bested the visiting team 4-1, with two goals by Bo Mercer and singles from Colton Dunn and…
Read MoreInsurance dispute threatens high school swimming
East Elgin Secondary School’s swim team is in imminent danger of collapse and, if it does, it will potentially take down competitive swimming for all schools in Thames Valley District School Board. Parents and volunteers involved in running the swim team say the issue involves a dispute over insurance coverage between the Ontario Ministry of…
Read MoreEESS teams now all on the sidelines
All of East Elgin Secondary School’s competitive fall sports teams have now been sidelined after losses in post-season playoffs. Colbie Farr, in picture, of EESS’s Junior girls basketball team kept the ball away from a Lord Dorchester Public School defender during a Southeast AA quarterfinal at EESS Thursday, Oct. 31. But the team went down…
Read MoreEagles down Parkside 27-20
Madi Wiebe of East Elgin Secondary School shot for the Woodstock Huron Park hoop during a Junior girls basketball game on Wednesday, Oct. 23, their last of the regular season. EESS won 39-19 to finish the season with a record of seven wins and one loss, putting it in second place in Thames Valley Southeast…
Read MoreFire victims face long recovery
Cornelius Woelke and his young sons Cornelius Junior, two-and-a-half years old and Jacob, who will turn a year old on Nov. 1, severely burned during a fire in their apartment in Springfield on Saturday, Oct. 19, have started to respond to medical treatment but face a long road to recovery, Jake Friesen said. Jake, of…
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Abby Knelsen of East Elgin Secondary School passed to a teammate during a game in Aylmer against Lord Dorchester Secondary School on Tuesday, Oct. 15. EESS won that game but lost one on Tuesday, Oct. 22, its first defeat of the season out of seven games. East Elgin’s last home regular-season game is against Huron…
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