Posts by Rob Perry
EESS Juniors best Strathroy 6-0-correction
Kaden DeBoer of host East Elgin Secondary School brought down a Strathroy District Collegiate Institute rusher on his own one-yard line during a Junior football game in Aylmer on Friday, Oct. 22. EESS won that game 6-0, and a previous game against Ingersoll District Collegiate Institute 8-0. East Elgin’s next home game is Thursday, Oct.…
Read MoreNineteen new cases from weekend
Southwestern Public Health on Monday, Oct. 25, was reporting 35 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford from the weekend, an average of just under 12 a day, compared to 19 on Friday. The number of ongoing cases being tracked by the health unit stands at 87, up from 82 Friday.…
Read MoreLeague bowling back at Cy’s
League bowling has returned to Cy Kelly Lanes in Aylmer, including Youth Bowling Conference games on Saturday mornings, seen here on Oct. 23, and adult leagues on weeknights. About 15 players are registered for YBC so far, with more welcome to join at any time. The same applies to adult leagues. (AE/Rob Perry)
Read MoreHerbert Hildebrandt trial, day one
The assault trial for Herbert Hildebrandt, of Malahide, began Friday, Oct. 22, with only one prosecution witness testifying before day’s end. Mr. Hildebrandt was charged with assault after allegedly pushing to the ground Jack Dykxhoorn, 84, of Malahide at the former Thompson family farm, across from the Church of God, at the north end of…
Read MoreCOVID cases more prevalent in Oxford
Southwestern Public Health was reporting 19 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford on Friday, Oct. 22, up from 17 new cases on Thursday. The number of ongoing cases being tracked by the health unit stood at 82 Friday, up from 79 Thursday, and two-thirds were in Oxford. Four Southwestern region…
Read MoreThursday brings 17 new COVID-19 cases
Southwestern Public Health was reporting 17 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford on Thursday, Oct. 21, up from 14 on Wednesday. The number of ongoing cases being tracked by the health unit dropped slightly, to 79 from 80. On Thursday, 45.6 percent of all ongoing cases involved area residents 29…
Read MoreFourteen new cases in Southwestern region
Southwestern Public Health was reporting 14 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford on Wednesday, Oct. 20, up from eight the previous day. The health unit is now tracking 80 ongoing confirmed cases, up from 76 Tuesday. Four residents of the Southwestern area are hospitalized with COVID-19, two of them in…
Read More90th death from COVID-19 reported
Southwestern Public Health reported on Tuesday, Oct. 19, that an Elgin woman in her 80s had died as a result of COVID-19, the third such death in less than a week. The death of a St. Thomas man in his 60s was reported by Southwestern Public Health on Thursday, Oct. 14 and of an Oxford…
Read More30 new cases from weekend
Southwestern Public Health was reporting 30 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford on Monday, Oct. 18, or an average of 10 a day. On Friday, the health unit had reported 24 new cases for one day. Southwestern is currently monitoring 88 ongoing cases across its area, down from 92 on…
Read MoreVying for the puck in Under 13 Local League game
Weston Underhill, left, of host Aylmer Minor Hockey’s Under 13 Local League team and Aiden Rutkauskas of visiting Port Stanley rushed to be first to the puck during a game at East Elgin Community Complex on Saturday afternoon, Oct. 16. Port Stanley took the win. (AE/Rob Perry)
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