Years of neglect have caught up to North America’s oldest locomotive repair shop and the St. Thomas Railworks Coalition has opted to “temporarily suspend operations” at the historic building housing Elgin County Railway Museum’s inventory of vintage rolling stock and railway relics. With “no confirmed reopening date,” the decision comes on the heels of the…
An integrity commissioner investigation has dismissed two complaints from Councillor Kathryn Desrosiers that alleged Deputy Mayor Pete Barbour violated the code of conduct for town councillors and had harassed her. The 5,000-word report did correct a statement that Deputy Mayor Barbour made at a council meeting, suggesting that not just council members but also their…
St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital President Karen Davies, in a recent annual report to Elgin County council members, stressed the need for a bigger new hospital to serve the area. She started, though, by listing some of the hospitals highlights for 2025, including: STEGH’s “systemic therapy program” (chemotherapy for cancer) had been expanded to five…
Syed Hasan, the proprietor at Moe’s Variety on Talbot Street in St. Thomas, is determined to travel to all the countries in the world. He has visited 189 countries already and is actively planning trips to the final eight on his personal list, including North Korea, Venezuela, Sudan, Nauru, Mali and The Republic of the…
Kettle Creek Conservation Authority has issued a Watershed Conditions Statement—Flood Outlook and a Lake Erie Shoreline Conditions Statement—Flood Outlook, reminding residents to take extra caution near creeks and streams due to a significant rainfall forecast and the potential for flooding in low-lying areas. Environment Canada is tracking an unstable low-pressure system that is developing south…
St. Thomas firefighters sought to extinguish a fire a building in the 500 block of Talbot Street, Thursday morning, Dec. 18. Streets are currently closed in the area. The fire is in the same building as the Lucky Kitchen Restaurant, adjacent to Yurek Pharmacy. More details in the Dec. 24 edition of The Aylmer Express.…
Malahide Mayor Dominique Giguère, in her inaugural speech as Warden of Elgin on Tuesday, Dec. 9, doubled down on her insistence that councillors wear “only one hat” while there, ignoring what was best for their own communities in favour of what was best for the county. She was the only candidate to stand for the…
Santa Claus’ tiniest visitor at the Springfield fire station after the village’s Santa Claus Parade on Saturday, Dec. 6, was one-month-old Ellie-Mae McIntyre of Springfield, daughter of Kelsey and Adam McIntyre. (AE/ Joe Konecny)
A two-storey house, built in 1848, at 9238 Sandytown Road in Bayham was demolished by a blast of unknown origin that left no evidence of flames or fire on Friday, Dec. 5, just after 10 a.m. Ed Ketchabaw, a neighbour (and mayor of Bayham), said the house had been in his family for years, but…
Municipalities will have little influence with conservation “superauthorities” if the Ontario government goes ahead with plans to merge the province’s 37 authorities into just seven. That was what Catfish Creek Conservation Authority General Manager Dusty Underhill predicted during a meeting of his board Thursday, Nov. 27. Catfish Creek Conservation Authority, Long Point Regional Conservation Authority…
Premier Doug Ford celebrated his 61st birthday in St. Thomas on Nov. 20, officially welcoming Vianode’s $3.2 billion investment in the community and underscoring southwestern Ontario’s important contributions to economic growth across Canada. “The best birthday present I’ve ever had,” the premier told a small crowd assembled in Yarmouth Yards. “$3.2 billion investment, it’s absolutely…
An Orwell man, 34, who had been wearing a tracking monitor but allegedly removed it, was charged by Aylmer Police with spousal assault and has been remanded into custody. He was described by police as “a prolific offender.” Chief Kyle Johnstone said the man had been out on bail for a charge of possession of…