A crew from Catfish Creek Conservation Authority were out in the sugar bush on the Jaffa side of Springwater Forest on Friday morning, Feb. 16 tapping dozens of trees for the upcoming maple syrup season. Gathered together for a group photo were crew members volunteer Vic Herrington, left, program support assistant Tiffany Kalita-Guay, conservation areas…
In an unexpected development, Malahide Mayor Dave Mennill has dusted off the long rejected idea of amalgamating his township with Aylmer. In bombshell fashion at the annual Mayor’s Breakfast hosted by the Aylmer and Area Chamber of Commerce at Saxonia Hall on Wednesday morning, Feb. 7, Mayor Mennill in the middle of his remarks asked…
Rachel Cameron, 9, playfully slid down a mound of snow that was built up in the parking lot of Aylmer Baptist Church on Sunday afternoon, Feb. 4. She and three of her neighbourhood friends played in the snow for a few hours that day with the temperature hitting a relatively balmy 1 degree Celsius. The…
The Glanworth Drive overpass crossing Highway 401 will be preserved rather than demolished, Elgin-Middlesex-London MPP Jeff Yurek announced in a news release Friday morning, Feb. 2. Southwold Mayor Grant Jones, who had fought along with Central Elgin Mayor David Marr and other Elgin County councillors to keep the overpass open in face of a Ministry…
A 55-year-old Norfolk man was killed by a tree that had fallen on him while a work crew was cutting it down on a private property southeast of Copenhagen on Wednesday morning, Jan. 24. The Elgin County Ontario Provincial Police and the Ontario Ministry of Labour are investigating the death that occurred in a wooded…
An accommodation review from Thames Valley District School Board is recommending as expected that Sparta Public School be converted to elementary French Immersion classes, effective July 1, with pupils there now to be transferred to Port Stanley Public School. Buried much deeper in the review’s proposals, number 13 out of 15, would see New Sarum…
A double tanker truck collided with a pickup truck on Elgin Road (Highway 73) north of Crampton Drive and south of the nearby railway tracks on Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 16. This photo of the crash scene located between Harrietsville and Mossley was taken shortly before 3:30 p.m. The Middlesex County Ontario Provincial Police officer in…
Malahide volunteer firefighters responded to a call in Copenhagen at about 5:30 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 15. This photo was taken at about 6 p.m. at a home on the east side of Imperial Road just south of Nova Scotia Line. Smoke was seen coming from either the roof of the attached garage or from…
A dragline broke up ice in the mouth of the Port Bruce harbour on Friday morning, Jan. 12, after Catfish Creek Conservation Authority issued a flood advisory in the early-morning hours, followed by a flood warning late in the morning. An ice jam further upstream has resulted in the evacuation of three low-lying homes and…
Canadian children’s and young adult author Eric Walters paid a visit to Davenport Public School in Aylmer on Friday, Jan. 12 where he spoke about his teaching and writing careers. Since his first book, Stand Your Ground, Mr. Walters has published over 94 more novels and picture books with more than 10 more to come…
James Starkey, left, kept his 1-year-old Husky Akilah on a close leash while his fiancee Michelle Meesters was holding onto Bronson, a 4-year-old Rottweiler, when the couple were out walking their dogs on South Street just east of John Street South in Aylmer on Sunday, Jan. 7 just past 12 noon. The couple were almost…
Ian Webster, 11, of Luton was about to begin eating his breakfast at the monthly Aylmer Knights of Columbus all you can eat brunch at the Columbus Club on Beech Street on Sunday morning, Jan. 7. As always, the brunch included scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage, regular and French toast, hash browns, coffee, tea and juice.…