Jaiden Loucks, left, Grade 7, Tanner Smith, Grade 7, Grant Bolt, Grade 3, Abby Fedorowski, Grade 7, and Rebecca Lockyer, Grade 7, joined other pupils walking around New Sarum Public School on a Terry Fox Run (or walk) on Thursday afternoon, Sept. 29. Rain stopped just in time for the event, which raised $2,000 for…
A group of parents will hold a public meeting at St. John’s United Church in Springfield starting at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 3, intent on preserving the village’s public elementary school. Jessica Goodwill has two children now at Springfield Public School, and three more she hopes will be able to attend there. “I don’t think…
Canadian Polka King Walter Ostanek and his band played to a full house at the Aylmer German Canadian Club’s Saxonia Hall on Saturday evening, Oct. 1 during the Oktoberfest celebration. The event included traditional German Oktoberfest food, Ontario craft beer and performances from Kitchener-Waterloo’s Schuhplattler Folk Dancers and the local Saxonia Dancers.
Hundreds of items were up for sale at the annual Farm Equipment Consignment Auction at Shackelton Auctions located northeast of Springfield near the corner of Lyons Line and Putnam Road on Saturday, Oct. 1. The day-long auction sold off several partial lines, estates, dealer inventory reductions and over 200 local farmers consignments of farm equipment and machinery…
Eight days after the discovery, Elgin County Ontario Provincial Police on Wednesday afternoon, Sept. 28 identified the 50-year-old man who was found dead next to a burning mobile home in Port Bruce as Timothy James of Malahide Township. A Malahide Fire Department spokesman said volunteer firefighters were called to a fire at a trailer within…
Central Elgin councillors, in a sharp turnabout, conceded Monday night, Sept. 26, to pleas from Port Stanley Arena groups and will re-open the snack bar there. In fact, councillors were in such a rush they ordered officials to award a contract to operate the canteen to any “reasonable proposal” received in the next few days.…
The ninth annual Duff’s Garage Car Show and Open House held at the Talbot Street East business in Aylmer on Wednesday late afternoon and evening Sept. 21 attracted 60 classic cars. The event, which included a charity barbecue and live music from the band Uncertain People and Studio Arts Music Academy and Rock School performers,…
Thames Valley District School Board administrators are preparing to undertake a five-month study that could drastically change the landscape of public elementary schools in East Elgin and Central Elgin, including the potential closings of Springfield, South Dorchester and New Sarum, and the building of a large new elementary school in Belmont. In an interview Tuesday…
Two passengers who weren’t wearing their seat belts were ejected from a van after it was involved in a collision with a car in the late afternoon of Tuesday, Sept. 20 at the intersection of Fairview Road and John Wise Line south of St. Thomas. Elgin County Ontario Provincial Police Constable Adam Crewdson said the…
A 50-year-old man was found dead next to a camping trailer destroyed by fire on Tuesday morning, Sept. 20 in Port Bruce. A Malahide Fire Department spokesman said volunteer firefighters were called to a fire at a unit within Beelin Trailer Park at 49508 Dexter Line in Port Bruce at 6:27 a.m. “We are currently…
John Masales, 41, of Bayham was killed after the motorcycle he was driving collided with a van on Richmond Road at Vienna Line west of Vienna on Sunday evening, Sept. 18. Ontario Provincial Police Constable Liz Melvin said the crash occurred at 8:37 p.m. when a black Honda motorcycle that was travelling north on Richmond…
About 40 people participated in the first annual Jack Ayerst Memorial Walk to Knock Out IPF (idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis) on Sunday afternoon, Sept. 18 in Port Bruce. The event raised money for the Canadian Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation and was established in the memory of Jack Ayerst of Aylmer who was diagnosed with IPF in 2014…