Samantha Harris, 8, and her mother Tish of the Aylmer area checked out artwork made by a Parkside Collegiate Institute student that was on display at St. Thomas Elgin Public Art Centre during a reception for the Creating Connections exhibition on Sunday afternoon, Jan. 11. The Alzheimer Society Elgin-St. Thomas partnered with the Art Centre…
London artist Larry Russell celebrated the opening of his exhibition at St. Thomas Elgin Public Art Centre during a reception on Saturday afternoon, Jan.10 at the St. Thomas gallery. Entitled Mind and Memory, the exhibition features almost 70 of Mr. Russell’s abstract landscape acrylic on canvas paintings he has completed in the last just over…
For the second time in three days, all school buses were cancelled in the region for both the Thames Valley District School Board and the London District Catholic School Board on Friday morning, Jan. 9 due to the blowing snow that fell overnight. Schools closed in the Aylmer Express coverage area included New Sarum Public…
Both Aylmer and Malahide councils will hold special meetings on Thursday, Jan. 15 to set up what will hopefully become a joint session of all elected officials immediately afterwards to discuss the next step in the business plan for East Elgin Community Complex. The series of meetings will take place in the Blue Line Room…
Lonnie Webber of 77 South Street West in Aylmer used his Yamaha Kodiak all-terrain vehicle and a blade to clear not only his driveway but his front lawn as well during the snow squalls that fell in the region on Wednesday morning, Jan. 7. About 10 centimetres or more of the white stuff was forecast…
Zachary Robinson, left, Victoria Grunsell and other East Elgin Secondary School Environmental Leadership Program students drew a bead during an archery training session recently at East Elgin Sportsmen’s Club. They spent part of their term learning to shoot in an effort by the National Archery in the Schools Program to re-introduce the sport as part of high…
All school buses were cancelled in the region for both the Thames Valley District School Board and the London District Catholic School Board on Wednesday morning, Jan. 7 due to the snowy weather conditions. Schools closed in the Aylmer Express coverage area included Assumption Catholic Elementary School in Aylmer, New Sarum Public School, Port Stanley…
A decision on whether or not a recount will be conducted in the Oct. 27 Bayham election was postponed until a hearing can be held on Monday, Feb. 2 at the Elgin County Courthouse in St. Thomas. A judge decided there wasn’t enough time on the docket during the Monday, Jan. 5 date originally set…
Skaters took to the ice in one rink at East Elgin Community Complex during a family-style celebration of New Year’s Eve, Wednesday, Dec. 31. Over 100 families had already arrived at the Complex by 6:30 p.m. for the party, which continued until 9 p.m.
St. Thomas Police are continuing to investigate the “suspicious death” of a 36-year-old unnamed man who was discovered at a Talbot Street apartment on Thursday, Dec. 25 just before 7 p.m. “At this time, the death is being treated as suspicious,” Staff Sergeant Hank Zehr said. The man was transported to a London hospital where…
Allyson Mantel, left, handed Chris Drenth a box of stuffing while he arranged the rest of the food in his box after Marian Weesjes gave him some canned vegetables during Christmas Care hamper packing at Immanuel Christian School in Aylmer on Tuesday morning, Dec. 23. Once filled by volunteers, the hampers were to be delivered…
Aylmer Optimist Club members Gary Rochus, left, Dave Dohnt, Don Robinson and Graydon Mills were on hand at the clubhouse to help load up vehicles for the delivery of toys to less fortunate children on Tuesday morning, Dec. 23 during one of the last stages of the annual Optimist Christmas Toy Drive. Mr. Dohnt, the…