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Local news in and around Aylmer and Elgin County

EESS students touring Rome, Athens

March 14, 2014 | 0 Comments

East Elgin Secondary School student Abbie Dale looked out over the sanctuary of Olympia on a visit to southern Greece during March break this week. She is one of the students on an expedition to Rome and Athens led by teacher Ted Williamson.

Barn destroyed by fire north of Vienna

March 14, 2014 | 0 Comments

A barn was destroyed by a fire north of Vienna on Calton Line just west of Plank Road on Friday, March 14. Property owner Steven Martin said he noticed flames coming from the south side of the barn at about 6:15 a.m. Bayham firefighters extinguished the blaze quickly but remained on scene for several hours…

Aylmer man killed in Hwy. 19 crash

March 13, 2014 | 0 Comments

Cornelius Thiessen, 29, of Aylmer was pronounced dead at an area hospital after the vehicle he was driving collided with a transport truck in Zorra Township on Wednesday, March 12. The two-vehicle collision occurred at about 7:25 a.m. on Highway 19 between Road 92 and Road 96. Oxford County Ontario Provincial Police, Uniondale firefighters and…

March winter wonderland

March 12, 2014 | 0 Comments

Trees in Lions Park off Tarry Parkway in south Aylmer were shrouded in white on Wednesday, March 12 after snow had fallen all day. The late winter storm brought an additional over 10 centimetres of snow to the Aylmer area. The falling and blowing snow made for challenging driving conditions in the region and portions…

Rollover west of New Sarum

March 12, 2014 | 0 Comments

A small transport truck slid off the road and rolled over onto its side west of New Sarum on Highway 3 (Talbot Line) on Wednesday, March 12. This photo was taken shortly after 2:30 p.m. that day. Snow had accumulated throughout the day and Highway 3 was snow covered in sections at the time of…

Tundra Swans delayed

March 12, 2014 | 0 Comments

The annual migration of Tundra Swans that stop every late winter at the Aylmer Wildlife Management Area has been delayed due to the water being frozen over. Swans had been spotted near Rodney so it was anticipated they would arrive soon at the wildlife management area which is located just south of the Ontario Police…

Aylmer ignores request to cut costs at Complex

March 11, 2014 | 0 Comments

Aylmer councillors took no action on a Malahide council request to find $60,000 in East Elgin Community Complex efficiencies for 2014. After some discussion at their March 10 meeting, councillors voted to receive and file the request. That means nothing further will be done with it. Two councillors, Pete Barbour and Arthur Oslach, supported finding…

Attempted abduction in St. Thomas

March 10, 2014 | 0 Comments

St. Thomas Police have asked for the public’s assistance in identifying a man who allegedly tried to abduct two 8-year-old girls at about 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 8 on Owaissa Street. The girls were approached by a man in an older model, full-size red pick-up truck. The man asked the girls if they wanted…

Springwater Maple Syrup Festival begins

March 8, 2014 | 0 Comments

East Elgin Secondary School co-operative education student Blayne Armstrong, left, explained how to tap a tree to Gabriel Caron and Baylee Mancuso, both of St. Thomas, at the Springwater Maple Syrup Festival on Saturday, March 8. Saturday marked the first day of the annual festival where visitors can find out how maple syrup was made…

Yurek expects late May election

March 7, 2014 | 0 Comments

Elgin-Middlesex-London MPP Jeff Yurek told an audience of service club members in Aylmer Thursday, March 6, that a provincial election would probably be called for late May. He expected the election would be triggered as the result of a coming budget from the Liberal minority government being voted down after Easter by a combination of his…

Residents warned to stay away from gas leak

March 6, 2014 | 0 Comments

Bayham residents continued to be warned to stay away from a natural gas well leak northwest of Port Burwell while a contractor continued to work at the site. The Bayham Municipal Control Group met with representatives of community agencies on Thursday, March 6 to review the gas leak issue. Ministry of Natural Resources officials confirmed…

Fire contained to attic in Straffordville

March 5, 2014 | 0 Comments

Firefighters managed to contain a fire that started in the attic of a home in Straffordville on Tuesday, March 4. Bayham Fire Chief Randy White said more than a dozen firefighters from the Straffordville and Port Burwell stations with support from the Tillsonburg Fire Department were on scene on Sandytown Road just off of Plank Road…