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…
A 7.39-percent levy increase for Aylmer in the draft 2014 budget was cut to 0.24 percent during a finance committee meeting held Monday, March 3. In all, $346,565 in cuts was approved, reducing the proposed levy from $5,318,642 to $4,972,077. The total levy in 2013 was $4,952,625.
An Aylmer man, 62, was charged with impaired driving after being arrested in the parking lot of a Liquor Control Board of Ontario store in St. Thomas Monday, March 3, at 9 p.m. The man failed a roadside sobriety test and was subsequently charged with having a blood-alcohol level over the legal limit for a…
A complaint filed over the Elgin County Ontario Provincial Police collecting DNA evidence from migrant workers during a sexual assault investigation last fall has resulted is being scrutinized by the Office of Independent Police Review Director. Justice for Migrant Workers filed a formal complaint with the OIPRD on Dec. 12. Elgin OPP officers and the…
A silver Saturn Ion caught on fire in the parking lot at Elgin Auto just west of Aylmer on Friday, Feb. 28. Malahide Fire Chief Paul Groeneveld said firefighters were called to the scene at about 8 a.m. The cause of the fire was undetermined and 10 firefighters were on scene for an hour.
Malahide Mayor David Mennill told township councillors Thursday, Feb. 20, they were helpless when it came to how quickly a much-delayed operational review of East Elgin Community Complex would be completed. He suggested trying a stiffly-worded letter to LeisurePlan International, the consultant doing the work, if the review wasn’t in by the end of February. LeisurePlan was hired even…
The developers of a medical marijuana growing operation have taken possession of 250 Elm Street in Aylmer and are awaiting the approval of their cultivation license by Health Canada. WeedMD Rx Inc. Chief Executive Officer Bruce Scully said the start up of the project is a $3-million investment and when operational will employ 15 workers…
A state of emergency remained in place in Bayham on Thursday, Feb. 20 as the location and condition of a leaking natural gas well northwest of Port Burwell had yet to be determined. In a media release issued at 11:10 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 20 after the Bayham Control Group met earlier that morning, Bayham…
A Bayham man, 50, was arrested and charged with impaired driving and other offences after the vehicle he was travelling in rolled over on Heritage Line just south of Highway 3 (Talbot Line) just before 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 19. Elgin County Ontario Provincial Police Constable Troy Carlson said the man was travelling east…
Central Elgin Mayor Bill Walters announced he would not be seeking re-election this autumn during a luncheon in St. Thomas, Wednesday, Feb. 19. He said four years was long enough to serve, and he wanted to devote his time to family and business commitments. He was proudest in his term as mayor of the year he…
Catfish Creek Conservation Authority upgraded its warning about the possibility of flooding in the watershed early Thursday morning. CCCA Water Management Technician Peter Dragunas issued a “flood watch” at 7:45 a.m. on Feb. 20 which is a step closer to an official warning. “This is an assessment that a high probability exists for flooding of…
Grade 3 pupil Daniel Brannigan, left, wound up for a shot on net while McGregor Public School classmates Nolan Wiebe, Grade 4, and Bianca Giesbrecht, grade 3, watched, Friday, Feb. 14. McGregor spent the afternoon putting on its version of the Winter Olympics, with a variety of modified events and hot chocolate to stay warm.