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Front, from left, Grade 8 parent Alysha Armstrong, Miriam Chibueze, parent Janette Hill, parent Justine Briggs, parent Trudy Bueckert, Gr. 8 teacher Megan Schned: middle: Nathan Hill, Damien Armstrong, Hayden Willmott, Seth Bridgeman, Jackson Stubbs, Cali Newcombe, Lyla Martens, Vice-Principal Catarina Schmitt; and, back, Maverick Weil were selling pumpkins in front of Straffordville Public School…

Aylmer Express driver Scott Hildering, left, with help from colleagues Caitlyn Dyck and Bonnie Josten loaded up a van with donations to this year’s 30th annual Aylmer Express Thanksgiving Food Drive for Corner Cupboard food bank in Aylmer and Caring Cupboard food bank in St. Thomas on Tuesday, Oct. 3. The response from local residents…

Several of the cyclists participating in the Journey for Change line up for the ride, starting in Steen Park in Aylmer, on Saturday morning, Sept. 23. The event, which was also open to walkers, runners and motorcycles (who followed a different route), raised just over $165,000 for The Family Central, which offers housing, food and…

Fire departments across Elgin and St. Thomas are preparing for the first-ever annual “Test Your Smoke Alarm Day” on Thursday, Sept. 28. Firefighters will be going door-to-door asking to perform volunteer checks of smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors, and helping residents who didn’t have the protection to get them. Fire chiefs from St. Thomas…

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has ordered a recall of all “Mild Pepperonistix” labelled as being from Springwater Packers made on June 21, 2023 from markets selling, and is advising anyone who has the product to either dispose of it or return it to the place of purchase because of potential listeria contamination. The recall…

Next week, readers will find a donation bag inside this newspaper for The Aylmer Express’s 34th annual Thanksgiving Food Drive for Corner Cupboard food bank in Aylmer and St. Thomas Caring Cupboard food bank. “Demand is up for sure,” said Penny Hilliker, manager of the Aylmer food bank, which is part of the East Elgin…

Dr. Mike Toth, an East Elgin native who’s practised since 1988 in Aylmer, retired earlier this year, but still has a great deal to say on the state of medicine in this area and across the province. He’s a former president of the Ontario Medical Association. He recalled fondly the great support he received from…

Elgin Ontario Provincial Police officers are trying to determine why a sailboat was abandoned docked to a pier in the Port Stanley. Const. Brett Phair said police received a report Wednesday, Aug. 30, that a boat had been docked alongside the pier on the west side of the harbour on Friday, Aug. 25, at about…

The over 300 riders who participated in the 11th 3 Port Tour on Saturday, Aug. 19, enjoyed “a perfect day for riding,” Aylmer Bicycling Club President Brett Hueston said afterward. The day before the bicycle ride, covering routes of 50-, 100- and 160-kilometres, had been very windy, the day after was much warmer and humid.…