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The search for securing an anchor tenant for ground floor hall space at East Elgin Community Complex has ground to a halt. Malahide and Aylmer councillors unanimously approved a resolution during the Wednesday, Jan. 13 EECC Interim Board meeting that directed staff there to continue scheduling hall rentals without a six-month rolling window for the…

A group of East Elgin Secondary School dance students, most in Grade 10, rehearsed a hip-hop number, “Daydreaming,” they choreographed themselves with a “mash-up” of different songs on Monday, Jan. 11, for recitals this Wednesday, Jan. 13, and Thursday, Jan. 14. The theme for the shows is, “Wish Upon a Star.” The recitals are both…

Skaters took to the ice as part of the annual Family New Year’s Eve celebration at East Elgin Community Complex on Thursday night, Dec. 31. The party, which also involves face painting, inflatable amusements, cotton candy and live entertainment, continues through 9 p.m.

A 68-year-old man was assaulted in his Alexander Drive home in Aylmer by an intruder he encountered when returning there at about 9:30 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 28. Aylmer Police Sergeant Nick Novacich said the homeowner was “confronted” by the intruder and the two struggled before the homeowner was struck and pushed to the ground.…

Just two weeks after demanding that cats should be municipally licensed just like dogs, Malahide Councillor Rick Cerna declared his abject surrender at a township meeting Thursday, Dec. 17. “I didn’t realize the cat tags would be so big an issue in Malahide,” he admitted. “The result has been a cat-astrophe, so to speak.” When…

Rafid Manhi’s family was unharmed after bullets were fired into their Baghdad home in 2009, an incident that led to their escape from Iraq and long, frustrating six-year wait in Jordan before freedom was found in Canada. Mr. Manhi wasn’t with his wife Suhad (Sue) Abbas and their three children when their house was fired…

Elgin councillors, in a charge led by Malahide Deputy Mayor Mike Wolfe, wants some of the county’s money back from Elgin St. Thomas Public Health for 2015. The Ontario government recently announced that funding for 28 of 36 health units across the province had been deemed to high compared to eight others. As a result, the…

The East Elgin Community Complex has a new general manager. James Allen was appointed as the new general manager of the twin ice pad facility after both Aylmer and Malahide councils accepted a recommendation by the Complex Interim Board Recruitment Committee on Wednesday night, Dec. 2. The recommendation was presented during a closed door session of…

The MM Robinson Drumline marching band from Burlington was just one of the many star attractions of the 71st annual Aylmer Kinsmen Santa Claus parade on Saturday afternoon, Nov. 28. The parade was well over an hour long and one observer estimated there had to be upwards of 5,000 spectators lining Talbot Street along the…

Spectators, many of them from the East Elgin area, lined the Elgin Road (Imperial Road) overpass across Highway 401 to watch as the hearse bearing the remains of John Gallagher, 32, who died fighting as a volunteer for Kurdish forces against Islamic State in Syria, pass by, Friday afternoon, Nov. 20. Overpasses were reportedly crowded all…