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Trout season almost here
Conservation areas supervisor Dusty Underhill of Catfish Creek Conservation Autority holds a rainbow trout that was about to be dropped into the pond during the annual fish stocking at Springwater Conservation Area southwest of Aylmer on Thursday morning, April 19. Springwater will be open at 6 a.m. on Saturday, April 28 for the start of trout…
Read MoreFire near Springwater
Central Elgin volunteer firefighters responded to a structure fire on Springwater Road just south of Springwater Conservation Area on Monday afternoon, April 16. This photo was taken shortly after 3:30 p.m. Central Elgin firefighters were assisted by at least one crew from Malahide Fire Department. At least seven fire trucks were on scene. No further…
Read MoreHealth unit: vaccination errors at Straffordville Public, Assumption Separate pose no risk
Elgin St. Thomas Public Health officials are trying to determine what Grade 7 pupils at Straffordville Public School and Assumption Catholic School in Aylmer might have received an extra vaccination, and what pupils might have been missed. No one’s health was at risk as a result, Medical Officer of Health Dr. Joyce Lock stressed. She…
Read MoreInspection blitz on Progress Drive
Aylmer Police Constable Darrin Lockwood, left, spoke to St. Thomas Police Const. Travis Sandham during a commercial motor vehicle inspection blitz on Progress Drive in Aylmer’s industrial area on Wednesday morning, April 11. The blitz continued until 2 p.m. that day. Const. Lockwood said the joint operation involved officers with both the Aylmer and St.…
Read MoreCelebrating learning
Uri Dalm played Professor John Spiritus Baptismo in the Wednesday morning, March 28 performance of the Life School Musical at Immanuel Christian School during the Aylmer private school’s Spring Celebration of Christian Learning day. In the evening the same day, pupils showcased their classroom learning and art with their families and ended the celebration with another…
Read MoreTruck fished out of creek
Four weeks to the day after starting a fateful crossing of the Imperial Road Bridge in Port Bruce, a dump truck finally completed its journey with help from a crane and a large crew of workers Friday, March 23, at about 2:15 p.m. It touched down on the north side of the creek, to be…
Read MoreThe Saidat Show visits Springfield PS
London motivational speaker and children’s entertainer Saidat Vandenberg brought her Saidat Show to Springfield Public School on Friday morning, March 23 for two assemblies, one for the Junior Kindergarten to Grade 3 pupils (seen here) and a second for the older children. Here Ms. Vandenberg is seen with a softball which is about the size…
Read MoreVienna Farms apple facility $3-million fire loss
A Bayham volunteer firefighter sprays water on the smouldering ruins of the Vienna Farms apple storage facility on the east side of Plank Road between Vienna and Port Burwell on Wednesday morning, March 21. Bayham Fire Chief Randy White said about 45 firefighters from his two stations, two stations in Malahide and a Norfolk station…
Read MoreTown library addition pegged at $1.6-million
Any decision on adding new library space in Aylmer will now have to wait until May. After some discussion during their Monday, March 19 meeting, Aylmer councillors deferred further discussion on putting an addition onto the current Old Town Hall Library until after they finish the 2018 town budget. The library addition will come up…
Read MoreMinistry orders temporary halt to truck salvage
A worker on Monday morning, March 19, swung a pickax to loosen gravel in the back of a dump truck that fell along with the Imperial Road Bridge in Port Bruce on Friday, Feb. 23. Emptying the truck of its load took the rest of Monday to complete, with the truck expected to be lifted…
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