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Gavin Fentie, 6, waved a replica standing in for Canada’s Northern Lights during a patriotic-themed obstacle course at Malahide Community Place on Thursday, July 13. He was one of the children participating in a weekly meeting of the Springfield library’s Summer Reading Club.

In a split recorded vote, Aylmer councillors during their Monday, July 10 meeting put an end to having the Ontario Provincial Police prepare a quote for service to potentially replace the existing town police. Voting in favour of a resolution to abandon the OPP costing process and to disband the town’s Joint Advisory OPP Costing Committee…

Brent Howe provided the “reasons given” after a class of dairy cows were judged during the Century Celebration of the Elgin County Holstein Club held at Mistyglen Holsteins south of Belmont on Saturday evening, July 8. Over 300 people attended the event to mark the 100th anniversary of the local Holstein Club. See more event…

Nancy McComb wore an outfit from the 1850-60s time period during the annual High Tea and Historical Fashion Show held by the Sparta and District Historical Society at the Sparta Church Museum on Sunday afternoon, July 9. The event was another successful sellout with 79 guests filling the available chairs at the tables in the…

Left photo: Aiden Friesen, 6, threw for a strike at an outdoor children’s bowling game while his sister Emberlyn, 1 (and a half), looked on during the first Healing Hearts and Minds Festival held in Aylmer’s Kinsmen Park on Saturday, July 8. Right photo: Aleah Peters, 2, scratched the chin of a goat at a…

Almost ideal weather conditions greeted anglers who cast their lines off of the pier in Port Bruce on Saturday morning, July 8. Some of these fishermen were participating in the 13th annual Port Bruce Ratepayers Association Perch Derby held on both days that weekend. Derby organizers said 115 anglers had already registered by 9 a.m.…

Terri-Lee Plumb of Ingersoll, who was billed as a “master storyteller,” kicked off the TD Summer Reading Club at Aylmer Old Town Hall Theatre (and Library) on Thursday afternoon, July 6. This year’s theme of the Summer Reading Club at the Aylmer Library is Canada and Ms. Plumb shared Canadian folktales, songs and had a…

Avery DeWaele sprayed Brayan Goetz with water as part of the “Drip, Drip, Drop” game during the annual early summer Play Day at South Dorchester Public School on Wednesday afternoon, June 28. Several fun games and activities were set up throughout the large yard behind the school located on Crossley Hunter Line between Lyons and…

Thousands of spectators watched as fireworks lit up the sky over the flats behind East Elgin Community Complex during a joint Aylmer-Malahide celebration of Canada Day, on Saturday, July 1. This year’s pyrotechnic display, organized by Aylmer Kinsmen Club, was bigger than usual this year in honour of Canada 150.