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A giant inflatable beaver was just one of many attractions during a parade that made its way through downtown Aylmer on Saturday morning, May 13 as part of the town’s Canada 150 Celebrations that day. Hundreds of local residents and visitors lined the parade route from the fairgrounds where it started, along Talbot Street and…

Bryson Mathers, 4, of St. Thomas used his dad’s tackle box as a stool to sit on while settling in to wait for a bite during the annual Tim Hortons Kid’s Fishing Derby at Springwater Conservation Area southwest of Aylmer on Saturday morning, May 13. Gord Mathers also brought his other son Trevin, 7 (not…

Grade 1 pupil Emily Braun jumped as high as she could during Aylmer McGregor Public School’s annual Jump Rope for Heart event on Friday, May 12. Almost the entire pupil body participated in the fun outdoor activities in the school yard that included various jumping games and trying out hula hoops while music pumped out…

Former Springfield Public School pupil and current St. Thomas St. Joseph’s Catholic High School Grade 9 student Nathan Cox launched a ball from one of two robots he and his teacher Norm Dinner brought with them from the St. Joe’s Renaissance Robotics team for a demonstration in front of Springfield PS’s Grade 3 to 6…

Grade 2 pupil Nikolas Tupper played Old MacDonald on a keyboard during a rehearsal Wednesday, May 10, for a “Canada 150” talent show at Straffordville Public School on Friday, May 12. The show started at 11:15 a.m. Friday, and is open to parents.

A 26-year-old Port Burwell man was arrested in Windsor on Tuesday, May 9 after Ontario Provincial Police and Windsor Police officers staged  a “high risk” traffic stop. Essex County OPP Constable Jim Root said a member of the OPP Traffic Management Unit (TMU) at about 5 p.m. that day “observed a suspected wanted vehicle and…

Katherine Thompson, right, of the Aylmer Area Community Choir made a sad face as she announced that Sarah Twinem, just left of her, was retiring after three years as the choir’s conductor, Friday night, May 5, at Aylmer Old Town Hall. Ms. Thompson praised Ms. Twinem for making great improvements in how the choir sounded.…

Catfish Creek Conservation Authority issued a “flood outlook” statement on Thursday morning, May 4 in anticipation that there could be local flooding as a result of the weather forecast calling for heavy precipitation throughout the region over the next three days. “Rain is expected to spread into most of Southwestern Ontario today and rainfall is…

The walls of the McGregor Public School gymnasium in Aylmer were covered with the work of pupils during the annual Museum of McGregor Art (MOMA) event on Wednesday evening, May 3. This year’s MOMA included many pieces of abstract art, a book fair in the library, math games and a scavenger hunt.