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Dead woman found in Port Stanley harbour
The body of a 47-year-old woman was found by police divers within a silver Chrysler PT Cruiser at the bottom of Port Stanley harbour at about 6 p.m. on Wednesday, March 8. The car had left the road and entered the water of Port Stanley harbour at about 7:10 p.m. on Tuesday, March 7. Elgin…
Read MoreCoffee House attracts a crowd
Clarissa Giesbrecht sang Wait for It, a song from the Broadway musical Hamilton, during the latest Coffee House at East Elgin Secondary School on Tuesday evening, March 7. Coffee House provides EESS students an opportunity to perform in public with the support of the school’s Performance Arts Council. Performances that evening ranged from songs with and…
Read MoreWorld Day of Prayer celebrated
Ginette Richer, left, and Beth Phoenix were members of a procession carrying vegetables, flowers, fruits, rice, oil and other important symbols in the lives of the women of the Philippines during the World Day of Prayer service held at Our Lady of Sorrows Roman Catholic Church in Aylmer on Friday evening, March 3. This year’s…
Read MoreTasting the maple goodness
Anneke McGee, 4, tried a maple candy sucker in the sugar shack not long after the annual Springwater Maple Syrup Festival opened its first day of the 2017 season on Saturday morning, March 4. From Niagara Falls, Anneke was visiting family and friends in the Aylmer area as her mother Kristy Rauhe grew up in…
Read MoreIcy splashing in Port Stanley
A group of cold temperature defying participants splashed through the Lake Erie surf at Port Stanley’s Little Beach for the third annual Childcan Polar Bear Dip on Saturday morning, March 4. Several Childcan supporters, some in colourful garb, braved the freezing water in groups to raise money and awareness of childhood cancer. Dozens more family…
Read MoreFlipping flapjacks at Trinity Anglican
Volunteer John Smith flipped the flapjacks during Aylmer Trinity Anglican Church’s annual Pancake Supper on Shrove Tuesday, Feb. 28. The meal included the pancakes, maple syrup, fruit topping, sausages, sweets and beverages.
Read MoreShrove Tuesday at Assumption means pancakes for lunch
Kindergarten pupil Aubrey Campbell, left, held out her plate of pancakes for volunteer “grandma” Marg White to pour maple syrup over them during a Shrove Tuesday luncheon at Assumption Catholic Elementary School in Aylmer on Tuesday, Feb. 28. The Kindergarten pupils were fed first that day with older classes rotating through the gymnasium afterwards.
Read MoreServing up the pancakes at Immanuel Christian
Grade 4 pupil Aryanna Lockyer, left, said a big yes to Grade 7 pupil Sahiya Klassen on having whipped cream added to her flapjacks and maple syrup during Aylmer Immanuel Christian School’s annual pancake lunch on Wednesday, Feb. 22. A group of volunteers cooked the meal which was marking Shrove Tuesday (Feb. 28) six days…
Read MoreCE eyes mobile food vendors in Port Stanley
Central Elgin councillors will hold a public hearing on Monday, March 27, at 7 p.m. on a proposed rezoning to allow seasonal mobile food vendors to set up in certain sites near Port Stanley’s beaches and harbour. At a meeting Tuesday, Feb. 21, Mayor David Marr, recalling such an idea was dismissed “with a resounding…
Read MoreRounding the curve
Cali Baker, 8, of St. Thomas rode the inclined paved paths of Balmoral Park in Aylmer on her Plasmacar while visiting her Grandma Sheryl Martin on Family Day afternoon, Monday, Feb. 20. This photo was taken shortly after 4 p.m. that day. The long holiday weekend experienced warmer than usual temperatures for February with record-breaking…
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