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The Ontario Provincial Police are looking for help from the public to catch someone who was using a laser that hit one of their helicopters when flying over Elgin County. Sergeant Peter Leon said one of the OPP’s two helicopters was participating in a training exercise with OPP specialty teams south of Tillsonburg over the…

Bonhomme joined in the fun that pupils were having during the annual winter Carnaval held at Port Burwell Public School on Friday, Feb. 10. Several games and activities were set up on the outdoor playground for the children.

Dennis Wilson, 65, of Central Elgin was killed on Sunday morning, Feb. 12 after the car he was a passenger in crashed into a tree on Elgin Road south of Cromarty Drive between Mossley and Highway 401. Middlesex County Ontario Provincial Police Constable Liz Melvin said police, Thames Centre volunteer firefighters and Middlesex London Emergency…

Grade 5 pupil Tyler Fisher took a shot at the hockey accuracy game, one of several activities set up during South Dorchester Public School’s annual Winter Carnival on Monday afternoon, Feb. 6. The weather conditions were ideal with bright sun and the temperature hovering at between 2 and 3 degrees Celsius.

Owen Charlton, 7, was thoroughly enjoying his noodles and tomato-meat sauce during the annual Belmont Lions Club Spaghetti Dinner at Belmont Arena and Community Centre on Friday evening, Feb. 3. Attended by dozens of hungry local residents, the spaghetti dinner, which included garlic bread and Caesar salad, raises money for Belmont Lions Club initiatives including purchasing…

A red Ford pickup truck rolled over onto its side into the west ditch along Imperial Road just south of Aylmer town limits and north of Bradley Creek Line late on Friday afternoon, Feb. 3. This photo was taken at about 5:45 p.m. as Malahide volunteer firefighters inspected the truck. The condition of the truck’s…

Volunteer Rick Dykxhoorn, left, provided advice as Aylmer Immanuel Christian School pupil Joshua Manning put together a small engine during one of the winter Electives workshops held at the school on Friday afternoon, Feb. 3. In its second of five consecutive weeks, the Electives “serve as a means to make learning come alive and spark…

Malahide councillors, after a secret session Thursday, Feb. 2, authorized purchasing a three-acre parcel of land on Imperial Road south of John Wise Line to be the home of a new combined fire station. The township will pay Ann DeRyk $20,000 an acre for the land. The new station will merge the volunteer forces from…

Malahide Deputy Mayor Mike Wolfe, a small business owner and entrepreneur noted for his community-minded and helpful nature, died at London Health Sciences Centre’s University Hospital on Monday afternoon, Jan. 30. He was 49. His wife, Trudy Knott, said Mr. Wolfe died of a combination of illnesses after suffering a heart attack at his Dingle…