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WeedMD of Aylmer gets marijuana licence
WeedMD Rx Inc. announced Monday, April 25, that it had received a licence from Health Canada to begin growing marijuana for medical purposes for patients across Canada at its site on Elm Street North in Aylmer. The plant, 25,000 square feet in area, is in a former Imperial Tobacco Canada building that sits on four…
Read MorePaul Vanderwyst killed after being trapped under trailer
Former Malahide Councillor and Kingsmill Grain co-owner Paul Vanderwyst, 48, of Malahide was killed after the heavy canopy of a homemade trailer he was working on fell on him at his farm and home on Ron McNeil Line near Buis Line north of Orwell on Sunday afternoon, April 24. Elgin County Ontario Provincial Police Constable…
Read MoreBayham to show talent on April 30
Amanda Underhill of Tillsonburg will perform at least two songs she has written and recorded on her album entitled AM&A (which when spelled out is her first name) during the Bayham Has Talent show at Vienna Community Centre on Saturday, April 30. Here she is seen performing Girl in the Flower Dress during the dress…
Read MoreBiker hurt in Talbot Street crash
A 24-year-old Aylmer man was taken to St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital (STEGH) for treatment of a a broken knee and finger after the motorcycle he was riding struck the rear of a car while both vehicles were travelling east on Talbot Street East in Aylmer on Sunday evening, April 24. Aylmer Police Sergeant Nick…
Read MoreThat’s a lot of pie!
Out There Creative Therapy volunteer Wendy D’Angelo, left, and Springfield Lioness volunteer Brenda Simons were in charge of handing out the various kinds of fresh made pie for dessert during the second annual Springfield Lioness Community Roast Beef Supper at Malahide Community Place on Saturday, April 23. The pie selection included apple, blueberry, cherry, lemon…
Read MoreThe Elgins celebrate 150 years
Dozens of soldiers, reservists and army and air cadets along with a number of veterans participated in a parade in St. Thomas on Saturday, April 23 to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the 31 Combat Engineer Regiment (The Elgins). The parade started by the Jumbo the Elephant monument in west St. Thomas and proceeded south…
Read MoreMan identified in fatal Jeep crash
Mike Wodzinski, 38, of Aylmer was killed after the orange Jeep he was driving was involved in a three-vehicle crash on Belmont Road at Yorke Line south of Belmont at about 6:45 a.m. Friday, April 22. Elgin County Provincial Police released Mr. Wodzinski’s name on Monday morning, April 25, after his family was notified about his…
Read MoreAylmer to look into Malahide’s request for police service costing
Aylmer councillors on Monday, April 18 sent a request from their Malahide counterparts for a service costing quote by the Aylmer Police to the Aylmer Police Services Board “to review and to provide costing details back to council.” The Malahide resolution, approved during that council’s April 7 meeting, outlined that the township currently received policing…
Read More“Forest of Reading” at South Dorchester PS
Volunteer Dot Sale of Belmont read “Fishermen Through and Through” by Colleen Sydor to South Dorchester Public School on Wednesday, April 13. She was one of 10 readers who spent much of the day with children, in an event organized jointly by the school and Belmont library. The “Forest of Reading” program was originated by…
Read MoreStocking trout at Springwater pond
Dusty Underhill, left, and Ed Pietrzak of Catfish Creek Conservation Authority poured in some of 500 pounds of young trout, from Mimosa Springs of Orangeville, being used to stock Springwater pond Monday, April 18, for summer fishing. The season opens on Saturday, April 23.
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