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Death north of Belmont ruled a homicide
The Ontario Provincial Police are now investigating a homicide after the results of an autopsy were received on the body of Robert St. Denis, 51, who was discovered dead in his Westminster Drive home northwest of Belmont on Thursday, June 25. An OPP spokesman updated that the case had become a homicide investigation via a…
Read MoreFlooding possible with heavy rain expected
Catfish Creek Conservation Authority issued a “flood outlook watershed conditions statement” on Friday afternoon, June 26 advising there was a “potential” for flooding in low-lying areas due to expected heavy rains over the next several days. CCCA Water Management Technician Peter Dragunas issued the flood outlook statement at 1:45 p.m. All of southern Ontario was…
Read MoreFire destroys home on Warren St.
A fire destroyed a home on Warren Street in Aylmer on the late morning of Friday, June 26. While no details were immediately available from the Aylmer Fire Department, Roy Robinson, a next door neighbour, said he was mowing his back yard at about 11 a.m. when he saw smoke come out of the back…
Read MoreGrain bin rescue training
Sparks flew as Central Elgin firefighter Tim Kaplanis, left, aided by District Chief Murray DeCorte, cut into the side of a grain bin slated for replacement on a farm just east of Springfield during a confined spaces training exercise organized by Malahide Fire Service, Lyons station, Thursday night, June 25. Here, they’re practising gaining access to…
Read MoreOld Aylmer High School photo comes home
East Elgin Secondary School history teacher Dan Reid, left, showed Teresa Johnston, 90, of Chatham where his aunt Ruth Reid was in a entire student body photo of the old Aylmer High School from the class of 1938-39 when Mrs. Johnston and her daughter Linda Henderson, right, visited Aylmer on Thursday morning, June 25. Mrs.…
Read MoreComplex governance will start with all elected officials
The new interim management committee for the East Elgin Community Complex will start out being comprised of all elected officials from Aylmer and Malahide. The councillors from the municipalities that co-own the twin ice pad recreation and banquet facility came to that consensus during the second of a planned three meetings with a hired facilitator…
Read MoreWater fun at Straffordville PS
Grade 2 pupil Lilla Horvath-Wall, right, tried to jump rope without spilling any of the water contained in a small glass she was holding during the Zoo Olympics at Straffordville Public School on Monday, June 22. Taking a turn turning the rope behind Ms. Horvath was Angela Weiler. The Zoo Olympics are held at Straffordville…
Read MoreWheelhouse arrives in Port Burwell
The George Barnes Memorial Wheelhouse arrived in Port Burwell mid-afternoon on Wednesday, June 17 after a six hour journey from Port Maitland where it had been used as an office for George Barnes and Sons, an excavating company. The two-storey structure will be restored over the next several months in an area next to Otter…
Read MoreTress Caverly, 100, lived a “full life”
Theresa “Tress” Caverly (nee Johnston) died at her Aylmer area home at age 100 on Tuesday, June 9 after what one of her best friends said was a “full life” for a “very unique lady.” Her daughter Brenda Smith, who now runs the Pinecroft Green Frog Tea Room that her mother established, delivered the eulogy…
Read MoreRain didn’t dampen catfish derby enthusiasm in Port Bruce
Braxton Dohnt, 7, wrangled with a large specimen that was waiting in a reservoir to be weighed during the 26th annual Aylmer Optimist Club Catfish Derby in Port Bruce on Sunday morning, June 14. Braxton, who participated in his third consecutive derby in Port Bruce that day, lives in Brantford and was visiting his grandparents…
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