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No EpiPens for Malahide fire trucks
Malahide councillors on Thursday, April 9, rejected a request to equip volunteer firefighters with potentially lifesaving “EpiPens” that administer medication in case of a severe allergic reaction. Lyons Line resident Elizabeth Van Hooren has started a campaign to seek such equipment for area firefighters, after her own son almost died from an allergy that had…
Read MoreCurrie, McDonald cross semantic swords over “deficit”
Aylmer Councillor Ted McDonald believes the East Elgin Community Complex has an annual “deficit” of $600,000, but Mayor Greg Currie disagrees. Mayor Currie insisted at a meeting Tuesday, April 7, that he believed whatever the annual cost to Aylmer and Malahide taxpayers for operating the Complex should be called, he knew it wasn’t deficit. The…
Read MorePreston offers no financial hope for Ojibwa
Elgin-Middlesex-London MP Joe Preston offered beleaguered Bayham no relief from the huge financial burden the municipality has been left with over HMCS Ojibwa. He and MPP Jeff Yurek answered questions during a St. Thomas and District Chamber of Commerce luncheon in St. Thomas, Wednesday, April 8. MP Preston provided no hint of any potential financial relief,…
Read MoreSpring farm auction at Shackelton’s
Hundreds turned out for the annual Farmers Spring Consignment Machinery Auction at Shackelton Auctions northeast of Springfield on Saturday, April 11. Potential buyers had to park their cars, buggies and pickups up to two kilomtres away from the busy sale.
Read MoreEaster brunch attracts full house
The Aylmer Knights of Columbus monthly brunch at their hall on Beech Street attracted crowds for both breakfast and lunch (and in between) on Sunday, April 5. The Knights of Columbus hold their brunches on the first Sunday of each month which just so happened to fall on Easter Sunday this time. The Knights of…
Read MoreAylmer Library hosts Easter Egg Hunt
Aylmer Old Town Hall Library hosted an Easter Egg Hunt in the parkette immediately south of its location on Saturday afternoon, April 4. Several youngsters, some with the help of their parents who bundled their children up for the near freezing temperatures that afternoon, participated in the free event leading up to Easter Sunday.
Read MoreEaster bonnet making in Sparta
Kaidynce Rosso, 9, of St. Thomas concentrated on making a colourful Easter bonnet at the Sparta House Tearoom on Saturday afternoon, April 4. The Sparta business community celebrated the Saturday before Easter Sunday in style with Easter Egg hunts, free photos with the Easter Bunny and special sales. Donations to St. Thomas Caring Cupboard food…
Read MorePassion Play a highlight of Good Friday service
Jesus, played by Ray Reid, right, embraced Lazarus (Nicole DeRyk) after raising him from the dead during one of the scenes of the Passion of Christ staged during the Good Friday service at Our Lady of Sorrows Roman Catholic Church in Aylmer on the morning of April 3. At left were the Chief Priest played by…
Read MoreShackelton’s Farm Machinery Auction – April 11
CORRECTION: The annual spring farm machinery auction at Shackelton Auctions Inc. will be held on Saturday, April 11 at 8:30 a.m. The date and time on the ad on page 14 is incorrect and the Express regrets the error and any confusion it may have caused. There is still an antique estate auction on Thursday,…
Read MoreElgin OPP Sunshine List at 44 officers
The Ontario Provincial Police pay hike in 2013 increased the number of Elgin OPP officers earning over $100,000 to 44 in 2014, up more than 60 percent from the year before. The annual “Sunshine List” of Ontario public sector workers making over $100,000 increased by about 13.9 percent in 2014 over the year before. There…
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