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Local beekeepers are pleased but Grain Farmers of Ontario moved quickly to protest an announcement by Ontario Agriculture Minister Jeff Leal that the province planned to be the first in Canada to restrict the use of neonicotinoids, a pesticide allegedly linked to bee deaths. Ontario will require farmers and commercial growers to apply for permits…

Greg Currie, who as the spokesman for the Aylmer Taxpayers Advisory Committee who had been vocal about what they believe is a public spending problem in town, is running to become the next mayor. The retired Ontario Police College instructor and pre-hiring police officer testing company owner filed his nomination to run against current Mayor…

Malahide councillors are still grumbling about the condition of boards in one rink at East Elgin Community Complex but, despite wanting an investigation, they’ve done nothing to start one. The protective boards in one rink are badly cracked, and the estimate for replacing them after just 10 years of use is $120,000. While councillors griped…

A seasonal resident of Port Bruce and her partner saw a funnel cloud on Lake Erie off of the lakeside hamlet on Thursday morning, July 3. Ann Graham and her partner Dave Hohnstein were fishing in their power boat at about 10:30 a.m. when they witnessed what she described as a “funnel cloud.” Environment Canada…

Sienna Pratt, 9, of Aylmer studied light through a “rainbow peephole” during a lesson by “Bionic Becki” Dries of London’s Mad Science at Aylmer library, Thursday, July 3. More than 20 children and adults attended the event. The library is holding special programs for youngsters every Thursday at 2 p.m. through the end of July.

A Malahide tobacco farmer was arrested by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police on Friday, June 27 and charged with various offences. The 52-year-old man was first arrested by the RCMP for the sale of unstamped raw leaf tobacco. After a search warrant was executed at his farm, he was charged with several other offences. He…

Brian Daniel, 55, of St. Thomas was struck and killed while directing traffic near the Burwell Road bridge on the Highway 3 bypass in northeast St. Thomas at about 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, July 2. The driver of the pickup truck that struck Mr. Daniel, a 45-year-old Malahide man, was later charged with dangerous driving…

A non-stop over 20 minute long fireworks show was seen by thousands of local residents and visitors at the end of the Canada Day celebration at East Elgin Community Complex on the eastern outskirts of Aylmer on Tuesday night, July 1. The fireworks display is sponsored each year by the Aylmer Kinsmen Club. Other attractions…

Farmtown Canada provided pony-drawn buggy rides at the Aylmer and Malahide Canada Day celebration at East Elgin Community Complex on the late afternoon and evening of Tuesday, July 1. Other attractions included food and refreshment vendors, children’s games and activities on the Eastlink arena surface and outside, live entertainment and an over 20 minute long…