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Call for health funding denied at county
Elgin County council members, in a 6-3 vote on Tuesday, June 25, rejected a proposal from Central Elgin Mayor Andrew Sloan to provide $1.3-million in funding to help pay for a new magnetic-resonance imager for St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital and another $500,000 to support the building of the new Elgin County Hospice in St.…
Read MorePutting on a Canada Day “gun show”
In a moment of frivolity, Elgin-Middlesex-London MP Karen Vecchio, Aylmer Mayor Jack Couckuyt, MPP Rob Flack and Malahide Mayor Dominique Giguère showed off their muscles during the annual joint Canada Day celebration at East Elgin Community Complex on Monday, July 1. Afterward, they further flexed their muscles by cutting and serving pieces of a Canada…
Read MoreDriver charged in hit-and-run fatality, victim named
A Thamesville man, 35, has been charged by St. Thomas Police in connection with the recent hit-and-run death of pedestrian Carissa George, 34, of St. Thomas. He’s been charged with failing to stop at the scene of an accident and two counts of operating a motor vehicle while prohibited from doing so. The collision between…
Read MoreTruck and Tractor Pull this Friday, Saturday
The Fairgrounds will be home the seventh annual Aylmer Canada Day Weekend Truck and Tractor Pull this Friday, June 28, and Saturday, June 29. Aylmer Fair Board President Randy Laur said that while he’s been to such events elsewhere, “I’ve never been a puller,” as competitors are termed. However, in 2016, when the pull was…
Read MoreRabid bat found in Dutton Dunwich
Southwestern Public Health announced Friday, June 21, that a bat from Dutton Dunwich had tested positive for rabies. The bat was sent for testing after two individuals were potentially exposed to its saliva. The health unit stated they were receiving treatment to prevent them from contracting the virus. The bat had been found inside a…
Read MoreCoffee House is back
Emily Froese joined fellow members of the guitar “Shadow Ensemble” playing Silent Night, Everybody Wants to Rule the World and Carol of the Bells during a Coffee House talent showcase at East Elgin Secondary School on Wednesday night, Dec. 20. This was the first such Coffee House in four years, and attracted almost 200 spectators.…
Read MoreSIU releases information on OPP firearm discharge
Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit announced preliminary information on an Elgin Ontario Provincial Police officer-involved shooting on Highway 3 (Talbot Street) at the west end of Aylmer on Wednesday, Nov. 29 at about 3 a.m. No one was hit by the discharge, SIU stated, but three investigators and one forensic investigator have been assigned to look…
Read MoreSIU investigating OPP shooting-updates
Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit is looking into an incident described as police “discharging a firearm at a person” involving Elgin Ontario Provincial Police on Highway 3 (Talbot Street West) west of Aylmer, not far from East Elgin Community Complex, on Wednesday morning, Nov. 29. The only information shared by Elgin OPP Constable Brett Phair that…
Read MoreBig crowd out for Remembrance Day
Eyes snapped to the right as a Remembrance Day procession passed in review in front of Aylmer’s Cenotaph on Talbot Street West following a service on Saturday morning, Nov. 11. A large crowd of spectators attended the event. More pictures in the Nov. 15 edition of The Aylmer Express. (AE/Rob Perry)
Read MoreLongtime DU volunteers saluted
Herb Kebbel, left, Percy Whitcroft and Duncan Sinclair of Aylmer were saluted at the annual Ducks Unlimited fundraising banquet at Saxonia Hall in Malahide on Wednesday night, Oct. 11. They were recognized for 50 years each of volunteer service to the wetlands preservation and education agency. Fellow Aylmer Committee member Kim Black said the men…
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