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Vienna group pleads to save community centre
by Rob Perry of The Aylmer Express A group of Vienna and area residents have banded together to fight the possible sale of the Vienna Community Centre, which Bayham has declared surplus to its needs but has also decided to make $70,000 in upgrades to the facility. That includes a recent decision by Bayham council…
Read MoreCOVID-19 cases on the rise
Southwestern Public Health was reporting nine new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford on Wednesday, Aug. 4, part of an upward trend locally. Over the Civic Holiday weekend, 13 new cases had been confirmed, an average of just over three a day. The number of ongoing cases being tracked by the…
Read MoreFarmer rescued from corn silo
Malahide Fire Service, Aylmer Fire Service, Elgin St. Thomas paramedics, an Ornge air ambulance and Ontario Provincial Police joined forces to rescue a Malahide farmer in his 60s who became trapped to his waist in a corn silo on College Line in Malahide on Saturday, July 31, at about 3 p.m. Ontario Provincial Police Constable…
Read MorePop-up clinic for East Elgin Community Complex
Southwestern Public Health has announced a “pop-up” COVID-19 vaccination clinic to be held in cooperation with East Elgin Family Health Team at East Elgin Community Complex in Aylmer on Thursday, Aug. 5, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Anyone 12 and older is welcome to come for a first or second dose of vaccine, either…
Read MoreOnly seven new cases in last week
During the week ending Sunday, July 25, only seven new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in Elgin, Middlesex and London, Southwestern Public Health revealed in weekly “surveillance report” released on Monday, July 26. That compares to 21 new cases the week before that. To date, 78.2 percent of the population of the region 12 and…
Read MoreMortar round fished out of Catfish Creek
Brandon Bastien, 10, of St. Thomas, left, and his grandfather Steve Posthumus of Aylmer, “magnet fishing” for ferrous metals in Catfish Creek at the Port Bruce pier, pulled this dummy mortar round out of the water on Sunday, July 25. While it doesn’t have an explosive warhead, it still had an undischarged rocket charge at…
Read MorePop-up clinic in Port Burwell
Southwestern Public Health is holding a “pop-up” COVID-19 vaccination clinic at the fire station in Port Burwell on Tuesday, July 27, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The health unit stresses that walk-in patients are welcome. Those who prefer to book an appointment can do so at https://bit.ly/3ixaPrC or by telephoning 1-800-922-0096, extension 9.
Read MoreCharge laid in fire pit death
Ontario Provincial Police announced Friday afternoon, July 23, that a Bayham man, 55, has been charged with criminal negligence causing death and four counts of criminal negligence causing bodily harm following a fire pit incident on Vienna Line that resulted in the death of a year-old infant and left four other family members with severe…
Read MoreAlmost $69,000 raised for Hiebert family
An online fundraiser for the Hiebert family of Vienna Line in Bayham ended Tuesday, July 20, after bringing in $68,916 to help pay for medical treatments and other costs for the survivors. Jake and Tina Hiebert and three of their five children were severely burned in a fire pit incident at their home on Monday…
Read MoreMotorcyclist critically injured-update
Elgin Ontario Provincial Police reported a collision between two vehicles, one a motorcycle, at the intersection of Roberts Line and Quaker Road in Central Elgin has resulted in the motorcyclist being taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries on Thursday afternoon, July 22, at about 2 p.m. The other vehicle was a minivan. The occupants of…
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