Jamieson Weber of host East Elgin Secondary School’s boys hockey team made a lobbing pass that flew the puck over a Woodstock College Avenue Secondary School player’s stick during a game at East Elgin Community Complex on Thursday, Feb. 5. EESS took the win, 7-3. (AE/Rob Perry)
The competition was intense but fun loving at the Jason Geerts Memorial U7 Jamboree on Jan. 31, at the East Elgin Community Complex, in Aylmer. The Jamboree is named in honour of Jason Geerts, who died in 2019 at the age of 35 years after struggling with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), or Lou Gehrig’s disease,…
Belmont Community Pond was resurfaced and reopened Jan. 25 after the recent thaw jeopardized the season with bumps and ridges. A small crew braved -15 C weather to ready the ice surface, including Belmont Community Park Trustees Committee Chair Bruce Shackelton, left, Central Elgin Councillor Dave Baughman and his son Nathan Baughman, as well as…
Peyton Thiessen of East Elgin Secondary School set up for an arm throw on her opponent during a wrestling meet at EESS on Wednesday, Jan. 14. She placed first in her group of four wrestlers. More pictures are in the Jan. 21 edition of The Aylmer Express. (AE/Rob Perry)
The first annual New Year’s levée hosted by St. Thomas Mayor Joe Preston was held at the Horton Street Winter Market on Saturday morning, January 10. among the city councillors attending were Joan Rymal, left, Jim Herbert and Gary Clarke. (AE/Rob Perry)
Bill Reid, left, Cameron Reid, Tanya Reid and Ethan Reid of Aylmer posed for a family picture during a World Junior Hockey Championship exhibition game in London before Christmas. Cameron, the son of Bill and Tanya and brother to Ethan, was drafted to the Nashville Predators of the National Hockey League in 2025 and currently…
Richard and Karen Auckland of St. Thomas Christmas Care, left, Laura Bos of Victorian Order of Nurses Student Nutrition Program and Penny Hilliker and Marcie Tenk of East Elgin Community Assistance Program’s Christmas Care program received on behalf of each organization a $25,959 donation, for a total of $77,878, from Co-Presidents Bryan White and Jason…
Carly Holmes of host East Elgin Secondary School’s girls hockey team aimed the puck at the Woodstock Huron Park net during a game at East Elgin Community Complex on Thursday, Dec. 18. EESS handily won the game, 6-2. (AE/Rob Perry)
Grayson Bertelsen of host East Elgin Secondary School’s boys hockey team maneuvered with the puck during a game against Woodstock Huron Park at East Elgin Community Complex on Thursday, Dec. 18. Huron Park took the win, 3-1. (AE/Rob Perry)
Santa Claus made his last visit to the area until Christmas at a parade in Straffordville on Saturday morning, Dec. 13. Here, Christina Funk, left, Aliyah Krahn, Amanda Giesbrecht and Marlaena Giesbrecht joined fellow members on the Straffordville Evangelical Mission Church “Come Grow With Us” float. More pictures in the Dec. 17 edition of The…
Leah Hearns, left, on a rocking horse handmade by Mark Minor of Aylmer and fellow volunteers Nancy Silverthorn, Linda Stewart, Lauren Silverthorn and Alice Schram sorted through donated toys, games and other Christmas gifts given to the Aylmer Optimist Club Toy Drive. They are to be distributed to 486 children in need in Aylmer, Malahide…
The Grinch, accompanied by a pair of Minions, were part of an animated float by Westminster Mutual Insurance Company during Belmont’s annual Santa Claus Parade on Sunday night, Dec. 7. More pictures are in the Dec. 10 edition of The Aylmer Express. (AE/Joe Konecny)