A severe windstorm sweeping through East Elgin on Monday afternoon, Nov. 24, sent trees and limbs onto a car and the front of a house on South Street West, crushing both The driver of the car was taken to St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital by ambulance. No one was seemingly hurt nearby in the house on the northwest corner of South…
Hundreds of spectators still turned out despite wet weather to watch the Aylmer Kinsmen Santa Claus Parade, Saturday, Nov. 22. Here the Ingersoll Pipe Band was the first of three bands in the procession, which took about half an hour to pass any particular point along the parade route.
Catfish Creek Conservation Authority on Friday afternoon, Nov. 21, issued a “flood outlook” for its watershed. Weather conditions, including thawing snow and rain, could lead to creek water rising, CCCA advised. Flooding could take place in low-lying areas. The public is being urged to keep children and pets away from waterways.
Malahide councillors decided Thursday, Nov. 20, that $9,650 is too much to pay to have a traffic safety engineer examine ways to improve road safety in the local Amish community. Instead, they’re calling for a joint committee to meet and discuss the subject instead, with representatives from council, township officials, the Amish community and Ontario Provincial Police.
Front, from left, Sparta Public School pupils Kylie Rooyakkers, Bryanna Cooper, Brielle Kay, Destiney Reid and, back, Madison Gillard-Brinn, Kaitlyn Lale, Allie Pinylo, Lexie Sawyer and Mackenzie Trojek, playing orphan girls, rehearsed “Annie Jr.” Thursday, Nov. 20. The musical, an abridged version of the full Broadway show, features a cast and crew of 65 Grade 3 through 8 pupils, and…
Anna Peters, front, joined fellow Kindergarteners drumming away in the gymnasium at Straffordville Public School, Tuesday, Nov. 18. Pupils in all grades participated in “Drumfit,” where they learned about music and rhythmic movement.
Aylmer volunteer firefighters inspect a transport truck that caught fire on Talbot Street East, between John and King streets, Tuesday, Nov. 18, about 6:30 p.m. After the fire was out they moved the truck further west to a more open area, on Talbot West opposite Centre Street.
Jenna Gilbert, left, as a lady-in-waiting, whispers to Emily Falk as Princess Katherine of France during a rehearsal of a production of Henry V by the drama department at East Elgin Secondary School. The 27 actors in the cast and 10 backstage crew will travel to the Stratford Shakespearean Festival Theatre on Thursday, Nov. 20, for a day of student…
Brent Quiring of East Elgin Secondary School closed in on a London Lucas Secondary School runner during a Thames Valley Regional Central division semifinal against London Lucas Secondary at Citywide Fields in London, Friday, Nov. 14. Lucas won the game 28-14.
Mya Talan of host New Sarum Public School bumped the ball during an Intermediate girls volleyball game against Locke’s Public School of St. Thomas on Wednesday, Nov. 12. New Sarum won the match.