Elgin-Middlesex-London MPP Rob Flack on Thursday, January 22, announced huge investments in funding, over $61-million across Elgin County, for municipal water and sewage improvement projects. Aylmer will receive $7.2-million toward installation of headworks and a “fixed bed biological media system” for the town sewage lagoon in Malahide. And Malahide, which administers the Port Burwell Secondary Water System on behalf of…
Six people, including three pedestrians, were injured after a serious collision on Imperial Road in the Township of Malahide. Elgin Ontario Provincial Police Const. Jeff Beaumaster reported that on Thursday, January 22, at 1:18 a.m., OPP officers, along with Malahide Fire and Elgin paramedics, responded to a three-vehicle collision involving a minivan and two sedans on Imperial Road between College…
Aylmer Police have charged three teen boys in connection with a shot fired into a home in town on Tuesday, Jan. 20, just after 3 p.m. Police were called to a house after a resident believed a projectile had struck a window. An investigation quickly determined that a bullet fired from outside had struck a window and continued through to…
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)
Malahide council members on Thursday, Jan. 15, decided to offer Catfish Creek Conservation Authority a 10 percent increase in its annual levy on the township, not the 20 percent CCCA had sought. The original allocation in the proposed 2026 Malahide budget had been just 2.4 percent. Mayor Dominique Giguère said after the budget and CCCA’s request were presented to council…
While clearing snow from laneways in Aylmer, James flashes a begloved shaka (the Hawaiian “hang loose” greeting) from a riding snowblower last week, adding a warm gesture on a cold day. A significant snowfall kept snow removal crews, push blowers and especially shovellers busy across the community. (AE/Contributed by Shirley Goddeeris)
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)
Years of neglect have caught up to North America’s oldest locomotive repair shop and the St. Thomas Railworks Coalition has opted to “temporarily suspend operations” at the historic building housing Elgin County Railway Museum’s inventory of vintage rolling stock and railway relics. With “no confirmed reopening date,” the decision comes on the heels of the museum’s most successful year ever,…
An integrity commissioner investigation has dismissed two complaints from Councillor Kathryn Desrosiers that alleged Deputy Mayor Pete Barbour violated the code of conduct for town councillors and had harassed her. The 5,000-word report did correct a statement that Deputy Mayor Barbour made at a council meeting, suggesting that not just council members but also their family members had to be…
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 plays for the Kitchener Rangers.…