Alastair Douglas of host Aylmer Minor Hockey’s Under 15 Rep team blasted a shot toward the Ingersoll net during a playoff game at East Elgin Community Complex on Saturday, March 5. The hometown team took the win 2-1. (AE/Rob Perry)
Aylmer Police executed two search warrants with help from the Ontario Provincial Police Tactics and Rescue Unit (TRU) and the St. Thomas Police Service street crimes unit at addressed on Sydenham Street and Melanie Drive during the early-morning hours of Wednesday, March 2. Aylmer Police Chief Zvonko Horvat reported that the searches resulted in the seizure of about 360 grams…
A judge has dismissed a motion by Aylmer Church of God (Restoration) and Trinity Bible Chapel in Waterloo challenging the constitutionality of COVID-19 religious gathering limits. Both churches faced charges and fines in 2021 for not following provincial restrictions aimed at minimizing transmission of COVID-19 and resulting hospitalizations. Justice Renee Pomerance, in a decision released this week, said “Religious freedom…
Aylmer Minor Hockey’s Under 11 Local League squads met head-to-head at East Elgin Community Complex on Wednesday night, Feb. 23. Somewhat confusingly, the Black team had on red away jerseys and the Red team black away jerseys. Here, Red players Ryerson Peacock, left, and Braxton Dyck, right, tried to squeeze out Black player Jace Underhill, middle. Black took the victory,…
Kirsten Horlick of the “Chardon’eh’s” rink released a rock during a “Winespiel” hosted by the Business Ladies League at Aylmer Curling Club on Saturday, Feb. 26. The event involved eight rinks from Southwestern Ontario. For more coverage, look in the March 2 edition of The Aylmer Express. (AE/Rob Perry)
Southwestern Public Health on Monday, Feb. 28, announced the coming dates for “pop-up” COVID-19 vaccination clinics: Thursday March 3, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Malahide Community Place in Springfield; Tuesday, March 8, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., East Elgin Community Complex in Aylmer; Thursday, March 10, 12 noon to 6 p.m., Straffordville Community Centre; Thursday, March 10, 1 p.m. to…
Zoe Zaifman of host BAD (Belmont-Aylmer-Dorchester) Girls Hockey’s Under 18 AA team ignored the efforts of a Bluewater player to slow her down as she approached the opposing net during a game at East Elgin Community Complex on Thursday note, Feb. 23. Despite the best efforts of the local team, Bluewater won the game 4-2. (AE/Rob Perry)
Tyler Beamish of host Aylmer Minor Hockey’s Under 18 Local League team manoeuvred his way through Mount Brydges players during a game at East Elgin Community Complex on Thursday night, Feb. 24. Mount Brydges squeaked out a win 2-1. (AE/Rob Perry)
Southwestern Public Health announced on Friday, Feb. 25, that an Oxford woman in her 60s was the 149th resident of Oxford, Elgin and St. Thomas to die in a COVID-related fatality since the pandemic began. SWPH also reported 73 new cases of the virus had been confirmed since Wednesday, Feb. 23, or an average of 36.5 a day, compared to…
Inspectors from the Disaster Recovery Assistance for Ontarians program will visit Port Bruce on Friday, Feb. 25, to see if residents affected by flooding on Feb. 17 and 18 will qualify for provincial assistance. In a statement, Malahide Township said the township had requested aid for residents from the program, and provincial and other representatives from DRAO would visit the…