Mason Mathews of host Aylmer Minor Hockey’s Under 13 Rep team backed teammate Korbin Walcarius as he chased a flying puck down the ice during a playoff game against Caledonia at East Elgin Community Complex on Friday night, Feb. 11. Aylmer, in a round-robin playoff, will take on Ingersoll in an away game Thursday, Feb. 17, and return home to…
Southwestern Public Health on Friday, Feb. 11, announced three deaths related to COVID-19, including a St. Thomas man in his 30s and two related to an outbreak at Elgin County’s Elgin Manor long-term care home in Southwold, a man in his 90s and a woman in her 80s. Their deaths bring to 147 the total number of COVID-related fatalities in…
Ontario Premier Doug Ford on Friday morning, Feb. 11, announced he was declaring a provincial state of emergency and that emergency orders would follow to break the “siege” of Ottawa by anti-COVID mandate protesters and the blockade of the Ambassador Bridge between Windsor and Detroit. He said those temporary orders, with fines of up to $100,000 for non-compliance, would soon…
Southwestern Public Health announced on Wednesday, Feb. 9, that an Elgin man in his 80s with COVID-19 had died, the 144th such fatality since the pandemic began in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford. The health unit also reported that 20 area residents were hospitalized with COVID-19, five on them in intensive care units, on Wednesday, down from 29 and five…
Southwestern Public Health has announced that a pop-up COVID-19 vaccination clinic will be held at the Edison Museum in Vienna on Tuesday, Feb. 15, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. This clinic will be by appointment only. Bayham has the lowest rate of residents immunized with two doses of COVID-19 vaccine in the Southwestern Public Health area at 52.6 percent.
Southwestern Public health announced on Monday, Feb. 7, that an Oxford man in his 80s with COVID-19 had died, bringing the total number of such fatalities so far since the pandemic begin in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford to 143. The health unit also reported that 29 area residents were hospitalized Monday with confirmed cases of COVID-19, with five of…
Paul Steinhoff pushed off a rock during Senior Men’s league action at Aylmer Curling Club on Monday morning, Feb. 7. The league plays every Monday and Tuesday morning. (AE/Rob Perry)
Ryerson Peacock of Aylmer Minor Hockey’s Under 11 Local League Red team rushed the puck down the ice during a home game against East Lambton on Saturday afternoon, Feb. 5. Aylmer won a hard-fought victory 3-2. (AE/Rob Perry)
Weston Underhill of Aylmer Minor Hockey’s Under 15 Local League team lunged for the puck during a home game at East Elgin Community Complex against South Huron on Saturday, Feb. 5. Aylmer took the win 5-3. (AE/Rob Perry)
In a statement issued Friday, Feb. 2, Elgin County announced that two of its three long-term care homes, Terrace Lodge in Malahide and Bobier Villa in Dutton, were currently free of COVID-19 outbreaks that started in January. Elgin Manor remains in an outbreak, with confirmed cases of the virus in one residential wing and suspected cases in another. The home…