Michael Turvey, 59, of London was killed on Saturday afternoon, Sept. 14, after he fell off his motorcycle and slid under a pickup truck on Sparta Line about 500 metres west of Fairview Road southeast of St. Thomas. Elgin County Ontario Provincial Police Constable Troy Carlson said officers responded to the crash at about 4:16 p.m. A 2012 White Ford…
Almost every municipal political office in East and Central Elgin will be contested in the Oct. 27 elections. As of the deadline for nominations Friday, Sept. 12, at 2 p.m., incumbent Mayor David Mennill of Malahide was returned to office by acclamation. In Bayham, incumbent Ward 3 Councillor Ed Ketchabaw will return. And in Central Elgin, incumbent Ward 3 Councillor…
Elgin County Ontario Provincial Police are investigating a break-in at a Lorne Street, Belmont home that occurred sometime between 10 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 9 and 3:35 p.m. on Sept. 10. Elgin OPP Const. Troy Carlson said the residents weren’t home at the time and it was believed a suspect or suspects gained entry through an unlocked side window. Once…
Former Aylmer Mayor and long-time town council member Bob Habkirk has thrown his hat in the ring to return to the top job in the Oct. 27 municipal election. He submitted his nomination on Thursday, Sept. 11. Mr. Habkirk is running against current Mayor Jack Couckuyt, a retired high school teacher and principal, and retired Ontario Provincial Police instructor and…
A fire that destroyed an abandoned barn just west of Harrietsville on Tuesday night, Sept. 9, is being investigated by Middlesex County fire prevention and Ontario Provincial Police officers as suspicious. Fire Prevention Officer John Elston said the barn fire at 2140 Harrietsville Drive was reported by someone calling on a cell phone at 10:57 p.m. The first firefighters arrived…
A 17-year-old male from Bayham almost caused a head-on crash on Talbot Line (Highway 3) in Summers Corners in the early morning of Tuesday, Sept. 9 when he fell asleep at the wheel. Elgin County Ontario Provincial Police Constable Troy Carlson said officers were called to a one-vehicle collision just east of Springfield Road at about 5:40 a.m. that morning.…
Elgin County councillors unanimously reversed course on Tuesday , Sept. 9, and instead of planning limited renovations to Terrace Lodge long-term care home will turn to designing and getting a cost estimate for a completely new facility. The change came as the result of a public hearing at Terrace Lodge, followed by a recommendation from a building committee composed of…
The drivers of two vehicles were taken to a local hospital for treatment of minor injuries after a head-on crash east of Aylmer along Talbot Line (Highway 3) just west of Heritage Line on Tuesday, Sept. 9. The collision happened at 3:43 p.m. and Talbot Line was closed in the area for about an hour and a half for the…
Two boat slips upstream along Catfish Creek in Port Bruce needed repairs after a series of powerful thunderstorms came through the region overnight on Friday, Sept. 5. Conflicting reports were received about how many boats had broken away from their docks along the creek and had to be retrieved from either off of the cliffs east of Port Bruce, farther into…
Reece Somerville, 11, of St. Thomas competed in the garden tractor class during the Elgin Plowing Match on Saturday morning, Sept. 6 at Andrelea Farms located on Ron McNeil Line north of St. Thomas. He was riding a 1985 Allis-Chalmers 916 and was being coached by his father Paul. Other than the various plowing classes, the annual event included a…