Published Articles
THURSDAY, Dec. 22/11
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AYLMER, EAST ELGIN TODAY:
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-EESS HOST ST JOES – BOYS BBall = 6:30 JR/8 pm SR.
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ALBERTA ACCIDENT CLAIMS LOCAL WOMAN
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(Information from Tricia Flatley, formerly of Aylmer, of Radio Station CFFR Calgary) – “On December 18th, 2011 at approximately 8:15 p.m., members of the High Level RCMP detachment were dispatched to the scene of a serious injury, single motor vehicle collision on Highway #35, approximately 15 km south of High Level. (High Level Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services indicated road conditions were icy at the time.) The investigation to follow determined the vehicle was traveling North on Highway 35 when it lost control and went off the road on the east side of the highway. The driver, 31 year old Eva Peters of Pt. Burwell, (see yesterday’s Obituary) was pronounced dead at the High Level Hospital from injuries sustained during the collision.”
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OBITUARIES:
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On Wednesday, Rhoxinae O’Brien of Aylmer in her 75th year. Wife of the late Ed O’Brien. She was born in Aylmer and was a member of Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church. Friends may call at the H. A. Kebbel Funeral Home, Aylmer Friday 2-4 & 7-9 pm. The funeral Mass will be celebrated at Our Lady of Sorrows Church on Saturday, December 24, 2011 at 10:00 am.
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EESS SPORTS WED.:
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BOYS HOCKEY – EESS 8 CECI 1
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HIGH SCHOOL CHRISTMAS 100 YR. AGO
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(This is an article that appeared in the local paper reporting on the Christmas Assembly at Aylmer High School 100 years ago – in December, 1911. You will need to CLICK on the image to read it.)
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FOOD PICKUP DAY:
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Assumption students display the food they collected for the Corner Cupboard - today is collection day at area schools. The collection tradition at Assumption is to have organizing students dress up as elves and push a shopping cart daily from class to class. (kb) (CLICK)
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CHRISTMAS EVE CLOSINGS:
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-Hills Uptown – 4pm
-Spicers – 6 pm
-Liquor, Beer Store –
–Canadian Tire-
-Tim Hortons – 3pm, Closed Dec. 25
–Valu Mart – 5pm
-Library – 1 pm
-Shoppers – 5 pm
–Studers – 8pm; Closed Dec. 25
-Campbells – 4pm
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ONTARIO COMPENSATES JOE WEBBER
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(From the Ontario Government website/Toronto Star) – “The Ontario government awarded Joe Webber $392,500 in compensation Wednesday. Webber, 31, had been wrongly convicted of armed robbery in connection with a 2006 home invasion near Corinth. “I’d like to offer my sincere apologies to Mr. Webber for the miscarriage of justice that occurred,” Attorney General John Gerretsen said in a statement. “It is my hope that Mr. Webber and his family will now be able to move forward and put these events behind them.”
Webber was convicted in 2008 of forcible confinement and armed robbery in connection with the home invasion, in which four people — a couple, their 15-year-old son and a friend — were tied up and held at gunpoint for more than an hour by two masked intruders.The Ontario Court of Appeal set aside Webber’s convictions and acquitted him in February 2010 after another man, Justin Parry, came forward and confessed. An accomplice, Mansa Fraser, had already been convicted in connection with the crime. Webber had been sentenced to 7½ years in prison. ”
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THE SURVEY SAYS:
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