Coming Home
Bestselling author Malcolm Gladwell and business guru Roger Martin have spoken to throngs of people around the globe. Coming home to engage in conversation with a crowd of 400 local residents packed into the Floradale Mennonite Church Mar. 5 may have been all in a day’s work, but Gladwell’s mother Joyce believes it was a welcome change. …Read more
Green thumbs get put to the test
On Tuesday, the sandy floor of an equipment shed at Elmira Farm Service was dotted with small oases of greenery, as high school students from the Upper Grand and Waterloo Regional school boards took part in a regional horticulture competition.
The students had five hours to build a small functional landscape following drawings and using pavers, wall stone and plants before being judged by industry professionals. The competition is a …Read more
Police ready to deploy officers on horseback
You may have spotted a pair of police officers on horseback riding through Elmira on Wednesday afternoon, a sight which will soon be familiar to the town as the Waterloo Regional Police rolls out its new mounted unit.
“The horses are in the latter stages of their training now,” said Elmira detachment Sgt. Siegfried Peters. “They are expected to be deployed on the weekend of the Maple Syrup Festival if all goes according to plan.” …Read more
Mild weather expected to get the sap flowing
This year’s tree tapping ceremony held Feb. 26 produced numb fingers instead of sap, but the warm weather forecasted for this weekend should get the sweet stuff flowing.
Todd Leuty, agroforestry specialist for the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, said he heard reports of small sap flows Feb. 20 and 21 before a winter air mass moved in and dumped several inches of snow on Waterloo Region …Read more
Daffodils a sign that hope springs eternal
Susan Martin has a pretty big challenge ahead of her. Martin, the chairperson for the Elmira and Woolwich daffodil campaign for the Canadian Cancer Society, has been given the task of rounding up volunteers to help sell daffodils on the busiest weekend of the year locally – the Elmira Maple Syrup Festival.
“It’s really too bad that our events are the same weekend,” said Martin. “The daffodil team in …Read more
Kings pull even in first round of playoffs
After ending the regular season on a sour note and dropping their opening playoff game, the Elmira Sugar Kings needed to win Wednesday night and they did so decisively, shutting out the Listowel Cyclones 4-0.
The Kings clamped down on Listowel’s offence, allowing only 22 shots while firing 43 of their own. They also locked out the Cyclones on the power play, denying the visitors any goals on …Read more
Pedestrian killed in traffic accident
A pedestrian was struck and killed in Wellesley Township around 7:55 p.m. Feb. 25.
Samuel Martin, 34, was walking westbound along William Hastings Line near Manser Road when he was struck by an eastbound Ford pickup truck driven by a 39-year-old Wellesley man.
Emergency services responded, but the pedestrian was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police do not believe that speed or alcohol were factors in the collision. No charges have been laid, but police are still investigating.
Anyone with information on the collision is asked to contact the Traffic Services Branch at 519-650-8500, ext 8516 or ext. 8629.
Do-nothing approach suits Breslau just fine
Breslau residents regularly accuse Woolwich council of inaction. This time around, however, they’re happy for it.
The hundred or so who packed a meeting in Elmira Tuesday night left smiling when councillors quashed a report calling for the extension of water and sewer services into the older parts of the village. Outraged by forecasted costs of some $92,000 apiece, homeowners voiced their opinions in no uncertain terms …Read more
Putting the local in the country music scene
If you spend time listening to local radio, you have probably heard Jason Barry’s voice. The catchy jingle for Dan’s Discount Windows and Doors in Kitchener was crafted, played and sung by Barry, a St. Clements resident whose list of credits goes far beyond that commercial.
“A lot of the guys around here are in construction and they laugh when they hear that song come on the …Read more
Opportunity knocking elsewhere
Knell’s Door and Hardware closed its doors on Monday, leaving a gap along Arthur Street in Elmira.
The Elmira store is a branch of William Knell and Company, founded in Kitchener in 1906. Last year Knell’s consolidated its three Victoria Street locations into a new building on Shirley Drive, near Bingemans. Now the stock and employees from the Elmira store will be moving to the same location …Read more
