Celebrating 175 years of the Brigden Fair
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Heavy Horses return to Brigden Fair ‘throwing their real power’
October 18, 2025
Sydney Goodreau/The Independent It was a display of the raw power of horses. For the first time in nearly a decade, the Brigden Fair brought back the heavy horse pull contest. Horses lined up beside their owners, Oct. 10, before being hooked up to cinder blocks weighing upwards of 2,500 lbs. Each team of horses pulls two loads to determine
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Celebrating 175 years of the Brigden Fair
October 18, 2025
The Independent It was wall-to-wall people all weekend at the Brigden Fair as warm, clear weather drew people fromacross southern Ontario to the St. Clair Township community for the 175th year of the event.
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‘We send a representative to the SCRCA to represent the community’
October 17, 2025
Heather Wright/The Independent Plympton-Wyoming is balking at new rules which force St. Clair Region Conservation Authority Board members to step away from some hearings. Sept. 23, the board of directors, which is mostly made up of municipal politicians, updated its rules for hearings. In rare circumstances, residents appeal a decision made by conservation staff on planning matters. In the last
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Last call at ‘The Bal’
October 17, 2025
Historic Point Edward tavern demolished Cathy Dobson/The Independent Tyler Yates, co-owner of Point Edward’s historic Balmoral Tavern, says he takes the significance of the building seriously. But it no longer met the village’s property standards and had to be demolished, he said. “I understand a lot of people spent a lot of time there,” Yates said of the 160-year-old watering
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Busy Ipperwash Beach needs life-saving equipment
October 17, 2025
Lions roar into OCAA Tourney as top seed
October 17, 2025
Joy finishes third for LCCVI at LK Cross Country meet
October 16, 2025
LCCVI’s undefeated season comes to an end
October 16, 2025