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Petrolia Lions crown speaking champs
February 20, 2014
The Petrolia Lions held their Club Level Effective Speaking contest on Sunday, February 16th, 2014. There were eight Junior Level, one Intermediate Level and two Senior Level participants. We appreciate the time and effort everyone made in presenting their very well thought out and informative speeches. It is thanks to the participants that we had a successful day. The successful 1st Place and 2nd Place candidates will now proceed to our District Effective Speaking contest to be held in Chatham. Winners for the each of the categories are: Junior Level: 1st Place Anna Leaper, 2nd Place Logan Wilkie and 3rd Place Peter Darrach. Intermediate Level: Marissa Mueller. Senior Level: 1st Place Elleke Beret, 2nd Place Sara Cecile. Thanks again to everyone and hope to see you next year.
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Lancer Athletes honoured
June 19, 2025
Heather Wright/The Independent Nearly 400 students competed in sports at LCCVI this year. That as the school honoured its athletes June 11. Top students in each grade and sport where honoured and special honours were given out to seniors graduating this year. Katelyn Nicholson, Ryann McAuley, Darius Landon and Tyler Collins were recognized for their acheivements in sport over the
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Petrolia Flyers hand out year-end awards
June 19, 2025
Goaltenders Ethan Everaert and Elijah Grant were named co-MVP for the PJHL’s Petrolia Flyers at the team’s awards banquet on the weekend. The duo combined to win 40 regular season and playoff games for Petrolia backstopping the Flyers to its first-ever Yeck Division championship. Meantime, Ethan Flintoff and Tobias Iantorno shared the Ron Tyler scholarship award while Flintoff was chosen
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PW abandons Egremont Road appeal
June 19, 2025
Heather Wright/The Independent Tyler Struckett was surprised to learn a developer plans to start working on a subdivision behind his property this summer. The Egremont Road resident and his wife, Erin, successfully convinced Plympton-Wyoming Council to appeal a decision blocking the developer from placing entrances on Lakeshore Road for the 275 homes to be built between Egremont and Lakeshore Roads.
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Construction on new Lambton College residence to begin this month
June 19, 2025
The Independent There will be a new student residence at Lambton College, but it won’t be owned or operated by the educational institution. Lambton College has struck a deal with a private equity firm and a construction company to build and operate the long-planned college residence. In a news release, officials say after four years of planning, the college has
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