Two charged in Walpole Island fight with guns
Squires to return, with some new faces
August 21, 2015
The president of the Petrolia Squires has squashed rumours that Canada’s longest continuously running senior hockey club in Canada will return for another season.
“We’re back,” said Dave Connors during a news conference on Thursday night at Crabby Joe’s. “We’re here to put any rumours to rest,” he added, noting that the Petrolia Line eatery will be the team’s major sponsor for the coming season.
Connors announced Brad Wright will return as head coach for a second season along with many players from last year’s lineup, including leading point getter Shawn Waldie, leading goal scorer Norm Leger and captain Jeremiah Goodacre for his 18th season of senior hockey.
The Squires also announced the signing of former Sarnia Legionnaire all-star players Davis Boyer and Kyler Keating and Wallaceburg native Ryan Lounsbury.
Petroloa will open training camp on September 1 in Mooretown and the curtain will rise on another season in the Western Ontario senior circuit on Friday, October 2 vs. Milverton at the Greenwood Recreation Centre at 8:30 pm.
Coach Wright says on paper the Squires should be a stronger team this season than last.
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Two charged in Walpole Island fight with guns
December 20, 2024
Two people are facing charges after gunfire on Walpole Island. Around 5 pm, Dec. 19, members of the Walpole Island police and Lambton OPP responded to a report of gunfire and a fight at a home on River Road. No one was injured. Two people were taken into custody. Two Walpole Island residents have been charged with possession for the
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Search for new PW chief ends at home as Davidson appointment now permanent
December 20, 2024
Wyoming resident Will Davidson is the new Plympton-Wyoming fire chief. Davidson has been acting chief since August when Erik Campbell left the department. Davidson has been a firefighter in Wyoming for 22 years and was the fire chief in North Middlesex from 2015 to 2019. When he returned to the Plympton-Wyoming department he served as the training officer and became
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PC party gives sitting MPPs the green light to run in the next election
December 20, 2024
It’s official; Bob Bailey will be the PC Party’s candidate in Sarnia-Lambton in the next provincial election. Bailey, who told The Independent in June he would seek another term, was acclaimed Dec. 17. The Petrolia resident, retired from NOVA Chemical and was first elected to the provincial legislature in 2007. He in his fifth term in the job. In Lambton-Kent-Middlesex,
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Drumhead commemorating Afghan War donated to Plympton-Wyoming museum
December 19, 2024
A drumhead from the Sarnia Legion Pipe Band, which commemorates the 10th anniversary of the end of Canadian involvement in the War in Afghanistan, has been donated to the Plympton-Wyoming Museum. Every year drumheads are created to commemorate a different Act of Remembrance, said Bass Drummer Todd Monaghan. The drum heads are placed on the drums at the beginning of
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