Sting’s Edwards commits to Notre Dame, will play in Sarnia this season
Sinclairs named to national teams
August 13, 2016
Oil City’s Courtney Sinclair was named to the all-star team at the Canadian women’s U21 Fast Pitch Championships on PEI.
The LCCVI grad and former Enniskillen Express standout hit .455 over nine games with two doubles, a triple and five RBI for Team Ontario. She also scored eight runs.
After wins over Nova Scotia and the host club in the playoffs, Ontario lost 1-0 to Alberta in an elimination game last Saturday.
Meantime, Sinclair’s younger sister, Cami, and another Express alumni, Jordyn Butler, are competing this week with the Guelph Gators at the Canadian women’s U18 Fast Pitch Championships, also on PEI. The tournament was ongoing as of press time.
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Sting’s Edwards commits to Notre Dame, will play in Sarnia this season
August 29, 2025
Barry Wright/The Independent Beckham Edwards says when his playing career is over in the Ontario Hockey League; he’ll be heading to South Bend to play for the University of Notre Dame Fighting Irish. A pair of rookie teammates with the Sting, defenceman Cameron Aucoin and goaltender Patrick Quinlan are also committed to the Irish for the future. “Over the past
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Welland man airlifted to hospital after Highway 40 crash
August 29, 2025
The Independent A 46-year-old Welland man was taken to hospital by air ambulance after a crash on Highway 40. Thursday, around 1:45 pm, the OPP, paramedics and the St. Clair Fire Department were called to a head-on collision on Highway 40 south of Oil Springs Line between a tractor trailer and a pickup truck. Air Ornge was called in to
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‘The story is worth more than the car’
August 29, 2025
Heather Wright/The Independent Among the 143 pristine classic cars at the Oil Museum of Canada, Ron Atmore’s stands out. The 1935 Chevrolet’s story is told inside the vehicle. Atmore, from Brigden, bought the Chevy a decade ago. Unlike many of the classic cars at the Wells and Wheels event Saturday, the car has never been restored. And it is in
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Developer/PW agree to trail on Confederation
August 29, 2025
Heather Wright/The Independent There will be a walkway from a seniors’ housing development on Confederation Line into Wyoming. But just how it will be paid for is still up in the air. Plympton-Wyoming council agreed to a 1.5 meter multi-use path from the Gold Leaf Developments property into town. But Mayor Gary Atkinson says the details of who will pay
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