Alvinston Legion has a new home in a familiar spot
CANADA 150: Warwick community gathers for food, fun and fireworks
July 8, 2017
This year’s Warwick celebrations were at the Warwick Conservation Area
The balloon artist were popular at the park
As was MP Bev Shipley as he cut the Canada Day cake
Everyone was decked out in their Canadian gear including Lydia Lockwood
Sisters Lydia and Faithen Beimers enjoyed some of the 1000 hotdogs cooked up for the event
Mayor Todd Case and Councillor Jackie Rombouts greet MP Bev Shipley
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Alvinston Legion has a new home in a familiar spot
September 18, 2025
Heather Wright/The Independent The Alvinston Legion has a new home on Nauvoo Road. The branch started raising money for a new building on the site of the former Columbia Hotel several years ago and had socked away $600,000 according to Terry MacDonald. “We were looking at a long time to raise enough money to be able to start to put a shovel in the
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Lancer Girls beat Tartans
September 17, 2025
It was a double header win for the LCCVI Girls’ basketball teams. First, the Junior Girls beat Wallaceburg 45-20 in the Petrolia gym. Then the Senior Girls topped the Tartans 42-29 in the second game. LCCVI heads to Forest to take on North Lambton in a doubleheader on Sept. 24 with the juniors playing at 5:30 pm and the seniors
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Lancers top Wallaceburg 39-14 in football home opener
September 17, 2025
Hunter Duncan had four touchdowns as the LCCVI Lancers topped Wallaceburg in the first game of the high school football season. LCCVI won the home game 39-14 over the Titans. Along with the four touchdowns, Duncan had five extra points in the Lancer effort. Gabriel Ardell, Owen Love and Isaac Maw also made it into the end zone for LCCVI.
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Petrolia Chovaneck earns UFC contract
September 17, 2025
Petrolia’s Cody Chovancek will be fighting in the UFC. The bantamweight mixed martial arts national champion earned a contract to the premier MMA circut by knocking out England’s Raphael Uchegbu on Dana White’s Contender Series Tuesday. The 27-year old, who has a record of 9-0-0, started wrestling in high school and then started kickboxing at 16. By 18 he had
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