The dust and the mud at the Alvinston Pro Rodeo
Celebrating Petrolia’s Scottish roots
December 7, 2017
For the last 147 years, people of Scottish descent – and those who wish they were – have been getting together in Petrolia for St. Andrew’s Day. St. Andrew is the patron saint of Scotland and Nov. 30th became the time for the St. Andrew’s Society to meet and celebrate their roots. The tradition lives on in six communities in Canada, including Petrolia. Thursday over 100 people, including the longest-serving member of the St. Andrew’s Society in Petrolia, Dr. Robert Green, were on hand for the festivities. They came together to eat a traditional meal which included Haggis, which was paid homage to through the poetry of Robbie Burns by Tom Rankin and paraded around the Petrolia Legion by Ivan Bryce. Dancers from the School of Irish Dance and the Sarnia Royal Canadian Legion Pipe and Drum band provided the entertainment for the evening.
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The dust and the mud at the Alvinston Pro Rodeo
June 16, 2026
The population of Alvinston swelled by a couple of thousand this weekend as the Alvinston Pro Rodeo set up shop at the Brooke Alvinston Inwood Community Centre for the weekend. Cowboys and cowgirls from all over North America came to be part of the action. And there was a big local contingent including Tyler Foster and Rod Weese, World Champions
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LCCVI’s student athletes honoured
June 16, 2026
LCCVI Athletics honoured this year’s top athletes. Students from each grade and sport were honoured during the year end banquet June 10. Here are the athletes honoured as MVP for their year. In the back row, left to right are Jonah Wagner, Jaylen Helps, Nadia Alfadili, Zander Knapp, Jamison Helps, Belle Stewart, Meagan Munro, Mya Beaudoin, Elijah Robinson and kneeling
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Building community spirit in Wilkesport
June 16, 2026
Heather Wright/The Independent Bill Myers remembers when community gathered to watch the tractor pull at the Wilkesport Community Centre. The field has been empty for some time. In the 1990s, the pullers found other venues to accommodate their larger machines. The community missed the pull and the time together, Myers said Saturday. So, he and his wife, Kathy, who had
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LCCVI’s Zelenchuk wins Stefanko award
June 16, 2026
Blake Ellis/The Independent Another honour for LCCVI’s Yarko Zelenchuk. Just days after being named a Nicol Scholar at the Petrolia secondary school, Zelenchuk received the Stefanko Award for academic and athletic excellence. In 2007, former Sarnia Legionnaire and St. Pat’s alumnia Stephen Stefanko set up the award for graduating students in Sarnia-Lambton. It recognizes students who excel academically, in high
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