Body of kayaker over due near Grand Bend found
Petrolia girl wins at provincials
December 9, 2017
Marlowe Robinson has won bronze at the Ontario Weightlifting Championship in Toronto. In the snatch, Robinson completed all three attempts finishing with a personal record of 21 kilograms. Her Clean an Jerk lift was 28 kgs giving her a combined total of 49 kgs – a personal record. The Hillcrest Public School student was the youngest at the competition at the age of 12. Robinson is now training for the Ontario Winter Games in February in the hopes of being selected to compete.
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Body of kayaker over due near Grand Bend found
September 6, 2026
The Independent The body of a kayaker who was missing on Lake Huron has been found. Saturday, Huron OPP were told of an overdue kayaker in the Grand Bend area of the lake. A search was launched with OPP boats, search and rescue helicopters, PointSar Coast Guard Auxilary and private citizens looking for the man in a blue kayak with
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Kayaker missing near Grand Bend
September 5, 2026
The Independent The search continues tonight for a lost boater. Saturday, OPP received a report of an overdue boater near Grand Bend. By 7:40 pm that evening, police said search crews were looking for a man who was last seen in a solid blue kayak. Police say he was wearing a yellow life jacket. OPP are actively searching for the
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Over $8 million in Illegal tobacco, nicotine pouches seized at Bluewater Bridge
September 4, 2026
The Independent Over $13.8 million of illegal tobacco products have been seized at southern Ontario border crossings – including the Bluewater Bridge – in August. Canada Border Services Agency officers say the seizures were “significant quantities in commercial shipments” from the US. Officials say the cash generated from the illegal tobacco trade is often used to support and expand other
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Going down: Petrolia’s water intake pipe placed next week at Bright’s Grove plant
September 4, 2026
Heather Wright/The Independent It is a moment Amanda Pepping – and a lot of people at Town Hall in Petrolia – have been waiting for. Pepping is a senior project manager at CIMA+ in charge of the $16 million replacement of the water intake at Petrolia’s historic – and still active – water treatment plant in Bright’s Grove. The moment
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