North Lambton Girls win senior basketball title
Sarnia Lambton Chamber hires new leader
March 11, 2022
The Sarnia-Lambton Chamber of Commerce has a new CEO.
Carrie McEachran will replace the retiring Alan Calvert in May.
McEachran has been the executive director of Rebound for the past six years. She’s also been a manager of at Community Living and Pathways Health Centre for Children and is a small business owner as well, helping women with leadership and management skills.
“The board believes that Carrie’s extensive leadership experience and her passion for community development and growth makes her the ideal CEO to lead the Chamber into the exciting next chapter of post-pandemic recovery and rebuilding,” said Kathleen Mundy, head of the hiring committee and former Chairperson of the Sarnia Lambton Chamber of Commerce.
“While the last two years have provided more challenges than anyone could have imagined, it has also left us with great hope and opportunities to reimagine and rebuild. I look forward to working with the local business community in doing just that,” said McEachran in a news release.
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North Lambton Girls win senior basketball title
November 7, 2025
Heather Wright/The Independent The unbeaten North Lambton Eagles are Lambton-Kent Senior Girls’ basketball champions. The Eagles beat the John McGregor Panthers 53-31 Friday at the Forest high school. Alexis Wice led the Eagles with 17 points, Lainie Rintoul had nine and Lily Heynbergen had seven in the victory. Coaches Adam Willemse, Jacinda Sanders and Tara Petrus, all alumni and teachers
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Unbeaten Squires host Erin Friday
November 7, 2025
Barry Wright/The Independent The Petrolia Squires will be hoping to maintain their perfect start when they host the Erin Outlaws on Friday night at Greenwood at 8:30 pm. Last week, playing with a short bench of just 14 players and a red-hot goaltender, the Squires recorded a 4-1 win against the Centenaries in Ontario Elite Hockey League action in Seaforth Saturday. Jakob
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Lancer Jr. Girls win Lambton-Kent title
November 7, 2025
The Independent The LCCVI Junior Girls’ basketball team is going to SWOSSAA. The Lancers beat North Lambton Secondary School 44-15 on their home court Friday afternoon. The team will be heading to Windsor Thursday to take on the winner of Brennan and Erie Migration who play in Windsor Sunday.
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Food drives underway in Forest, Enniskillen to help the families and friends of Jamaican workers
November 7, 2025
Hurricane Melissa left most of the migrant workers’ families without food or shelter Heather Wright/The Independent “This would be my home,” says Fitzroy Cox as he plays a video on his phone. “That would be my shop right there…That was one of my house. That’s that over here – this one belongs to me, too. I’m trying to build this
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