Killer Bees’ Feasey to coach Maroons
Sarnia Lambton student wins top prize at Canada’s Science Fair
May 20, 2022
Annabel Rawson’s work on preventing algae blooms earn her a trip to the European Science Fair
Four winners from the April Sarnia Lambton Science Fair went on to the Canada Wide competition held virtually this week, and came away with some very impressive prizes – including one student who won Best in Fair and will continue on to the European Fair in Netherlands in September.
Kiran Prasad and Arushi Rawat won senior bronze for their project “A Novel Approach to Increasing the Carbon Dioxide Absorption and Alkalinity of the Ocean”.
Krish Modi won Senior Gold and Youth Can Innovate for his project “Pee Xylophone: A Novel Non-invasive System to Measure Bladder Pressure.”
Annabelle Rawson won two special awards – Meterological Award and chance to compete against two others for Sweden Water Science Fair – Senior Gold, Best Environmental Project and then she won Best in Fair for her project Plankton Wars about reducing algae blooms.
She goes to the European Fair in Netherlands in Sept and will be expected to apply for Team Canada for INTEL in Texas next May.
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Killer Bees’ Feasey to coach Maroons
July 12, 2025
Barry Wright/The Independent Alvinston Killer Bees star Brennan Feasey is the new head coach of the Sutherland Cup champion Chatham Maroons of the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League. The new job came about after Richard Santos left the Maroons this week to become the new head coach of the U16 boys prep team with Biosteel Sports Academy in Windsor and
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Still standing (with some help) after 200 years
July 12, 2025
Heather Wright/The Independent When Abraham Smith and his wife, Anna Hoy, arrived on the shores of the St. Clair River, there was nothing but trees which blocked out the sun. The couple landed around what we now know as the St. Clair Parkway and Smith Line in 1820, along with two children and another family, and settled in the area.
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Remembering Croton
July 12, 2025
Heather Wright/The Independent Harold Snary stands under a tree in the postal village of Croton. Those standing with him see a new, siding-clad school and church, a few homes and the traffic whizzing down Oakdale Road. At the corner of Oakdale and Croton Road, they might notice the building which used to be the general store. For most, this 39-person
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Lambton lands part of 30×30 project
July 11, 2025
Heather Wright/The Independent Almost 700 acres of land along the Sydenham River, including some in Petrolia and Wawrick, will be recognized as conservation lands in Ontario. It’s part of an international plan to protect 30 per cent of the earth’s land and sea by 2030. Tim Payne, manager of forests for the St. Clair Region Conservation Authority, was contacted by
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