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Pausing in Alvinston to remember the sacrifice

November 11, 2022

Over 100 people gathered at the Alvinston cenotaph, joining with the rest of Canada to mark the service of those who fought in wars and remembering those who did not return.

Veterans, politicians and citizens laid wreaths to remember Friday.

Photos by Chrystal Bressette

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They’re back; but what next?

October 14, 2025

Moratorium protecting all Lambton post offices from closing lifted Heather Wright/The Independent The mail is moving again but what will happen to small town post offices, including a number in Lambton County, remains up in the air. Friday CUP-W said Canada Post workers across the country would move from a nation-wide strike to rotating strikes. “This will start mail and

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Petrolia gives back park land

October 14, 2025

Heather Wright/The Independent Horst Richter is getting his land back more than a decade after he first donated it. But it will cost him some cash. According to a bylaw passed, without comment, at the Oct. 14 Petrolia council meeting, Richter will pay all the fees associated with returning the land, including legal fees. In 2014, Richter donated five acres

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Lancers heading to baseball finals Thursday

October 14, 2025

John Wright/The Independent The Lancers got the call they were looking in the seventh inning, above, to earn the second out en route to a 5-4 victory over Northern Collegiate in Petrolia Oct. 14 in the Lambton-Kent semi-final. Ursuline College beat Chatham-Kent Tuesday in Chatham so it will be an all Lancer final at Morrison Field on Thursday Oct. 16.

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Sarnia man faces child porn charges

October 14, 2025

The Independent A 30 year-old Sarnia man is facing child pornography charges after an investigation by the OPP. Oct. 6, officers from the OPP Child Sexual Exploitation Unit, Lambton OPP and the Digital Forensics Unit searched a Sarnia home and seized a number of electronic devices. A 30-year-old from Sarnia, Lloyd Eldon Campbell, was arrested and charged with possession of

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