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Alvinston teen starts for Strathroy Rockets

December 9, 2022

Former Lambton Jr. Sting goaltender Hayden Duncan made his GOJHL last night for the Strathroy Rockets. The Alvinston product stopped 39 of 42 shots in a 3-1 loss to the Leamington Flyers.

Duncan was called up from the Elgin-Middlesex U18 squad.

He was sixth-round pick by the Ottawa 67’s in the OHL Priority Selection in April.

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Petrolia’s recycling blues

November 11, 2025

Heather Wright/The Independent Petrolia is returning to blue box recycling and nobody is happy about it. Residents, according to Circular Materials Ontario, will soon receive two-80L blue boxes for their recyclables. The wheelie bin with the yellow top, which rolled into Petrolia backyards last November, will be taken away – recycled to be used in other communities which will receive

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PHOTO GALLERY: Remembrance Day 2025 across Lambton County

November 11, 2025

Across Lambton County this weekend, people stopped to reflect on the sacrifices made by Canadians. Photos by Blake Ellis/The Independent In Oil Springs, residents gathered at the local cenotaph Sunday, Nov. 9. Chrystal Bressette Photos In Alvinston, residents faced the cold and mounds of freshly fallen snow as they paused at the cenotaph on River Street Nov. 11. Lambton Shores

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Petrolia pauses on Nov. 11

November 11, 2025

Photos by John Wright/The Independent At the 11th Hour of the 11th month on the 11th day, people in Petrolia stopped to remember at the Cenotaph in Victoria Park.

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‘Would you want it out your back door’ ask Enniskillen residents

November 11, 2025

Residents urge council not to support battery storage project Blake Ellis/The Independent “I am very upset that this has gotten this far,” said Jean St. Pierre, a neighbour of the proposed Inwood Energy Storage project.  St. Pierre, who lives on Courtright Line, appeared before Enniskillen Township council on Nov. 3 wanting to go on the record with her concerns about

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