Fair banner may not fly
LCCVI bows out of basketball playoffs
February 16, 2023
LCCVI’s Senior Boys basketball team has bowed out of the playoffs.
The Great Lakes Wolfpack used balanced scoring to beat LCCVI, 61-25 in one semifinal Wednesday.
Tyler Kirby had eight points for the Lancers. Jack Robinson and Connor Brydges had four points each.
Kaden Burnham led GLSS with 10 points against the Lancers while Seth Ainsworth, Noah Lester and Owen Wellington all contributed eight points each.
Great Lakes will be home to Chatham’s John McGregor Panthers for the LKSSAA senior boys’ AA basketball trophy Saturday.
In junior semifinal action Wednesday, Wallaceburg downed LCCVI, 52-30 and John McGregor beat Great Lakes, 54-42 despite a 27-point game by Cole MacAlpine for the Wolfpack.
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Fair banner may not fly
June 14, 2025
The Independent The Moore Agricultural Society has some big plans for the 175th anniversary of the Brigden Fair. But not all of their plans may work out. The ag society has asked for and received several approvals from St. Clair Township council for special events at the landmark fair including allowing a low-level Canadian Armed Forces Flyby and helicopter landings
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Remembering Newell Hastings
June 14, 2025
Heather Wright/The Independent Sunday, Newell Hasting’s service to King and Country over a century ago was remembered in a peaceful church cemetery near Watford. Hasting was born in Petrolia and his family moved to Watford around the turn of the century. He signed up to serve in the miltia with Watford’s 149th Battalion before being called up for service. He
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Sidewalk projects around First Ave this summer
June 13, 2025
Heather Wright/The Independent Sidewalks along First Street in Petrolia will be getting an upgrade once school is out for the summer. It’s part of the latest large project to improve the town’s sidewalk system. In 2023, BM Ross and Associates completed a study on Petrolia’s sidewalk system and found it lacking. It suggested $1.5 million in sidewalk construction was needed
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Aamjiwnaang evacuates parts of community as INEOS decommissioning increases benzene levels
June 13, 2025
Leaders of the Aamjiwnaang First Nation are evacuating residents between Churchill Road and Tashmoo Ave after high levels of benzene have been detected in the area. Just before noon Friday, INEOS Styrolutions issued a notice saying hourly benzene emissions have been detected about 0.021 parts per million. The company is decommissioning the plant which is within eyesight of Aamjiwnaang’s band
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