Twenty years of ‘bringing joy’ and a some jingle to merchants
LCCVI’s Landon swims to silver
February 28, 2023
Darius Landon was less than a blink of an eye away from a gold medal at the Ontario high school swimming championships in Leamington Tuesday.
The 15-year-old from LCCVI lost the 15 and over 50 metre freestyle final by eight-100’s of a second to James Chen of Richmond Hill’s Our Lady Queen of the World Catholic Academy. The winning time was 25.30 seconds. Landon touched the wall in 25.38. In fact, the top five finishes in the hotly contested race were all within just over a half second of each other.
Landon won three individual events at both the Lambton Kent high school swimming championships in Sarnia and the SWOSSA championship in Windsor.
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Twenty years of ‘bringing joy’ and a some jingle to merchants
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Cathy Dobson/The Independent The motor coaches delivering visitors to Victoria Playhouse Petrolia’s annual Starbright Christmas show this week, isn’t just a sign the musical powerhouse is back for its 20th year. It’s adding some jingle to the pockets of the owners of restaurants and local shops part of an annual Christmas economic boom. This year, 30 motor coaches from all
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Bears, Bees and Squires, Oh My; Petrolia host Teddy Bear Toss game Friday
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Flaring from Nova ‘disruption’ seen as far south as Dresden
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Premier promises to ban public use of drugs, allow police to remove encampments
December 5, 2024
Ontario Premier Doug Ford says there will be new rules to help address homeless encampments. A group of nine mayors recently wrote to the premier suggesting he use the Not Withstanding Clause of the Constitution to allow police to remove the tent cities across the province. The courts have banned the forced removal of the encampments. Lambton County and City
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