Former Courtright haunt of Al Capone being demolished
LCCVI’s Landon brings home bronze to go with silver from OFSAA pool
March 2, 2023
LCCVI’s Darius Landon took home two medals from his first provincial high school swimming championship.
The Grade 11 student won a silver medal in a hard fought Senior Boys 50m free Tuesday. Then in the second day of competition picked up a bronze medial in the 100m individual medley at the OFSAA swim meet in Windsor at the International Aquatic Centre.
It’s believed to be the first time a Lancer has medalled in a OFSAA swim meet.
Carson Love of the Lancers competed in the Senior Boys’ 100 m freestyle placing 37.
Love and Landon, along with teammates Hunter Kedwell and Yarko Zelenehut placed 23rd over all in the Senior Boys’ Free Relay.
The Junior Girls team of Elizabeth Kuykendall, Madailynne Henderson, Danielle McKay and Marnie Sawyer placed 27th in the 200 m medley.
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Former Courtright haunt of Al Capone being demolished
July 24, 2026
The Independent The home of the first business in Courtright – said to be the former haunt of gangster Al Capone – is being torn down. Demolition of what once was the Cathcart General Store started July 21. Local historian Kip Cuthbert says the building dates back to around the 1850’s as a general store. “William Cathcart established his general
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Four charged with drug trafficking by Anishinabek Police after stop in Lambton Shores
July 24, 2026
The Independent Four people have been arrested after a drug trafficking investigation that started in May and ended with a traffic stop in Lambton Shores July 21. Anishinabek Police Service officers stopped a vehicle in Lambton Shores July 21. Police searched the vehicle and found seven grams of fentanyl and 51 hydromorphone tables. A 57-year-old man and 43 year-old woman,
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Bluewater Bridge border guards seized 1.1 tonnes of drugs in $139 million bust
July 24, 2026
Heather Wright/The Independent About 1.1 tonnes of the drugs seized in a $139 million drug investigation were seized at the Bluewater Bridge. And a Corunna man is one of 21 people charged in the massive drug ring which netted a total of 1.7 tonnes of cocaine, methamphetamine, opium and oxycodone. The investigation began in Windsor in January 2025. “At that
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Ashley Norton Caught the Ace
July 24, 2026
Imperial Oil employee takes home $4.5 million in Sarnia Legion Cathy Dobson & Heather Wright/The Independent After 45 weeks, hundreds of thousands of tickets sold, food banks restocked and a whole lot of fun, the Chase for the Ace is over. Thursday, Ashley Norton’s ticket was drawn at the Sarnia Legion. The 44-year-old Imperial Oil maintenance manager chose envelope number
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