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Alvinston’s Duchene sets record in Tokyo

March 6, 2023

Krista Duchene set a new Canadian record for women 45 years of age and older with her 19th place finish at the Tokyo Marathon on the weekend.

The Brooke-Alvinston native finished the race is 2:38.53 breaking the previous age group national record by more than a minute-and-a-half.

Duchene, a graduate of Brooke Central Public School and LCCVI, has now competed in all six majors on the world marathon circuit.

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Watford’s downtown ‘100 per cent populated’ this fall says mayor

September 6, 2024

Warwick hosts business event The head of the Sarnia-Lambton Chamber of Commerce wants to make sure rural businesses don’t feel forgotten. The Chamber rolled into Watford Thursday evening for a mixer, hoping to bring Sarnia business people to the Warwick Township community to see what they have on offer. And Carrie McEachran hoped to attract new chamber members from Watford.

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Camlachie mini arena location questioned by politicians

September 6, 2024

Heather Wright/The Independent Plympton-Wyoming Deputy Mayor Netty McEwen says the proposed site of a mini-arena in Camlachie is “ridiculous.” She made the comments Aug. 28, during a discussion at Plympton-Wyoming council on the results of a survey of residents about the Huron Shores Optimists’ proposal. The Camlachie service club first floated the idea of an outdoor ice rink – at

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York1 plans four holding ponds to stop dump runoff at Molly’s Creek

September 6, 2024

Heather Wright/The Independent Before it became publicly known York1 Environmental Waste Solutions planned to repurpose the Dresden dump, it filed its plans for stormwater management at the site. The request to amend the Environmental Compliance Approval at the site was posted on the Environmental Registry of Ontario Nov. 30, 2023 and the chance for the public to comment closed two

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U17 World Hockey comes to Petrolia and Forest

September 5, 2024

Petrolia and Forest will host a game each when the U17 World Challenge comes to Lambton County in November. Teams from Czechia, Finland, Sweden, USA, and the Canada Red and White will be involved in the tournament Nov. 3 to 9. Petrolia’s Greenwood Recreation will play host to an exhibition game between Canada Red and Czechia Nov. 1. Laurissa Ellsworth,

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