LCCVI evacuated after alarm in tech wing sounds
Central Lambton runners claim individual titles at regional cross country meet
October 13, 2023
Bright’s Grove Public School won five team titles and two individual championships and Central Lambton runners took home some of the top prizes at the recent Optimist elementary cross country event in Petrolia.
Luke Callendar and Brandon Rawana of Brights Grove captured the boys’ grade 5 and 6 titles.
Hudson Veenema of St. Philip in Petrolia, Rhys Marriott of Lambton Centennial and Connor MacKellar of Brooke Central took home individual titles.
On the the girls side, the winners were Harper Chapman of Brooke Central, Plympton-Wyoming’s Josie Kelders, Taylor Pullen of Queen Elizabeth II, Sarnia, Khloe Baron of Queen Elizabeth II, Petrolia and St. Philip’s Kylie Bell.
Other team winners were Hillcrest with two, Lambton Centennial, Plympton-Wyoming and P.E. MacGibbon.
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LCCVI evacuated after alarm in tech wing sounds
June 18, 2026
The Independent Morning classes were disrupted at LCCVI Thursday when the students and staff were evacuated. The fire alarm at LCCVI was activated after 9 am. The Petrolia/North Enniskillen fire department was searching through the tech wing for about 45 minutes. School officials say an alarm company was called in to return the system to normal operations. There was no
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Sports Briefs: Express finish third at U17 tourney
June 18, 2026
Barry Wright/The Independent The Enniskillen Express finished in third place in a rain-shortened U17 girls’ fastball tournament in Mitchell. The Express beat teams from Goderich and Exeter but lost to the Sweaburg Storm to finish the tournament with a record of 2-1. ••• The Corunna Giants U11 girls’ fastball team won silver medals at a tournament in Chatham last weekend.
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Retirement, training deadlines leave Oil Springs without fire chief on July 1
June 17, 2026
Heather Wright/The Independent The retirement of the Oil Springs/South Enniskillen fire chief and new training regulations are creating a unique situation in Oil Springs. The Oil Springs/South Enniskillen Chief Mike Cumming is retiring on June 30. Monday, Oil Springs council appointed John Berdan as the new chief. But Berdan is in administrative limbo because of new training regulations and cannot
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Montanino, Jolicoeur among locals picked in OHL Draft
June 17, 2026
Barry Wright/The Independent Defenceman John Montanino led the local contingent drafted at the OHL Priority Selection in Kingston. The Brampton Steelheads selected him in the third round. The Sarnia native played with Detroit-Little Caesars this season. Windsor chose Sarnia’s Cameron Jolicoeur, a power forward from the London Jr. Knights, in the seventh round and the Knights took Grand Bend’s Liam
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