Petrolia’s recycling blues
Lucky 13 as Killer Bees blast Orangville
January 8, 2024
For the second time in two weeks, the Alvinston Killer Bees have put up a baker’s dozen in goals on home ice.
The Bees downed Orangeville, 13-1 on Saturday.
James McEwan led the winners with four goals and two assists. He’s now fourth in league scoring with 34 points in 13 games.
Rylan Bowers and Aidan Preuter both added two goals and three assists, Carson Perry had a goal and four helpers and Caden Faulkner registered five assists.
Josh Jamieson, Cam Rombouts, Michael McArthur and Ethan Lamoureaux also scored for Alvinston. Josh Tigwell, Bayly Fryfogle and Theo Hill all had two assists.
Nolan DeKoning made 27 saves in the Bees cage.
Alvinston is now 9-5-1 on the season and in sixth place in the standings. The Bees are preparing for round two of the battle of Lambton County as they’ll take on the Squires in Petrolia Friday night at Greenwood at 8:30.
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Petrolia’s recycling blues
November 11, 2025
Heather Wright/The Independent Petrolia is returning to blue box recycling and nobody is happy about it. Residents, according to Circular Materials Ontario, will soon receive two-80L blue boxes for their recyclables. The wheelie bin with the yellow top, which rolled into Petrolia backyards last November, will be taken away – recycled to be used in other communities which will receive
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PHOTO GALLERY: Remembrance Day 2025 across Lambton County
November 11, 2025
Across Lambton County this weekend, people stopped to reflect on the sacrifices made by Canadians. Photos by Blake Ellis/The Independent In Oil Springs, residents gathered at the local cenotaph Sunday, Nov. 9. Chrystal Bressette Photos In Alvinston, residents faced the cold and mounds of freshly fallen snow as they paused at the cenotaph on River Street Nov. 11. Lambton Shores
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Petrolia pauses on Nov. 11
November 11, 2025
Photos by John Wright/The Independent At the 11th Hour of the 11th month on the 11th day, people in Petrolia stopped to remember at the Cenotaph in Victoria Park.
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‘Would you want it out your back door’ ask Enniskillen residents
November 11, 2025
Residents urge council not to support battery storage project Blake Ellis/The Independent “I am very upset that this has gotten this far,” said Jean St. Pierre, a neighbour of the proposed Inwood Energy Storage project. St. Pierre, who lives on Courtright Line, appeared before Enniskillen Township council on Nov. 3 wanting to go on the record with her concerns about
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