Heavy rain in storm rolls through Lambton
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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Heavy rain in storm rolls through Lambton
June 26, 2026
EF0 tornado touches down southeast of Alvinston Heather Wright/The Independent A major storm blew through Lambton Thursday dumping an estimated 15 to 75 mm of rain in the wake of its path. Around 4:20 pm Environment Canada issued a tornado warning saying a heavy band of storms would be passing through Marthaville, Wyoming and Petrolia. While there was rain, there
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Animal shelter and rescues big winners at this week’s Catch the Ace
June 26, 2026
Cathy Dobson/The Independent Hail, thunderstorms and several tornado threats didn’t deter thousands from lining up to Catch the Ace Thursday at the Sarnia Legion Branch 62. And they’ll all be back to do it again next Thursday. The Legion’s Catch the Ace progressive raffle lottery is moving to week 43, generating a record prize board and massive weekly party. “There’s
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Grand Bend traffic will improve as bridge construction wraps up Thursday
June 25, 2026
The Independent The traffic in Grand Bend will be a lot better than anticipated over the Canada Day weekend. Earlier this week, the municipality said it would be July 3 before the work on the Ontario Street bridge at the corner of Main and Highway 21 would be open. But Thursday, Lambton Shores announced all traffic lanes on the bridge
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York1’s traffic plan shows 200 trucks per day going to Dresden site
June 25, 2026
Trucks coming from Sarnia are expected to go down Oil Heritage Road, through six Lambton communities Heather Wright/The Independent It appears York1 has scaled back the size of its project on the outskirts of Dresden. But Lambton County will still see increased traffic, particularly on Oil Heritage Line. The Municipality of Chatham-Kent held a public meeting in Dresden Wednesday to
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