Warwick to spend up to $840K for fire rescue truck
Lancer Jr Boys fall to Kennedy in basketball final
February 23, 2024
A 23-point outburst in the second quarter lifted the visiting Kennedy Collegiate Clippers to a 47-39 win over LCCVI in the SWOSSA junior boys’ AA basketball final Thursday in the Petrolia gym.
The Lancers led 9-7 after one quarter but fell behind 30-20 at the intermission.
The Lancers cut the gap to six in the third quarter but couldn’t get any closer.
Kennedy led 38-29 after three quarters.
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Warwick to spend up to $840K for fire rescue truck
June 9, 2025
Heather Wright/The Independent Warwick Fire will be getting a new rescue truck. Council gave the green light for the purchase June2. In a report to council, Chief Brad Goodhill says the current rescue vehicle is 25 years old and needs to be replaced. A committee including Goodhill, the deputy chief, the captain and a firefighter have been researching the best
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Nemcek vows not to let wind project ‘ruin’ Brooke
June 9, 2025
Blake Ellis/The Independent “I will fight to the (last) day I have, to stop you from coming into Brooke Township and ruining our community,” said Councillor Frank Nemcek. Nemcek told this to Peter Budd of Venfor Strathroy Corporation after hearing of the company’s proposal to put wind turbines within Brooke-Alvinston. Mayor David Ferguson felt that Nemcek’s use of the word
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Chapman ‘pushed as hard as I could’ to win OFSAA gold
June 9, 2025
The Independent Kole Chapman knew he had to “push as hard as I could” to win gold at the provincial track and field championships. Saturday, he did. The LCCVI Junior posted his personal best of 40.09 seconds in the 300M Junior Boys Hurdles heats to lead the pack and then placed first in the finals with a time of 40.33
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Hydro One micro adjustment won’t save homes in power line’s path says lawyer
June 8, 2025
Heather Wright/The Independent A Goderich lawyer is warning homes in the path of Hydro One’s Longwood to Lakeshore powerline project will likely be moved or destroyed. Quinn Ross, who has been working with landowners affected by Hydro One power line projects for 20 years, says the company’s assurances it will make “micro adjustments” for landowners ring hollow. Hydro One has
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