Swimmer missing in Lake Huron off Pinery Park
Killer Bees hope to defy home ice curse to take WOSHL series Tuesday
April 1, 2024
Brennan Feasey scored five times and added two assists to lead Alvinston to a 10-7 win over the Fighting Irish in Stratford Saturday to continue the visitors’ win streak in the WOSHL semi final.
Feasey now has 17 goals and 29 points in nine postseason games this season, including nine goals in his past two games. The Bees now lead the best-of-seven Western Ontario Super Hockey League semi-final, three games to two with the road team winning all five of the contests. Game six is in Alvinston Tuesday at 8:15.
James McEwan and Aidan Preuter each scored twice for the Bees with Bayly Fryfogle adding the other. McEwan also had three assists.
Franco Sproviero had five helpers.
After Alvinston jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first period, Stratford struck three times to a take a 3-2 advantage into the first intermission. The Bees scored twice early in the second to retake the lead and never trailed again.
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Swimmer missing in Lake Huron off Pinery Park
August 26, 2026
The Independent A man is missing in the waters off Piney Park. Eyewitnesses at the provincial park say early this afternoon a group of friends was swimming when one man disappeared. One of the man’s friends tried to rescue him, but later was himself taken from the water for medical treatment. Boats along the shoreline could be seen searching for
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2027 IPM finds its new home near Petrolia
August 26, 2026
Heather Wright/The Independent The Ontario Plowmens’ Association has found a new Lambton County home for the 2027 International Plowing Match. It will be at the farm of Clayton and Linda McLauchlin east of Petrolia. In a news release the OPA says, their farms provide an “open agricultural landscape” and is accessible for the show which is expected to draw upwards
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‘Amazing’ opportunity to showcase Sarnia-Lambton
August 26, 2026
Heather Wright/The Independent Tourism officials are hoping Sarnia-Lambton’s 15 minutes of fame during a popular CTV reality show will turn into tourism dollars in the future. Tuesday, an episode of The Amazing Race Canada which was shot in Sarnia-Lambton May 7, aired. Tourism Sarnia-Lambton Interim Executive Director, Adam Veen, says opportunity came in late 2025. “They’re always scouting for new
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Doubling down on potential power generation in St. Clair
August 26, 2026
Cathy Dobson/Local Journalism Initiative With the Canadian/US. tariff war ramping up, Ontario’s Energy Minister Stephen Lecce has announced $500,000 for St. Clair Township to move public consultation ahead for new power generation in Courtright. Standing on the banks of the St. Clair River Tuesday with the U.S. in view, Lecce said the Ford government takes public consultation seriously and has
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