City is behind affordable housing proposal despite pushback from some neighbours
Full house for Killer Bees/Thunder final
April 25, 2024
The Tillsonburg Thunder say Friday’s seventh game of the Western Ontario Super Hockey League final between the Thunder and the Alvinston Kilelr bees is now sold out.
The Killer Bees forced a seventh game with a 6-2 win over the Thunder at home Monday.
The arena has a capacity of 700. It’s not known how many standing room tickets were made available.
The Killer Bees has said it is sending two, full charter buses to the decisive game and in total says more than 400 fans from Alvinston will be making the trek.
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City is behind affordable housing proposal despite pushback from some neighbours
June 26, 2026
Cathy Dobson/The Independent Sarnia City/County Councillor Bill Dennis is the only member of Sarnia council against a new affordable housing project slated for a former church property on Cathcart Boulevard. “I have heard repeatedly from homeowners worried about the future of their neighbourhood and I understand why,” Dennis said at Tuesday’s council meeting. He doesn’t believe the county’s assurances that the
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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 $3.6 million prize board and massive weekly
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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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