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LCCVI students hit top ten at Nationals
August 12, 2024
James Grant had a pair of top ten finishes at the Canadian National Legion Track and Field Championship in Calgary on the weekend.
The middle distance runner from Petrolia, representing the Sarnia Athletics Southwest Club, just missed a medal finishing fourth in the under-18 1500 metre final in a time of 4:02.11. He also placed tenth in the 800 metre final in 1:57.38.
Meantime, Petrolia’s Hunter Campbell, representing Team Ontario at the nationals, also notched a pair of top ten finishes. He was seventh in the hammer throw with a personal best of 51.86 and tenth in the discus at 44.93 metre. Campbell also competed in the shot put and placed 16th with a put of 12.84 metres.
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Over 50 ed assistants cut for First Nations students
July 3, 2025
Blake Ellis/The Independent Lambton-Kent District School Board passed a $383 million balanced budget for the 2025-26 school year but local Indigenous leaders are concerned. While Trustee Roberta Northmore called it a wonderful budget during the June 24 meeting, she did not support it saying there was no consultation with the four First Nations within the Lambton-Kent boundaries. Northmore called the
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Ham radio fans say hello to the Netherlands without leaving Enniskillen
July 3, 2025
Blake Ellis/The Independent Ham radio enthusiasts tuned into locations throughout North America and the world, connecting with Texas, Argentina, the Caribbean and the Netherlands all from Enniskillen Township. The Lambton County Radio Club held its annual field day on Saturday and Sunday, for a 24 hour period at Krall Park in Enniskillen Township. Field day demonstrates ham radio’s ability to
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Petrolia splash pad almost ready
July 3, 2025
Heather Wright/The Independent Petrolia’s long-awaited splash pad should be up and running by the end of July. That from Town of Petrolia officials who acknowledged they’d hoped it would be open July 1. In 2019, a community survey called for a splash pad. The 2020 Parks and Recreation Master Plan also picked up on the desire for the water feature.
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Two drowned in the waters off Ipperwash on the Canada Day weekend
July 2, 2025
The Independent It was a deadly long weekend on Lake Huron in Lambton Shores. Monday, an 18 year-old London resident died and a 12 year-old had to be rescued from the waters at Ipperwash Beach. Today, Lambton OPP report another person – a 44 year-old from Lambton Shores – has also died while swimming. Police, paramedics and Lambton Shores firefighters
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