‘It really grinds my gears’
Cattlebarons in the OBA Senior AA semi final
August 25, 2024
The Wyoming Cattlebarons are heading to the semi finals of the Ontario Baseball Association Senior AA finals.
The host team beat the reigning champions from Kincardine 4-2 in nine innings in front of a hometown crowd which circled the diamond for the 8pm game Saturday.
Wyoming has yet to lose at the double knockout tournament even with a loss at 10 am, Wyoming still has a shot at being in the 4 pm finals Sunday.
Sunday’s semi final game against New Lowell is at 10 am at Canton Park in Wyoming. The other semi-final will be played in Petrolia at 10am.
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‘It really grinds my gears’
November 19, 2024
Petrolia woman’s struggle to find parts for here seven-year old car Cathy Dobson/The Independent Brenda Casey has a warning for all car owners that she thinks deserves national attention. The Petrolia woman recently discovered Canadian automakers are not obligated to provide new parts beyond the warranty period. When a mechanic at MacFarlane Chevrolet Buick GMC said Casey needed to replace
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Pinsonneault spends $126K on winning MPP race
November 17, 2024
Heather Wright/The Independent Steve Pinsonneault spent over $126,000 in his winning bid to become the MPP for Lambton-Kent-Middlesex. Those figures come from Elections Ontario, which recently posted the campaign finance statements for both the Lambton-Kent-Middlesex and Milton by-elections held May 2. Pinsonneault won the election with 15,656 votes. His closest competitor, Cathy Burghart Jesson of the Liberal Party, garnered 6,289
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Two dead in boating accident near Walpole Island
November 17, 2024
Two people have died in boating accident in the Walpole Island First Nation. Lambton OPP say around 6 pm Saturday night, the police, Joint Rescue Coordination Centre from Trenton and the US Coast Guard responded to the report of a single vessel accident on Pocket Bay. Two people were pronounced dead at the scene. The OPP Traffic Incident Management Envforcement
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Changes made to power line project
November 15, 2024
Heather Wright/The Independent Hydro One has made some changes to its proposed second transmission line in Dawn-Euphemia Township. But the mayor is still concerned about the power line’s impact on the township’s bottom line.The utility is already working on two transmission line projects, one in St. Clair and another from Strathroy to Lakeshore. It hopes to have it in service
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