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Enniskillen teen wins national superbike title

September 3, 2024

Ryan Beattie is a national champion.

The Marthaville resident clinched the overall season standings championship in the amateur lightweight division at the Canadian National Superbike series with a fourth place finish in his first of two races at Shannonville Motorsport Park on Saturday. He placed second in his other race on Sunday.

The 16-year-old finished the season with seven victories and 244 points, 63 more than his closest rival.

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Warwick’s longest serving councillor retiring; six run for council seats

August 21, 2026

Heather Wright/The Independent Three incumbents will face three newcomers for the four seats on Warwick Township council in the Oct. 26 municipal election. And when the nominations closed at 2 pm, there was one name noticeably absent from the list of potential candidates – long-time Warwick politician Jerry Westgate. Westgate has served on council for 32 years. Westgate says it

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Point Edward’s mayoral race heating up without Hand

August 21, 2026

But Hand still wants a seat at the table Cathy Dobson/The Independent Only two candidates are vying to be Point Edward’s next mayor but both are well known after serving on council and multiple committees and boards. Two-term deputy mayor Greg Grimes and three-term councillor Paul Burgess are each hoping to lead the polls for the top job on election

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Forty-three Sarnians vying for nine seats on council

August 21, 2026

Bradley seeking 12th term as mayor All but one current councillor running Cathy Dobson/The Independent As is his habit, Mike Bradley officially joined Sarnia’s mayoral race just a few hours before nominations closed Friday, ending speculation whether he’d attempt a 12th term. Bradley, 71, has been Sarnia’s mayor since 1988 and is Ontario’s second-longest serving mayor behind Milton’s Gord Krantz.

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Incumbents, newbies and a married couple vie for Petrolia council seats

August 21, 2026

Heather Wright/The Independent While there won’t be a race for mayor in Petrolia, there is a wide range of candidates looking to become the next six members of town council. Joel Field, the current deputy mayor, is the only person to file nomination papers for the job of mayor but 12 candidates have filed nomination papers to fill the six

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