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LCCVI Junior girls championship bound

November 5, 2024

The LCCVI Junior Girls Basketball team is heading to the Lambton-Kent finals.

The team defeated John McGregor 29-16 in the semi-final match up Tuesday in Petrolia.

The Lancers will play in the final Thursday at a location which is yet to be determined.

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Marriott declared Lambton warden

December 4, 2024

Enniskillen Mayor Kevin Marriott is Lambton’s 161th Warden Marriott was acclaimed at a ceremony steeped in tradition in the Lambton County council chambers Wednesday. At the end of his two year term Marriott will be Lambton’s longest serving Warden, one year longer than former Enniskillen Mayor Jim Burns and Plympton-Wyoming’s Pat Davidson. St Clair Township Mayor Jeff Agar will be

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Rural policing relief coming from province

December 3, 2024

Heather Wright/The Independent Concerns about rising OPP costs are easing in Lambton after the province announced $77 million in funding to offset the bills which are up at least 15 per cent for most municipalities. In late October, the OPP released its 2025 projections for the 327 municipalities it covers across the province.  The provincial police service will spend $445,679,925

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Part history, part retail; Petrolia’s plan for the Scotiabank building

December 3, 2024

Heather Wright/The Independent Petrolia is hoping a new business will call the former ScotiaBank building home in 2025. In March, the bank closed the historic branch. The Bank of Nova Scotia had been on Petrolia’s main street since 1911.  The town expressed its frustration with the closure, but later struck a deal to purchase the building for $200,000. Mayor Brad

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Impaired charges laid in afternoon crash near Port Franks

December 2, 2024

A Friday afternoon crash south of Port Franks has lead to impaired driving charges. Lambton OPP were called to a single vehicle crash on Haig Line at Blain Road around 1: 20 pm. The driver wasn’t injured. Police have charged a London man with two impaired driving charges. The drivers’ license was suspended and the vehicle has been impounded for

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