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North Lambton tops Dresden in Senior A championship
November 7, 2024
North Lambton has captured the Lambton-Kent Senior A Girls basketball championship.
The Eagles defeated Lambton-Kent Composite School 40-30 in the Nov. 7 tilt in Forest.
Alexis Wice had 14 points, Lily Heynsbergen tallied nine and Delaney Appeldoorn had eight in the game for the winners.
LK kept pace with the Eagles in the first three quarters but North Lambton came storming back in the fourth.
Sophia Metcalfe had nine points for the Cardinals with Alivia Coles putting up nine and Julia Pegg hitting six in losing effort.
North Lambton and Lambton-Kent met four times this year with the Eagles winning all four match ups.
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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. Marriott told reporters while he’s ready for the challenge he is a bit nervous because of some of the major issues the county faces. “We made affordable housing and homelessness our number one priority, so that’s
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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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