Petrolia’s Leighton joins Red Wings
Vriesema signs with Admirals
January 2, 2025
Tyler Vriesema has signed to play the remainder of the Provincial Junior Hockey League season with the Amherstburg Admirals.
Vriesema, formerly of Plympton-Wyoming, is best known for his portrayal of a young Wayne Gretzky in a television commercial in 2019.
Vriesema, now 17, attended John Knox Christian School in Wyoming before his family moved to the Windsor region.
Amhersburg is 13-12-3 on the season and in fifth place in the league’s Stobbs Division a point behind the Mooretown Flags.
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Petrolia’s Leighton joins Red Wings
July 10, 2025
Barry Wright/The Independent Michael Leighton is heading across the Detroit River to continue his coaching career. After three seasons as goaltending coach with the OHL’s Windsor Spitfires, the Petrolia native has been hired as the new goaltending coach with the NHL’s Detroit Red Wings. Originally a sixth round pick by the Chicago Blackhawks in 1999, he played more than 700
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Campbell House likely to stand until fall: SCRCA
July 10, 2025
Heather Wright/The Independent A year and a half after Brooke-Alvinston council gave up the battle to save Campbell House from demolition, it’s still standing. And officials with the St. Clair Region Conservation Authority says it probably will be until at least the fall. The fate of the historic farm house at Alvinston’s AW Campbell Conservation Area has been hanging in
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Classic cars on display in Alvinston
July 10, 2025
The Independent Well over 55 cars and antique tractors lined River Street in Alvinston on Sunday for the annual car show hosted by Brooke-Alvinston and the Alvinston Royal Canadian Legion branch. Despite the high temperatures, people stopped to look at some of the classics. The event is part of the community’s Canada Day celebrations.
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Packed crowd for Florence Tractor Pull
July 10, 2025
The Independent The stands were full as hundreds came out to the Florence Tractor Pull on Friday, July 4. Here’s some pictures from the event:
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