One person injured in transport crash on Highway 402
Squires to take on Stratford in first round of playoffs
February 24, 2025
There will be Ontario Super Hockey League playoff action at Greenwood in Petrolia Friday as the Squires host the Stratford Fighting Irish in the first game of their bests-of-seven conference quarter final.
Game two is set for Saturday night in the Festival city. Dates for the remainder of the series are to be announced in the coming days.
Tillsonburg beat the Irish, 7-3 in a make up game on the weekend to round out the regular season standings.
The defending champion Thunder finish third and will take on Tilbury in the playoffs while the Irish win the tiebreaker against the Squires and get fourth place.
Stratford won both regular season games against Petrolia during the regular season, including a 4-2 at Greenwood in late September.
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One person injured in transport crash on Highway 402
June 16, 2026
The Independent Traffic is backed up on Highway 402 on the westbound lanes at Kerwood Road. Lambton OPP say just before 6:30am, the police, paramedics and Warwick firefighters were called to a crash involving two tractor trailers in the westbound lanes in Warwick Township. One of the drivers has been sent to hospital with what police say are non-life threatening
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Province sets aside $6M for abandoned wells, like last year
June 16, 2026
Heather Wright/The Independent The Province of Ontario says it will spend another $6 million in 2026 to help cap abandoned and leaking historic oil wells. Natural Resources Minister Mike Harris made the announcement in Essex County last Tuesday, touting $10.8 million in spending; $6 million for capping wells, $3 million for municipalities to purchase equipment to deal with emergency situations
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Ag Hall of Fame to honour Lassaline, Helps and Birnam Orchards in July
June 16, 2026
Heather Wright/The Independent Warwick’s Birnam Orchards, Wyoming’s Scott Helps and the late Tom Lassaline of Alvinston will be inducted into the Lambton Agriculture Hall of Fame in July. The organization announced their choices to add to the hall which already contains 24 members. Lassaline was active in the beef industry in Lambton, and was one of the driving forces behind
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One trip to Haiti led to a lifetime of helping as Rayjon celebrates 40 years
June 16, 2026
Blake Ellis/Local Journalism Initiative What started as a learning opportunity, became so much more. In January 1986, Ray Wyrzykowski and John Barnfield, two Sarnia neighbours, led 28 people from Sarnia to Haiti. Rayjon Share Care, a Sarnia-Lambton based non-profit was born. The founders have passed away – Wyrzykowski in 1989 and Barnfield, just last January – but their legacy lives
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