Whoops: Local plowing match officials back track, confirms Brigden will host 2027 IPM after all
Killer Bees beat Strathroy to take 2-1 in senior semi-final
March 22, 2025
Third period goals by Ross Krieger, Jacob Chantler and Grant Spence broke a 1-1 tie and lifted the Alvinston Killer Bees to a 4-1 win over Strathroy on Saturday. The Bees now lead the best-of-seven Ontario Super Hockey League semi-final, two games to one.
Chantler and Brandon Buck of the Jets traded goals in the first period.
Kaden Fulcher stopped 23 of 24 shots for the Bees as the home team outshot the Jets, 42-24. Evan Debrower made 38 stops in the Strathroy crease.
Game four is at the Gemini Sportplex next Friday at 7:30. Alvinston will host game five on Saturday, March 29 at 7:45.
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Whoops: Local plowing match officials back track, confirms Brigden will host 2027 IPM after all
July 9, 2026
Heather Wright/The Independent The Lambton 2027 International Plowing Match Committee says they were wrong; the 2027 event will be in Brigden. A local committee landed the International Plowing Match and Rural Expo in April 2025. The group attracted hundreds of volunteers and planning was well underway. In late May, Ontario Plowmen’s Association (OPA) officials came to Brigden, working with the
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Integrity Commissioner dismisses complaint against Dennis’ ‘woke’ art tirade
July 9, 2026
The Independent The Integrity Commissioner says a Sarnia councillor’s comments about an Indigenous mural at City Hall were “a political argument” and has dismissed the complaint. In March, Sarnia unveiled a mural depicting the relationship between Sarnia-Lambton and The Council of Three Fires Confederacy; the Ojibway, Odawa, and Potawatomi people. The project included the $5,000 mural, a new wall honouring
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Inn of Good Shepherd drops plans for Sarnia affordable housing
July 9, 2026
Board says its needs to focus on organizations long-term sustainability The Independent The Inn of the Good Shepherd says it won’t build a 56-unit, six-storey affordable housing complex on the site of the former Laurel Lea Church in Sarnia. The Inn’s board announced the decision July 9, saying the difficult decision “reflects the significant changes in the organization’s financial position
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Clark family invests in community they believe in
July 8, 2026
Cathy Dobson/The Independent The Clark family of Petrolia has donated nearly a quarter of a million dollars to three local groups they call the driving forces of their community. Together, two Clark family funds administered by the Sarnia Community Foundation are supporting the “Reaching New Heights” capital campaign at Victoria Playhouse Petrolia (VPP), the Bluewater Health Foundation’s fund to expand
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