LCCVI’s Minten wins Silver on Day One of OFSAA track and field championships
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Petrolia Kiwanis wants your vote
April 12, 2025
The Petrolia Kiwanis Club is hoping to win a $25,000 to help cover its $100,000 commitment to the town’s new splash pad.
The service club took the project on and the town is now in the process of building it at the Oil Heritage District Community Centre.
The Kiwanis Club is in the running for the Growing Home grant sponsored by Ag Solutions and BASF. The organization gives the cash out based on the amount of online votes for each project. The link is also posted Kiwanis Club of Petrolia and Area Facebook page. Voting continues until April 15.
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LCCVI’s Minten wins Silver on Day One of OFSAA track and field championships
June 4, 2026
John Wright/The Independent Rayah Mnten has given LCCVI its first medal at the OFSAA Track and Field Championships winning silver in Novice Girls shot put Thursday afternoon in St. Catharines. Minten’s first throw of 10.44 meters was her best during the qualification round. That put her seventh and narrowly put her into the final, which consisted of the top eight
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LCCVI Girls’ rugby into the quarterfinals at OFSAA
June 4, 2026
Barry Wright/The Independent LCCVI is in the elite eight at the OFSAA girls’ A/AA rugby tournament in Stratford. The 11th-seeded Lancers upset 6th-ranked Bowmanville-Clarington Central, 17-12 on Thursday afternoon. Trailing 12-0 at the half, LCCVI fought back with second half tries from Mya Beaudoin, Miley Anderson and Abbi White along with a convert from Elizabeth Kuykendall. LCCVI plays third-ranked Belleville-Bayside
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Oil City’s Kember eighth at national wrestling tourney
June 4, 2026
Barry Wright/The Independent Micah Kember of the Sarnia Bluewater Wrestling Club is back home after delivering a “determined performance” at the Canadian Wrestling Championships in Montreal, according to his coach Henry Dickson. The Oil City wrestler competed in the 55-kilo competitors in the under-17 division and reached the final round of the consolation side of the bracket placing in the
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Fire heavily damages Sombra waterfront home
June 4, 2026
Heather Wright/The Independent No one was injured during a fire in one of Sombra’s original homes. Sombra firefighters were called to a house on Water Street, south of the ferry dock, around 7:30 pm Wednesday. They found heavy smoke and flames coming from the family home on the St. Clair River. “They started an aggressive interior attack but the fire
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