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Brittany Jardine and Nicole Stephens were having a great time being pelted with colours as they made their way through this checkpoint at Queen Elizabeth II School.

Fun run in the hot sun draws 80 people

July 10, 2025

The sweat was pouring from about 80 people who raised money for the splash pad at the Petrolia Y during the Hard Oiler Dash Saturday.

One of the organizers of the Fun Run, Ava Horwood, says they’re very happy with the way the event has grown over the past two years. It’s not clear how much money was raised for the Y yet.

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$650K damage in Petrolia Line fire

June 18, 2026

Heather Wright/The Independent Brooke-Alvinston Fire Chief Steve Knight says $650,000 in damage was done in a house fire on Petrolia Line. Around 10:30 pm Saturday, firefighters were called to Petrolia Line between Suitorville and Little Ireland Road for a fire in an older brick home. Bystanders saw flames shooting above the trees in the front lawn. Knight says the family

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‘Together we have built something remarkable’

June 18, 2026

Heather Wright/The Independent Twenty-five years ago, as Plympton Township prepared to join with the Village of Wyoming, then Mayor Pat Davidson admitted they had no idea what the future held for the new municipality. Davidson read from that speech Saturday as Plympton-Wyoming marked its 25th anniversary. “I quote; ‘We know the answers to many questions and can control them. Some,

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Sting pick Sgro, Knights take Beaulieu in OHL draft

June 18, 2026

Barry Wright/The Independent The Sting selected Adrian Sgro with the fourth pick in the OHL Priority Selection in Kingston. The 16-year-old left-shot blueliner was the first defenceman taken in the proceedings Friday and the first taken in the opening round by the Sting since they made Jakob Chychrun the first overall pick in 2014. As captain of the Vaughan Kings

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LCCVI evacuated after alarm in tech wing sounds

June 18, 2026

The Independent Morning classes were disrupted at LCCVI Thursday when the students and staff were evacuated. The fire alarm at LCCVI was activated after 9 am. The Petrolia/North Enniskillen fire department was searching through the tech wing for about 45 minutes. School officials say an alarm company was called in to return the system to normal operations. There was no

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