Police search for witness after pedestrian killed on Walpole Island First Nation
BRIEFLY: Alvinston, Wyoming name new ball coaches
September 13, 2025
The Independent
Wyoming minor baseball has named its OBA Wranglers head coaches for the 2026 season. They are Jason Helps (under-18), Jace McCahill (under-15), Terry Wilson (under-13), Cam Major (under-11) and Justin Jackson (under-9).
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Malcolm Verstraten has been named the OBA under-16 coach for next season by Alvinston minor baseball. Brock Shea will lead the under-13 select team while Steve Straatman and Kevin Tizzard will be co-head coach for the OBA under-9 team. The association is still looking for potential coaches in the under-11, under-15 and under-18 divisions.
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The high school football season begins next Wednesday (Sept. 17) in Petrolia. The Lancers entertain Wallaceburg at 4 p.m. Great Lakes is the other AA school this season. But the interlocking schedule with larger AAA schools will also include games against St. Patrick’s, Northern, Ursuline and Chatham-Kent for LCCVI.
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Wyoming’s Tyler Kerby had four hits, scored a run and had an RBI in Lambton’s 10-4 win over Durham last Sunday in Oshawa to complete a doubleheader sweep in OCAA men’s college baseball. Lambton won the opener, 7-0.
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Marc Anderson won the men’s overall club championship at the Arkona Fairways last weekend. Bert Duister was the senior men’s champion and the junior champion is Hunter Brent. Rob Clare and Frits Geris won low net honours.
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Warwick’s Keegan Turner and June Cooper of Alvinston were overall flight winners this season on the Lambton Junior golf tour that wrapped up last weekend at the Sarnia Golf and Curling Club. The other overall winners were Andrew and Ryan Sudicky, Hunter Talbot and Sofia Rocca.
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Bkejawong’s Waukiigan Shognosh was taken in the first round of the National Lacrosse League draft on the weekend. He was selected 14th overall by Buffalo. The 18-year-old product of the Wallaceburg junior B franchise played junior A lacrosse in Peterborough this past summer.
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Carter Fogarty will continue his hockey journey in the OJHL. He’s been released to the Pickering Panthers by the Sarnia Legionnaires. The 17-year-old is a product of the Lambton Jr. Sting AAA program.
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Police search for witness after pedestrian killed on Walpole Island First Nation
September 15, 2026
The Independent Walpole Island Police and Lambton OPP are looking for witnesses after a pedestrian was struck and killed on the island. Saturday night, around 11:20 pm, police were called to Chiefs Road between Tecumseh and Austin road for a collision involving an SUV and a person. A 48-year-old Walpole Island resident was pronounced dead at the scene. Police are
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Appliance likely started fire in Brigden area home
September 15, 2026
The Independent St. Clair Township fire officials say an appliance likely started a fire in a home near Brigden. Around 2:30 am Saturday, Sept. 12, firefighters from Bridgen, Courtright, Wilkesport and Becher were called to a home on Oil Springs Line. No one was home at the time. Firefighters fought the blaze and were on the scene until 9:15 the
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Another new owner for former Sarnia school property
September 15, 2026
Valued at $2.4 million, Devine Street school land sold for $1.5 million Cathy Dobson/The Independent A key three acres in the heart of Sarnia’s southend was auctioned off for $1.5 million on Monday, suggesting that the vacant lot may finally see some development. The former Devine St. School site at the corner of Brock and Devine streets has sat idle
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CEEH emergency department construction to begin in late October or November
September 15, 2026
Heather Wright/The Independent Construction on Petrolia’s new emergency department will start in late October or early November. That from Bluewater Health officials during a Petrolia Council meeting Monday. Officials revealed K&L Construction has won the $14 million contract to build the new ER and the official ground breaking will be held in late October or early November. Construction will begin
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