Lambton to study truck traffic on Oil Heritage in 2027 preparing for York 1 transports to Dresden
Brooke-Alvinston says no to all industrial wind development
September 17, 2025
Heather Wright/The Independent
Wind developers will not be welcomed in Brooke-Alvinston. That after the municipality declared itself an unwilling host to industrial wind projects.
Councillor Frank Nemcek brought the idea forward in the wake of Venfor Inc.’s bid to put up to 20 industrial turbines north of Alvinston.
Sept. 8, council decided not to support that project but council’s motion left the door open for other wind companies to set up shop in Brooke-Alvinston.
“The Venfor project is dead, right?” said Nemcek Thursday. “Tomorrow morning they could come here with a different name and we’d have to go through that whole process again.”
Council passed the motion unanimously, but Councillor Don McCabe warned the statement may not mean a lot since the provincial government has the power to impose projects where it wants under Bill 5.
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Lambton to study truck traffic on Oil Heritage in 2027 preparing for York 1 transports to Dresden
September 11, 2026
Heather Wright/The Independent It will be 2027 before Lambton County takes a close look at truck traffic patterns on Oil Heritage Line. Plympton-Wyoming council is asking for an origin-destination study of Oil Heritage Road – which includes Wyoming’s main street – as concerns mount about increased traffic due to the rehabilitation and expansion of a dump near Dresden. The town
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Fundraiser honours service, offers help to veterans
September 11, 2026
Blake Ellis/The Independent “It is an incredible feeling,” said Doug Potter, a Canadian military veteran who was presented with a service dog at the Battle Buddies Canine fundraiser. The fundraiser, held Saturday in Lambton Shores, is now in its sixth year. Every year, it has raised $20,000 to give a new service dog to a veteran. Potter, who lives in
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Petrolia Flyers beef up roster heading into season opener
September 11, 2026
Barry Wright/The Independent The Petrolia Flyers will ice a veteran team when they visit the Irish to open the 2026-27 PJHL season at Lucan on Saturday night at 8 p.m. Over the past several days, the Flyers has announced the re-signing of Cam and Parker Davidson along with Masonand Casey Guerette. They have also locked up returning players Ryan Nichols,
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Flags host Wild in opener
September 11, 2026
Barry Wright/The Independent The Mooretown Flags open the 2026-27 PJHL season against the Walpole Island Wild Saturday at the Moore Sports Complex hoping to honour their former teammate Dane Nisbet in the process. The Flags finished fourth in the league’s Stobbs Division last season with a record of 22-19-1. They lost to Blenheim in six games in the first round
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