LCCVI celebrates the Class of 2026
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Killer Bees take on Jets in Glencoe
September 20, 2025
Barry Wright/The Independent
As part of its annual fall fair, Glencoe will host a senior exhibition game tonight (Saturday) between the Alvinston Killer Bees and the Strathroy Jets.
Game time at the Glencoe arena is 6:30. Tickets are available at the door.
Alvinston was the regular season champion during the 2024-25 Western Ontario Super Hockey League season while the Jets reached the league final bowing in seven games to Stratford.
The Killer Bees, Jets, Stratford and Tilbury are all part of the Northern Premier Hockey League this season.
Meantime, Alvinston has also signed Harlan Orr to its forward group for the coming season.
The BC native played 219 games in the BCHL before heading east to play collegiate hockey at McGill in Montreal and Western in London.
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LCCVI celebrates the Class of 2026
June 12, 2026
The Independent Parents and friends packed Bradshaw Hall at LCCVI to honour the Class of 2026 Thursday. About 200 students crossed the stage ahead of exam week during the two-hour ceremony. Principal Rhonda Leystra compared the graduates school experience to the growth of a tree, with the high school years as a time to grow and expand. “You have matured,”
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One person dead after tractor crashes near Wyoming
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The Independent A 74-year-old has died after a tractor crashed on Churchill Line near Wyoming. Lambton OPP say around noon Thursday, police, Wyoming firefighters and paramedics were called to Churchill near Minielly Road after a tractor crashed. A 74-year-old from Warwick Township died at the scene. The road was closed for several hours for the investigation. Anyone who may have
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Town, Lambton county investigating future Petrolia library expansion
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Rodeo rides into Alvinston Friday
June 11, 2026
Heather Wright/The Independent An estimated 3,000 people a day are expected in Alvinston this weekend for the Seventh Annual Alvinston Pro Rodeo. About 200 cowboys and cowgirls from Lambton County and across North America will compete in everything from Bronco riding, Calf Roping and Bull riding. That’s Dan Cumming’s favourite event. He’s one of the organizers of the event, which
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