Highway 402 closed at Watford after accident
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LCCVI, North Lambton remain undefeated in girls basketball
October 24, 2025
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LCCVI’s junior girls basketball team and North Lambton’s senior girls basketball team improved to 8-0 with victories in Petrolia on Wednesday.
The Lancers junior squad came away with a convincing 46-18 win over North Lambton to clinch the best regular season record in the ‘AA’ division.
In senior play, North Lambton’s second half surge helped them get a 38-31 win over LCCVI. Alexis Wice scored a game-high 22 points for the Eagles. It’s the third consecutive game that she has put up 20 or more points. North Lambton’s Lily Heynsberger (11 points) and LCCVI’s Aliya Anderson (10 points) also scored in double figures.
LCCVI takes on John McGregor in their final game of the regular season Oct. 29. The juniors start at 5:30 pm and the seniors will follow at 7:00 pm. It will be an important matchup for the senior team with the winner getting the second seed in the ‘AA’ division. Both teams have a 4-4 record.
On the same date, North Lambton plays a doubleheader in Wallaceburg with the juniors taking the court at 5:30 pm and the seniors playing at 7:00 pm.
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Highway 402 closed at Watford after accident
November 10, 2025
Highway 402 eastbound is closed at Nauvoo Road after two tractor trailers collided. A streamer across Lake Huron is dumping the traditional snow belt area with about a foot of snow on the ground around Highway 402 and Arkona Road. Lambton OPP say a number of vehicles are involved but no injuries have been reported. One of the transport jackknifed.
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Winter weather expected in East Lambton until tomorrow
November 10, 2025
Winter has arrived in Lambton County with most of the region receiving some snow. As usual, Eastern and Northern Lambton County are getting more snow than Central Lambton. Environment Canada issued a snowsquall warning with up to 20 cm expected in the Warwick-Strathroy area with the snow tapering off on Tuesday. At the noon hour Monday, the snow was still
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York1, Chatham-Kent officials to meet this month
November 9, 2025
Heather Wright/The Independent York 1 Environmental Services is hiring staff for it’s controversial Dresden facility and planning for a meeting with municipal leaders. The Mississauga company has plans to turn the former dump site into a modern landfill and construction and soil waste recycling centre. Community members have been fighting to stop the project along the banks of Molly’s Creek,
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Amid wind and snow, Camlachie remembers
November 9, 2025
The Independent The crowd was slightly smaller – likely due to the cold wind and snow – as the Camlachie community gathered at the cenotaph to remember. The Sunday morning service, organized by the Huron Shores Optimist, included a walk to the cenotaph and the Act of Remembrance which included the Last Post played by Don VanderKlock. Twelve years ago,
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