One arrested in armed robbery on Walpole Island
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Cattlebarons have shot at OBA title
September 7, 2026
Barry Wright/The Independent
A single in the final inning of the semi-finals by Warren Boersma drove Noah Harse home and gave the Wyoming
Cattlebarons a shot at another OBA Senior Baseball title.
The Wyoming Cattlebarons qualified for the OBA Senior AA baseball championship contest– they just don’t know who they will play, where or when.
After play last weekend in Kincardine, the Barons were one of three teams left in the running and won a coin toss directly to the championship game when the final day was rained out.
New Lowell, near Barrie, and Tecumseh will play a sudden-death semifinal for the right to advance to the gold medal game against Wyoming.
Details for the final two games have not been ironed out.
Meantime, two teams from Mitchell as well as squads from Port Dover and Windsor will play semifinal games at neutral fields this week after rain washed out the final day of the OBA senior B tournament hosted by the Corunna Giants in Courtright last weekend.
A date or location for the championship game has not yet been announced.
The Port Lambton Pirates also played in the B tournament. And the host Port Hope Flyers won the C championship on the weekend. Petrolia and Dresden represented our region at that tournament.
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One arrested in armed robbery on Walpole Island
October 8, 2026
The Independent A Walpole Island man is facing charges after an armed robbery. Oct. 6, around 8:45 am, Walpole Island Police, Lambton OPP, the West Region Emergency Response Team and the Canine unit were called to an armed robbery at a business on Tecumseh Road. Police say a man went into the business, brandished a gun and took products before
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Plympton-Wyoming mayoral candidate suggests using mayor powers to pick top staff
October 7, 2026
Heather Wright/The Independent Plympton-Wyoming Mayoral Candidate Tim Wilkins says he’s not a “big believer” in Strong Mayor Powers but says if he did use them, it would be to pick the town’s chief administrative officer. The statement came during the first of two All-Candidates night in the town; this one organized by the Huron Shores Optimist Club in Camlachie Oct.
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Politicians did know about Clean Harbors project says CAO
October 7, 2026
Heather Wright/The Independent St. Clair Township officials say members of councillors were aware of a new storm water project at Clean Harbors. And, they say, officials have not yet considered appealing the decision by the Environmental Compliance Approvals Branch of the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks allowing the project to go ahead. In Oct. 2025, the US-based company
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Flyers goaltender Brown posts first PJHL win
October 7, 2026
Barry Wright/The Independent A trip to Aylmer Saturday will be a lifelong memory for Petrolia Flyers goaltender Ryder Brown. He kicked out 44 shots for his first career PJHL victory backstopping the Flyers to a 6-3 win against the Spitfires. Rhett Joy and Casey Guerette led the winners with a goal and an assist each. Nathan Beer, Nathan Reidhead, Noel
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