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After a day celebrating hockey, including a big win by the Petrolia Squires, there was disappointment as Petrolia Minor Hockey’s dream to be named Hockeyville ended.

The PMHA and the Town of Petrolia worked for the past few weeks to get the community behind the bid which relies on communities using social media to promote their bid in the contest sponsored by Kraft. The grand prize is $100,000 and a pre-season NHL game in the community.

The top 10 communities in the voting were revealed Saturday around 11pm. Brockville and a Toronto area community are Ontario’s representative in the contest.

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North Lambton athlete breaks West region record in Day Two of track and field championships

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Emma Smith of North Lambton in Forest broke her own OFSAA West region record in winning the 800-metre intellectually impaired race on Friday afternoon at TD Waterhouse Stadium in London. She finished the race is 2:58.08 breaking her record set last year by 13 seconds. Her time on Friday was about four seconds faster than the winning time last year in the

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Lancers honoured by Sarnia-Lambton

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Lambton beach water quality now available faster

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The Independent Swimmers will have a little extra peace of mind heading into the waters of Lambton County; Lambton Public Health will be monitoring five major beaches five days a week. Public health has been monitoring water quality for years; this year the program starts Monday. Officials say predictive beach model monitoring will be used at both the North and

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Three Lancers qualify for provincial championship

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Three LCCVI Lancers are heading to the provincial track and field championships in Ottawa. Hunter Campbell, Meagan Munro and Kole Chapman earned their berths Thursday at the West Regionals Thursday. Campbell placed second in the Senior Discus with a throw of 47.44 – almost four meters more than he threw at the SWOSSAA championship last week. Munro also improved her

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