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Jr. Sting rally falls short in U18 loss

March 25, 2024

Trailing 4-1 after two periods, the Lambton Jr. Sting rallied for a pair of unanswered goals in the third period but fell just short bowing 4-3 to the Wolves in Waterloo on Sunday. Waterloo now leads the six-point Alliance League U18 championship series, three points to one after the teams skated to a 2-all tie on Saturday.

Game three is tomorrow (Tuesday) night at the Progressive Auto Sales second rink at 7:15.

Carter Fogarty led the Sting last night with a goal and two assists and Ethan Silcox added a goal and a helper. Blake Barnes had the other Lambton goal.

Elsewhere on the Jr. Sting playoff scoreboard on the weekend, the U10’s won its fifth straight postseason game beating Windsor, the U11’s beat London and Windsor, the U12’s split a pair of game with Chatham-Kent and the U13’s lost to Essex.

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Swimmer missing in Lake Huron off Pinery Park

August 26, 2026

The Independent A man is missing in the waters off Piney Park. Eyewitnesses at the provincial park say early this afternoon a group of friends was swimming when one man disappeared. One of the man’s friends tried to rescue him, but later was himself taken from the water for medical treatment. Boats along the shoreline could be seen searching for

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2027 IPM finds its new home near Petrolia

August 26, 2026

Heather Wright/The Independent The Ontario Plowmens’ Association has found a new Lambton County home for the 2027 International Plowing Match. It will be at the farm of Clayton and Linda McLauchlin east of Petrolia. In a news release the OPA says, their farms provide an “open agricultural landscape” and is accessible for the show which is expected to draw upwards

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‘Amazing’ opportunity to showcase Sarnia-Lambton

August 26, 2026

Heather Wright/The Independent Tourism officials are hoping Sarnia-Lambton’s 15 minutes of fame during a popular CTV reality show will turn into tourism dollars in the future. Tuesday, an episode of The Amazing Race Canada which was shot in Sarnia-Lambton May 7, aired. Tourism Sarnia-Lambton Interim Executive Director, Adam Veen, says opportunity came in late 2025. “They’re always scouting for new

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Doubling down on potential power generation in St. Clair

August 26, 2026

Cathy Dobson/Local Journalism Initiative With the Canadian/US. tariff war ramping up, Ontario’s Energy Minister Stephen Lecce has announced $500,000 for St. Clair Township to move public consultation ahead for new power generation in Courtright. Standing on the banks of the St. Clair River Tuesday with the U.S. in view, Lecce said the Ford government takes public consultation seriously and has

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