LCCVI evacuated after alarm in tech wing sounds
North Lambton tops Dresden in Senior A championship
November 7, 2024
North Lambton has captured the Lambton-Kent Senior A Girls basketball championship.
The Eagles defeated Lambton-Kent Composite School 40-30 in the Nov. 7 tilt in Forest.
Alexis Wice had 14 points, Lily Heynsbergen tallied nine and Delaney Appeldoorn had eight in the game for the winners.
LK kept pace with the Eagles in the first three quarters but North Lambton came storming back in the fourth.
Sophia Metcalfe had nine points for the Cardinals with Alivia Coles putting up nine and Julia Pegg hitting six in losing effort.
North Lambton and Lambton-Kent met four times this year with the Eagles winning all four match ups.
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LCCVI evacuated after alarm in tech wing sounds
June 18, 2026
The Independent Morning classes were disrupted at LCCVI Thursday when the students and staff were evacuated. The fire alarm at LCCVI was activated after 9 am. The Petrolia/North Enniskillen fire department was searching through the tech wing for about 45 minutes. School officials say an alarm company was called in to return the system to normal operations. There was no
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Sports Briefs: Express finish third at U17 tourney
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Retirement, training deadlines leave Oil Springs without fire chief on July 1
June 17, 2026
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Montanino, Jolicoeur among locals picked in OHL Draft
June 17, 2026
Barry Wright/The Independent Defenceman John Montanino led the local contingent drafted at the OHL Priority Selection in Kingston. The Brampton Steelheads selected him in the third round. The Sarnia native played with Detroit-Little Caesars this season. Windsor chose Sarnia’s Cameron Jolicoeur, a power forward from the London Jr. Knights, in the seventh round and the Knights took Grand Bend’s Liam
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