Land for Forest Road/London Line roundabout not purchased yet
Flyers edge Hawks for two game lead in finals
March 24, 2025
Ethan Flintoff’s power play goal early in the second period was the game-winner as the Petrolia Flyers beat the Exeter Hawks, 2-1 on Sunday to take a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven Yeck Division final in the PJHL. Game three is Thursday in Petrolia.
Austin Harper had opened the scoring for the Flyers in the first period and Will Coward replied for the home team just 18 seconds after the Flintoff marker before nearly 900 fans.
Flintoff, the 21-year-old rearguard from Burlington, is averaging more than a point per game in the playoffs with four goals and 17 points in a dozen games.
Tobias Iantorno was held off the scoresheet ending his point streak at 25 games dating back to when he joined the Flyers in December.
Ethan Everaert stopped 20 o 21 shots in the Petrolia crease for his eighth straight playoff victory. The Flyers outshot Exeter, 37-21, including 21-5 in the first period.
In the Stobbs Division final, Essex downed Lakeshore, 5-2 to tie that series at one.
The Yeck and Stobbs Division winners will play for the conference championship.
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Land for Forest Road/London Line roundabout not purchased yet
July 28, 2026
Road resurfacing project in the area starts Aug. 4 Heather Wright/The Independent A $1.8 million road reconstruction project at Forest Road and London Line won’t include a new roundabout. The project to recycle and repave about six kilometres of London Line and another two kilometres on Forest Road begins Aug. 4. But county officials say the $2.6 million roundabout is
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Highway 402 traffic will slow starting at Modeland Road
July 28, 2026
Province revises plans for 110 km/h speed limit near the Bluewater Bridge Heather Wright/The Independent A plan to increase the speed on Highway 402 westbound to just before the Bluewater Bridge have changed. Ontario first increased the speed limit on Highway 402 to 110 km/h during a pilot project on in 2019 and made it permanent in 2022. By the
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Dane Nisbet to be honoured by Sarnia Hockey Association
July 27, 2026
Barry Wright/The Independent The board of Sarnia Hockey Association has unanimously approved a plan to have its teams were a memorial patch on its uniform shoulder in honour of Dane Nisbet this season. All A/AA, B/BB and MD teams will wear the patch that has been approved by the Dane’s mom, Tracy. Nisbet is a graduate of Sarnia minor hockey
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Sarnia man faces weapons charges after vehicle hit with shotgun blast
July 27, 2026
The Independent A 47-year-old Sarnia man is facing weapons charges after shots were fired at a vehicle on Overlea Crescent. July 23, Sarnia Police were called to a home after a resident found multiple holes in the rear driver’s side door of the vehicle. Neighbours reported hearing gunshots in the area around 10:40 pm the night before. No one was
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