Heather Wright/The Independent It will be 2027 before Lambton County takes a close look at truck traffic patterns on Oil Heritage Line. Plympton-Wyoming council is asking for an origin-destination study of Oil Heritage Road – which includes Wyoming’s main street – as concerns mount about increased traffic due to the rehabilitation and expansion of a dump near Dresden. The town

Blake Ellis/The Independent “It is an incredible feeling,” said Doug Potter, a Canadian military veteran who was presented with a service dog at the Battle Buddies Canine fundraiser. The fundraiser, held Saturday in Lambton Shores, is now in its sixth year. Every year, it has raised $20,000 to give a new service dog to a veteran. Potter, who lives in

Barry Wright/The Independent The Petrolia Flyers will ice a veteran team when they visit the Irish to open the 2026-27 PJHL season at Lucan on Saturday night at 8 p.m. Over the past several days, the Flyers has announced the re-signing of Cam and Parker Davidson along with Masonand Casey Guerette. They have also locked up returning players Ryan Nichols,

Barry Wright/The Independent The Mooretown Flags open the 2026-27 PJHL season against the Walpole Island Wild Saturday at the Moore Sports Complex hoping to honour their former teammate Dane Nisbet in the process. The Flags finished fourth in the league’s Stobbs Division last season with a record of 22-19-1. They lost to Blenheim in six games in the first round