Firefighters, specialized equipment from St. Clair, local industry help put out ethanol plant fire in Chatham
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Fourth place Flags take on Kings Saturday
January 23, 2026
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The Mooretown Flags could not climb out of an early three-goal hole in Blenheim bowing to the hometown Blades 6-3 in Provincial Junior Hockey League action.
Mooretown clawed back to cut the deficit to 4-3 in the third period Sunday before Blenheim scored twice in the final few minutes including an empty net tally.
Dylan Dupuis had a goal and two assists for the Flags with Landon Marcy and Noah Waybrant adding the others.
John Chartrand took the goaltending loss with 35 saves.
Saturday at home, Carson Crawford and Geremia Nappi both scored twice and Ethan Dunbar made 30 stops as the Flags downed Walpole Island, 11-3.
Caleb Rosseel and Owen MacDonald both had a goal and two assists for Mooretown. Nolan Bourdage, Masen Flett, Lucas Ross, Ryan Vidler and Dylan Dupuis also scored for the Flags.
Marcy and Jace Dupuis each had three assists. Mooretown is 18-15-1 on the season and six points up on Dresden for fourth place in the Stobbs Division with two games in hand.
The Flags entertain the Kings on Saturday at 7:30.
Dresden beat Amherstburg, 4-3 in overtime Saturday.
Watford’s Ryan Bork had a penalty shot goal for the Kings while Watford’s Blake Verberne picked up the win between the pipes with 36 saves.
The Kings lost to Lakeshore twice, 9-4 at home last Friday night and 8-5 on the road Tuesday night.
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Firefighters, specialized equipment from St. Clair, local industry help put out ethanol plant fire in Chatham
September 16, 2026
The Independent Firefighters from Lambton County were among the first responders called to an early morning blaze at Chatham’s Ethanol Plant. Chatham-Kent firefighters were called to the Greenfield Global facility around midnight for a fire. By 3 am, firefighters from St. Clair Township, Borouge International – formerly NOVA – and Shell were on the scene to help with about 15
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Enniskillen wants International Plowing Match info
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Blake Ellis/The Independent The Township of Enniskillen will reach out to the Ontario Plowmen’s Association (OPA) to meet about plans for the International Plowing Match to be hosted in the township in 2027. During the Sept. 8 council meeting, Councillor Tim Williams questioned whether the township had been notified about the 2027 International Plowing Match. It was announced in April
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Basement leak latest problem during Moore Sportsplex reno
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The Independent Groundwater is seeping into the basement of the Mooretown Sports Complex It’s another problem uncovered during the renovation of the pool. Before the pool work began in April, council agreed to rebuild the change room. Contractors had found iron pipes in the walls were corroding. After finding some cash in the budget, council okayed that work. Then, in
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Flags honour Nisbet, secure first win in home opener
September 16, 2026
Barry Wright/The Independent Casey Schouten scored four times, including a natural hat trick in the second period, to lead the Mooretown Flags toa 6-1 win over Walpole Island in the PJHL opener at the Moore Sports Complex last Saturday night. Jace Dupuis had a goal and three assists for the Flags while Wes Robertson had the other goal for Mooretown.
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