$650K damage in Petrolia Line fire
McGregor and Team Canada take on US in Paralympic finals Sunday
March 14, 2026
The Forest native had two goals in the semi-final win over China
Canada defeated China 4-2 setting up a showdown with the US for gold.
It’s the third time the Paralympic teams meet in the gold medal game; the US team has won two golds so far.
Friday, Forest’s Tyler McGregor scored two in the first period to put Canada up 2-1. But China fought back and Dominic Cozzolino scored the winner late in the third to make the score 3-2. Liam Hickey had the final goal in the 4-2 win.
The gold medal game is Sunday at 11 am.
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LCCVI evacuated after alarm in tech wing sounds
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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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