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Heather Wright/The Independent The North Lambton Eagles battled back from a 12-point first-half deficit, but it wasn’t enough as Tecumseh Vista claimed the SWOSSAA title with a 54-46 win. Tecumseh Vista put up 29 point in the second quarter Wednesday including six three-pointers from three different players to send the Eagles to the dressing room down 36-24. Coaches Adam Willemse,

Heather Wright/The Independent Petrolia has paved the way for more homes to be built in a woodlot in Countryview Estates. And at least one councillor says the move will hurt the woodlot’s habitat. Monday, in a 3-2 vote, council agreed to remove the Significant Woodlot status from the land owned by Elbee Developments allowing housing to be built in an

Heather Wright/The Independent Family of an Alvinston-area couple who lost their home to fire are trying to help with expenses after the fire. On Halloween night, the family and their pets were forced from their Petrolia Line home after fire broke out. Fire officials believe it started in the furnace area. While the couple, Mike and Melanie Schalk have home

Barry Wright/The Independent The first game of the season for Alessandro Di Iorio was a memorable one. He notched a third period tally and then recorded the winner at 45 seconds of overtime as the Sting beat the North Bay Battalion, 6-5 Sunday. Di Iorio had been on the shelf for the past two months recovering from an elbow injury

The Independent Newly acquired Brady Wassilyn is thriving with the London Knights. The forward had four goals in three games last week and now has five goals and nine points in six games since joining the Knights in a trade with Niagara late last month. London lost 6-4 in Guelph last Wednesday but then rebounded for a 2-1 home ice

For the first time in his career, Yarko Zelenchuk will be taking home an OFSAA medal. The LCCVI student won the bronze medal in boys singles, beating Oscar Taylor 4-1. 4-2 in the bronze medal match on Wednesday afternoon in Newmarket. Zelenchuk won three consecutive matches to begin the tournament, which advanced him to the semi-finals. In the semis, he

Eats, Beats and Boutiques will replace Pizzafest Heather Wright/The Independent Petrolia is unveiling a new summer event; Eats, Beats and Boutiques is a street festival in the downtown core. The June 6th event will feature an “expanded selection of shops, street performances, unique vendors, diverse dining options and live entertainment, according to Julie Bullock, director of parks and recreation for

Corunna’s John McLaughlin of the Windsor Spitfires has a gold medal to his credit as his Team Canada-Red squad beat Team Canada-White, 6-3 in the final of the Under-17 World Challenge in Truro, Nova Scotia last weekend. Sting power forward Brenner Lammers had an assist for Team White in the loss. He along with Sting teammate Kaden Aucoin and Sarnia’s

Heather Wright/The Independent Petrolia is returning to blue box recycling and nobody is happy about it. Residents, according to Circular Materials Ontario, will soon receive two-80L blue boxes for their recyclables. The wheelie bin with the yellow top, which rolled into Petrolia backyards last November, will be taken away – recycled to be used in other communities which will receive

Across Lambton County this weekend, people stopped to reflect on the sacrifices made by Canadians. Photos by Blake Ellis/The Independent In Oil Springs, residents gathered at the local cenotaph Sunday, Nov. 9. Chrystal Bressette Photos In Alvinston, residents faced the cold and mounds of freshly fallen snow as they paused at the cenotaph on River Street Nov. 11. Lambton Shores

Photos by John Wright/The Independent At the 11th Hour of the 11th month on the 11th day, people in Petrolia stopped to remember at the Cenotaph in Victoria Park.

Residents urge council not to support battery storage project Blake Ellis/The Independent “I am very upset that this has gotten this far,” said Jean St. Pierre, a neighbour of the proposed Inwood Energy Storage project.  St. Pierre, who lives on Courtright Line, appeared before Enniskillen Township council on Nov. 3 wanting to go on the record with her concerns about