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All Canadian Clash in Gold Medal Game At U17 World Challenge

November 9, 2024

John Wright/The Independent For the first time since 2009, two Canadian teams will meet in the gold medal game of the U17 World Challenge. Canada White beat Sweden 6-4 in the first semifinal Friday in Sarnia. Mathis Preston led the way offensively recording a hat trick and an assist. Special teams continued to a big part of Canada White’s success

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Flyers snap losing skid

November 8, 2024

The Petrolia Flyers snapped a mini two game losing skid by beating Lucan, 10-1 Thursday at the Greenwood Recreation Centre. Owen Peters and Andrew Jaques led the winners with four points each. Peters had two goals and two assists and Jaques scored once and added three helpers. Evan Morningstar also scored twice for Petrolia. Parker Davidson, Logan O’Leary-Dilosa, Noel Sanderson,

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Lancers win Lambton-Kent volleyball titles

November 8, 2024

LCCVI has claimed both the Junior and Senior boys Lambton-Kent volleyball titles. In the Senior game, LCCVI beat John McGregor 3-0, winning the sets 25-19, 25-22 and 25-16 at home. The Juniors defeated the Wolfpack at Great Lakes 3-0. The Lancers won the sets 25-14, 25-18 and 35-14.

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Two buildings destroyed in Marthaville fire

November 8, 2024

Two buildings were destroyed and at least two more were heavily damaged in a Marthaville fire. Petrolia/North Enniskillen firefighters were called to Prince Street, just off Lasalle Line around 3 pm Friday. When firefighters arrived, two people were on the property with a hydro wire arching overhead, according to Fire Chief Rick Cousins. The pair left the property as high

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One dead after Plympton-Wyoming accident

November 8, 2024

A Plympton-Wyoming resident is dead after an accident on Aberarder Line. Lambton OPP, paramedics and Plympton-Wyoming firefighters were called to Aberarder Line west of Oil Heritage Road around 9 pm Thursday for a single vehicle accident. Police say the 64 year-old driver was pronounced dead at the scene. The road was closed for about seven hours for the investigation, which

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Canadian teams head to semi finals a U17 World Cup

November 8, 2024

Canada White is heading into today’s semi final matchup against Sweden with another win in its pocket. Mathis Preston scored a pair of second period goals, including one on the power play, to help Canada White punch its ticket to the semifinals in a 4-2 win over Finland. Ethan Belchetz of the Windsor Spitfires opened the scoring just 14 seconds

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‘We’re acting appropriately’ says LK trustee

November 8, 2024

Province orders investigation into $32K conference in Hawaii Bryce says ‘bigotry’ the reason for criticism of Indigenous educators trip Heather Wright/The Independent A trustee of the Lambton-Kent District School Board says she sees “nothing wrong” with a $32,000 conference for three Indigenous educators in Hawaii. CBC News reports documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act show three trustees travelled

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North Lambton tops Dresden in Senior A championship

November 7, 2024

North Lambton has captured the Lambton-Kent Senior A Girls basketball championship. The Eagles defeated Lambton-Kent Composite School 40-30 in the Nov. 7 tilt in Forest. Alexis Wice had 14 points, Lily Heynsbergen tallied nine and Delaney Appeldoorn had eight in the game for the winners. LK kept pace with the Eagles in the first three quarters but North Lambton came

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Heartbreaker: Lancer Jr Girls fall to Wolfpack in LK final

November 7, 2024

The LCCVI Jr. Girls Basketball team came within a whisker of winning the Lambton-Kent championship. The Lancers fell to Great Lakes 37-36 at the Sarnia high school. In the final minutes, LCCVI hit a three pointer with seven seconds left. That gave them a two-point lead. They fouled Great Lakes on a three-point shot and the Wolfpack made all three

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Aamjiwnaang leaders wants province to work with them on air quality regulations

November 7, 2024

Leaders of the Aamjiwnaang First Nation want the province to work with them to improve air quality in the area including cutting sulfur dioxide emissions. Members of the community were at Queen’s Park Thursday, holding a rally in the wake of benzene emissions in the community. Officials were also speaking to the media about the ongoing air quality problems due

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Plympton-Wyoming fire to distribute smoke and carbon monoxide detectors

November 7, 2024

Enbridge Gas has donated 126 combination smoke and carbon monoxide alarms the Plympton-Wyoming. It’s part of the Safe Community Project Zero where the company provides 14,500 alarms in 75 communities. “The best way to reduce potential exposure to carbon monoxide is to properly maintain fuel-burning equipment,” said Robin Ellwood, Sarnia Supervisor Operations, Enbridge Gas in a news release. “These alarms

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Lambton to add more stop signs along Courtright Line

November 6, 2024

Move comes after fatal crash on Thanksgiving weekend Heather Wright/The Independent Lambton County will add more stop signs along Courtright Line in a bid to improve safety at a number of key intersections. There have been several calls to improve safety along Courtright Line after a number of accidents in the last two years. Most recently, two people died on

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