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Gage Brandon made his OHL debut on Tuesday suiting up for the Flint Firebirds at home against the Guelph Storm. The Petrolia native was on the fourth line with Max Anderson and Jeremy Martin. Guelph won the contest, 2-1. The 16-year-old was a third-round draft choice by the Firebirds in the OHL Priority Selection last April and signed with Flint

Heather Wright/The Independent St. Clair Township is formally backing a bid by the province to redevelop the Ontario Power Generation site in Courtright – possibly with small nuclear power units. Ontario’s Minister of Energy and Electrification came to Sarnia just before the provincial election to gauge opinion on a potential new power facility. The province is already building Ontario’s first

Heather Wright/The Independent © York1 Environmental Waste Solutions has sold its stake in the former Dresden dump. But, there is still a connection to the new owners of the derelict landfill which was slated to reopen as a recycling centre and landfill for Toronto construction waste. Almost a year to the day the plan by the Mississauga construction giant came

Steve Pinsonneault is now officially Lambton-Kent-Middlesex’s MPP. Pinsonneault was re-elected in the Feb. 27 and took the oath of office Tuesday morning. Premier Doug Ford and his cabinet will be sworn in tomorrow. Lisa Thompson, who was the agriculture minister in the last sitting, attended Pinsonneault’s ceremony in Queen’s Park. He was named Thompson’s parliamentary assistant after his election in

The Holy Cross Raiders from St. Catharines beat LCCVI, 6-1 in the opening game for both teams this morning at the OFSAA girls’ A/AA hockey tournament in Sudbury. The second-seeded Raiders had period leads of 1-0 and 3-1 before salting the game away with three unanswered goals in the third period. Olivia Minten had LCCVI’s lone goal, a power play

A 14 year-old is facing assault with a weapon charges after three people were shot with a pellet gun in Petrolia. Lambton OPP were called to Tank Street in Petrolia around 5 pm Sunday after three pedestrians were shot from a distance with a pellet gun on Tank Street. Police say one person was injured. The victims didn’t know the

The Independent The president of the Mt. Brydges Bulldogs is praising the people who came to help one of his injured players during Sunday’s playoff game in Petrolia. Mt. Brydges President Andy Friyia was at the Greenwood Recreation Centre Sunday during game five between the Flyers and Bulldogs in the PJHL Yeck Division semi final. It was a day he

Lambton OPP are looking for a woman in her 40s after a Petrolia resident fell victim to an emergency scam. Sunday, police heard from a Petrolia resident who had been lost $6,000 to scammers. The victim said around 1:30 pm Friday, they had a phone call from someone who they thought was their son. The person needed bail money after

Seven people were injured in a weekend accident in St. Clair Township. Around 5:15 pm Sunday, St. Clair Township Fire, Lambton OPP, and paramedics from both Lambton and Chatham-Kent were called to a head-on collision north of Bentpath Line on Highway 40. Seven people were taken to hospital with what police say were non-life-threatening injuries. Highway 40 was closed four

Another year has passed without answers in the death of Karen Caughlin. Fifty-one years ago, the 14 year-old went to the Rose Garden to go rollerskating with friends. She was last seen being dropped off near a friend’s home in Sarnia Saturday, March 16, 1974. Her body was discovered the next morning near Marthaville, on Plowing Match Road between Churchill

Heather Wright/The Independent The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is dealing with an avian flu outbreak in the Petrolia area. The Lambton Public Health announced Friday an investigation into Avian influenza in a poultry flock in Lambton County. The Ontario Ministry of Health and Agriculture as well as the Canadian Food Inspection Agency is investigating the outbreak in a commercial flock.

Heather Wright/The Independent Lambton OPP say they have seized over $6.5 million worth of classic cars in a theft case which rocked the collector world. Four people face up to 13 charges each after over 200 classic cars were stolen and sold to unwitting car enthusiasts starting in 2020. In late 2023, Larry Grogan of Grogan Classics alerted Lambton OPP