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Barry Wright/The Independent Drew Wilson will return to her classrooms at North Lambton Secondary School this week as a national champion. The grade nine student and her London Alliance FC side won the Canadian Girls’ Under-15 Cup on Monday in Surrey, B.C. with a 2-nil win over Sherbrooke, Quebec in the first place match. Wilson and her mates won five

Barry Wright/The Independent Drew Wilson and the London Alliance FC Mustangs will kick off against Sherbrooke, Quebec in the gold medal match at the Canadian girls’ under-15 soccer championship in suburban Vancouver. Game time is 3:30 p.m. The 14-year-old North Lambton student and her London side has won four straight matches without surrendering a single goal. The London squad beat

Barry Wright/The Independent North Lambton Secondary School student and Arkona’s Taxandria Minor Soccer grad Drew Wilson is representing Lambton County this week at the National Girls’ U15 Cup soccer event this week in British Columbia. The teen from Forest is a centre back with the London Alliance FC IModel Mustangs who will play in a pool with teamsfrom Halifax, Nova

Barry Wright/The Independent Kitchener Rangers Chief Operating Officer Joe Birch has been awarded the David Branch Leader of the Year for the 2025-26 OHL season. “Birch has set a standard for leadership that reaches every corner of the Kitchener Rangers organization,” said OHL Commissioner Bryan Crawford in presenting Birch with the award at a recent league gathering. Birch, originally from

The Independent The Central Lambton Family Health Team and Petrolia’s new street festival are among of 20 groups are getting help for creative projects. The health team is working on a project called Tuning In to help with loneliness. It has received a $5,000 grant for the project. The Town of Petrolia is also getting a grant of $3,250 for

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

Gage Brandon has registered his first goal in the BCHL. He notched a power play marker for the Sherwood Park Crusaders in their 4-3 win over the Vernon Vipers on the weekend. Brandon, from Petrolia, was a third round pick by the Flint Firebirds in the OHL Priority Selection in 2024. He played three games with the Firebirds last season.

Jack Nesbitt has been returned to the OHL’s Windsor Spitfires from the Philadelphia Flyers training camp. Nesbitt, the Lambton Jr. Sting grad, was the 12th overall pick by the Flyers at the NHL draft earlier this year. Nesbitt, who has family ties to Alvinston and Petrolia, is expected to make his season debut with the Spits on Thursday at home

The Independent A 15-year-old from Arkona has died in a farming accident. Middlesex OPP, Lambton paramedics and local firefighters were called to a farm on Parkhill Drive in North Middlesex, northwest of Parkhill Saturday afternoon around 4 pm for a farming accident. Police say the teen was found unconscious in a well on the property and was taken to hospital.

The Independent Wyoming minor baseball has named its OBA Wranglers head coaches for the 2026 season.  They are Jason Helps (under-18), Jace McCahill (under-15), Terry Wilson (under-13), Cam Major (under-11) and Justin Jackson (under-9). ••• Malcolm Verstraten has been named the OBA under-16 coach for next season by Alvinston minor baseball.  Brock Shea will lead the under-13 select team while

Taxandria has crept to with two points of second place Sarnia FC with a game in hand in the second division of the Western Ontario Soccer League. Ard Dieker and Thomas Kingma scored on the weekend for the Arkona-based squad in a 2-1 win over Sarnia FC. Liam Burwell had the lone goal for FC. Sarnia has hit a rough