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Heather Wright/The Independent The province is planning more changes to the rules for landfills and it has some Lambton politicians worried. Landfill operators and the province estimate there is about six years of landfill capacity left in the province with few major projects in the works. It takes up to a decade to approve a new landfill right now.One solution

Blake Ellis/Local Journalism Initiative Lambton Kent District School Board will get about $3.5 million less funding in the next school year. That’s according to estimates provided to trustees by Associate Director of Corporate Services Brian McKay. Even though the amount to be received through core funding from the province has not been released yet, McKay is estimating there will be

Barry Wright/The Independent Emmalee George recorded a hat trick to lead North Lambton to a 5-nil win over Wallaceburg in LKSSAA Senior Girls’ AA soccer Monday. George has now scored for the Eagles in three straight games. Kylee Bork and Ally Rintoul also scored for Forest. The team is now riding a four-game winning streak and is 4-1 on the

Petrolia wins 10th consecutive track title Heather Wright/The Independent LCCVI’s Jaylen Helps was named the Novice Girls Individual Champion at the Lambton-Kent Track and Field Championships. Helps’ wins in the Novice discus and Javelin and second place in shot put helped the Lancers secure the ‘AA’ title for the 10th consecutive time. LCCVI had a number of big wins; Rayah

Barry Wright/The Independent LCCVI is now 2-1 in high school girls’ rugby after beating the CKSS Golden Hawks, 37-nil. Mya Beaudoin led the winners with three tries. Emily White, Noelle Edgar, Miley Anderson and Kennedie Urquhart also crossed the goal line for the Lancers. Urquhart also added a convert. LCCVI ends the regular season against the St. Patrick’s Irish on

Barry Wright/The Independent Forest resident Brett Case is the new general manager of the PJHL’s Blenheim Blades. He was hired after a season as assistant general manager with the Chatham Maroons. Case, born and raised in Watford, serves as the general manager of the Alvinston Killer Bees and he will continue in that role. ••• Plympton-Wyoming’s Pat Verbeek and his

Barry Wright/The Independent The Alvinston Killer Bees third period rally was not enough as the Bees came up just short in the Outlaw Cup final bowing to the host Smiths Falls Rideaus, 4-3 in the eastern Ontario community on Saturday afternoon. Jack Nevins, who played with the Sarnia Sting in the 2010s, scored twice for the winners and Dallas Slack

The Independent The hurdlers led the way for LCCVI at the Lancer Prep Invitational at the University of Windsor. Kole Chapman was first in the Senior Boys 100M with a time of 14.61 and 400M hurdles in 57.55 at Saturday’s event. Xander Knapp placed second in the Junior Boys 100M hurdles. Meagan Munro was third in the Senior Girls 100M

Barry Wright/The Independent The Alvinston Killer Bees will travel a return trip of nearly 1,200 km to eastern Ontario this weekend to play the Tilbury Bluebirds in the quarter-finals on Thursday. The Bees were among eight teams which played a seeding round over the weekend. Alvinston opened the preliminary round in Smiths Falls on Saturday with a 7-2 win over

The Independent The LCCVI senior girls rugby team fell 32-5 to Ursuline College in their season opener on Tuesday afternoon in Petrolia. This was the first time these two teams had met since the LKSSAA final last season, which the Chatham-based team won 58-10. Mya Beaudoin scored the lone Lancer try in the rematch. LCCVI heads out on the road

Blake Ellis/The Independent Lambton Kent District School Board’s Associate Director Brian McKay says as of the end of February, the board has spend $1 million more than planned for supply teachers. McKay presented a financial update to trustees at its April 14 meeting. Expenditures during the second quarter, a period between Dec. 1 and Feb. 28, and $2.2 million was

The Independent A trio of Sarnia-Lambton players on the roster of the Chatham-Kent Cyclones, including Forest’s Drew Wilson, finished in the top four at the U14 OHL Cup over the weekend in Kingston. Brock Manders of Bright’s Grove scored in the opening minute of overtime for the Cyclones in a 4-3 win over the top-seeded North York Rangers in the