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The Independent The Independent of Petrolia and Central Lambton has been nominated in six categories, including for best newspaper, in the Ontario Community Newspaper Association Better Newspaper Competition. The Independent has been nominated in the General Excellence category for best newspaper in the 1,500 to 8,000 circulation category with the Eganville Leader and the New Liskeard Temiskaming Speaker. Reporter Tara

Barry Wright/The Independent The LCCVI Lancers gained a measure of revenge with a 3-1 victory over Lambton Kent Composite in the LKSSAA boys’ A/AA hockey final Thursday at Greenwood in Petrolia. The Dresden school had beaten LCCVI in a shootout in the final last year. After Marc Simmons had given the visitors a 1-0 lead, Jace Hall and Sam Hayter

Barry Wright/The Independent Corunna’s Blake Barnes has recorded his first Ontario Hockey League goal. He scored with 9.8 seconds left in the third period to give the Saginaw Spirit a 2-1 win over Sudbury last Thursday in Michigan. Barnes is a graduate of the Lambton Jr. Sting program. He was drafted by the Spirit in 2024. ••• The Lambton Attack

Heather Wright/The Independent Chris Verrall never expected he’d help a bald eagle down from a tree. But that’s exactly what the City of Sarnia arborist did Feb. 11 after an eagle was caught in a tree nearDresden. An eagle-eyed resident spotted the bird in distress hanging from its leg in a tree and called the Bluewater Centre for Raptor Rehabilitation

The Independent The hockey season is over for both the girls and boys hockey teams at North Lambton Tavin Fletcher had the shootout winner as Dresden’s Lambton Kent Composite beat North Lambton, 4-3 in boys’ A/AA hockey semifinal action at the Shores Recreation Centre in Forest Wednesday. Max Taylor, Cam Sherman and Carter Neve scored in regulation time for the

Barry Wright/The Independent The Mooretown Flags will have home ice advantage in the first round of the Provincial Junior Hockey League playoffs, clinching fourth place in the Stobbs Division with a 6-4 win over the Jr. Kings in Dresden. Wheatley, the Kings or Amherstburg are battling for the final playoff spots and the chance to play the Flags. Dylan Dupuis

The Independent Public school officials in Lambton and Kent are keeping a close eye on the weather which is threatening to throw secondary school exams off schedule. Lambton-Kent District School Board officials say if buses are cancelled Monday in any zone in the district, Monday’s exams will be postponed for all schools within the district. Monday’s exams, officials said, will

Barry Wright/The Independent The Mooretown Flags could not climb out of an early three-goal hole in Blenheim bowing to the hometown Blades 6-3 in Provincial Junior Hockey League action. Mooretown clawed back to cut the deficit to 4-3 in the third period Sunday before Blenheim scored twice in the final few minutes including an empty net tally. Dylan Dupuis had

Barry Wright/The Independent The Sarnia Sting came so close to a North American Silver Stick championship on home ice Sunday. Delhi scored three unanswered goals in the final period, including two in the final two minutes to beat the Sting, 4-2 in the Under-11 A final. Sarnia had won four straight preliminary round contests and blanked Woodstock, 1-0 in the

Chatham-Kent politician adds it seems the Dresden project is not an “if” but a “when” Heather Wright/The Independent Chatham-Kent politicians say the province has committed to keeping the community in the loop on the York1 Environmental project in Dresden. But one councillor says the Minister of the Environment made it clear “it’s not if this is going to happen, it

The East Lambton Eagles will take on the Ausable Valley Coyotes for the regional under-18 B tier 2 banner in Petrolia this evening. The Eagles and Coyotes will face off at 5 p.m. at Greenwood in the final. East Lambton advanced with a 5-0 win over Dresden in a semi-final contest this morning while Ausable Valley scored four times in

The Independent It will be the Petrolia Oilers and the Mooretown Flags in the Petrolia Silver Stick U18 B1 final. The Oilers defeated Lambton Shores 3-0 to advance to Tuesday’s final. Mooretown took down Dresden 5-0. Both games were played Monday afternoon. The wins set up the two teams for a rematch of Friday’s opening night game where the Flags