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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

The Independent Nathan Reidhead recorded his first career junior hat trick leading the Dresden Jr. Kings to a 7-3 win over Walpole Island in PJHL action in the north Chatham-Kent community Friday. The Wyoming product and graduate of the Petrolia minor hockey system now has six goals and nine points in 23 games this season in Dresden. East Lambton minor

Petrolia is one and one after day one of the Petrolia Silver Stick. The U18 B1 Oilers beat South Kent Lightning 1-0 in the first game and then dropped its second game to the Mooretown Flags 4-0 Saturday. The Oilers take to the ice again Monday against the Lambton Shores Predators who have one loss against Mooretown. The Monday tilt

Twenty teams in three divisions play on the ice until Tuesday The Independent The 57th Annual Earle Trevail Memorial Petrolia Regional U18 Hockey Tournament begins Saturday. Petrolia plays in the U18 B1 division this year against Lambton Shores, Mooretown and South Kent. The Oilers first game is at 12:30 pm Saturday against South Kent. They’ll suit up against long-time The

Heather Wright/The Independent York1 Environment Services seems to have solidified its stand that its Dresden property is an existing landfill. And it had the help of the Ministry of the Environment to do it. York1 purchased the Irish School Road site in 2022. In February 2024, plans for a massive construction and soil waste recycling facility and new landfill were

Heather Wright/The Independent There are still more questions than answers as local conservation authorities try to figure out just how the province’s new regional structure will actually works and save money. Nov. 25, the province pushed through Bill 68 in the Ontario Legislature. It approved changes to the Conservation Authorities Act, creating the new Ontario Provincial Conservation Agency. It will

Barry Wright/The Independent John Chartrand made 44 saves and Dylan Dupuis played overtime hero as the Mooretown Flags downed Blenheim, 5-4 in the south Chatham-Kent community on Sunday night. Landon Marcy sent the game to extra time with the equalizer with just under five minutes to play in regulation time. Recently acquired Ty Therrien scored his first two goals as

The Independent Petrolia, East Lambton and Lambton Shores are all in the playoff rounds at the 65th annual Roy Caley Silver Stick in Watford. In the U13 B Tier 1 division, Petrolia takes on Sarnia Sting and Lambton Shores and the South Huron Sabres in the semi finals. The Predators play at 9 am and Petrolia at 10:05 am Sunday.

Barry Wright/The Independent The host East Lambton Eagles won five straight games to capture the under-11 Tier 2 championship at the Alvinston regional Silver Stick hockey tournament on the weekend. After winning both of its preliminary round games, the Eagles defeated Niagara on the Lake, 9-1 and Parry Sound, 5-3 to reach Sunday’s final. Wallaceburg jumped out to a 2-0

The Independent The regional Silver Stick hockey season continues in Sarnia-Lambton this week with the under-11’s competing in three divisions with games in Alvinston and Watford. Local and area teams competing include Petrolia, Mooretown, Lambton Shores, Sarnia, Dresden and the host East Lambton Eagles.  Games begin on Thursday morning at 10 a.m. The finals are set for Sunday afternoon. The Roy

Barry Wright/The Independent Tyler McGregor earned two assists, including one on the game-winning goal midway through the second period, as Team Canada beat Czechia, 3-1 at the Para Cup in Dawson Creek, BC on Monday. With the points, the Forest native and team captain becomes just the fourth player in Canadian Para hockey history to reach 300 career points. McGregor

The Independent There are no plans to close, move or sell Dresden’s high school. That from the Lambton-Kent District School Board in a social media post responding to rumours circulating in the community. Last month, Trustee Angie Richards, who is from Dresden, raised concerns about York1 Environmental’s plans to expand the former Dresden dump for its regenerative recycling centre for