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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

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