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John Wright/The Independent The LCCVI Lancers girls hockey team will have a shot at making the quarterfinals after picking up a point on the first day of the OFSAA A/AA girls hockey championships in Cobourg. The Lancers rebounded from a tough start to tie Burlington Central High School 1-1 on Tuesday afternoon. Emma Canivet buried a breakaway chance 1:55 into

The Independent The LCCVI Girls Hockey team is still looking for the first win at OFSSA. The tournament began in Cobourg this morning with the Lancers taking on Holy Cross Catholic Secondary School out of St. Catharines. Caileigh Tiller had five of Holy Cross’ seven goals in the 7-2 win over LCCVI. Ella McCallum and Oliva Minten scored for the

Blake Ellis/The Independent Enniskillen Township is working with a local company for the use of two wireless internet towers, previously used by TekSavvy. Council voted at its March 16 meeting to allow Enniskillen Township Administrator-Clerk Christine Poland to negotiate with Juce Computer owner Jeff Clouse. “We were going to look at possibly decommissioning the towers because there was no longer

Heather Wright/The Independent There was over $206.6 million in residential construction in Lambton County in 2025 – a 22.3 per cent increase in value over 2024. And that construction created 491 new housing units, 31.6 per cent more homes than were built in 2024. That’s from figures provided by Corrine Nauta, Lambton County’s Chief Building official for all the municipalities

Heather Wright/The Independent Johnny Dawson says every welding class at LCCVI is full. And there is a line up of Grade 9 and 10 students who would like to get through the shop doors to learn the trade too. Dawson, a Red Seal Welder who now teaches the skill at LCCVI, believes the college credit course is the best in

Cathy Dobson/The Independent Rural Ontario has been all but forgotten by Premier Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservative government, says Enniskillen Mayor Kevin Marriott. Marriott – who is also the warden of Lambton County – says funding reductions in how much the province provides to smaller Ontario municipalities for infrastructure are having a dire impact. In Enniskillen, cutbacks to the Ontario Municipal

He’s not kidding Cathy Dobson/The Independent Enniskillen Mayor Kevin Marriott said he was serious Thursday when he told a roomful of industry and municipal leaders that the province should consider helping Cargill relocate. Moving Cargill’s massive elevator operation to another site along the St. Clair River would allow housing developments near the current site to go ahead as well as

The St. Clair Region Conservation Authority says Environment and Climate Change Canada has issued a rainfall warning for the region, with 20 to 40 mm of rainfall from Tuesday night to Wednesday. Locally higher amounts of rain are possible in areas that receive thunderstorms. Heavy downpours may cause flash floods and water pooling on roads. Localized flooding in low-lying areas

Heather Wright/The Independent Twenty-five per cent of Lambton County households can’t afford the food on their table. That’s according to Lambton Public Health’s annual food affordability study. Over a week in May 2025, county officials collected food pricing data in grocery stores in Sarnia, Petrolia, Corunna and Forest for 61 items which should feed a family of four, according to

Heather Wright/The Independent Ontario is moving ahead with changes to conservation authorities, merging 36 agencies into nine in a bid to harmonize regulation and make it easier for developers to get housing projects approved. In Lambton, boundary change being met with guarded optimism with the head of the St. Clair Region Conservation Authority saying the new regions may be the

Heather Wright/The Independent The LCCVI Girls Hockey team is on the way to the provincial championship in Coburg. The team beat the L’Essor Eagles 2-0 to win the AA SWOSSAA Championship title Tuesday afternoon at the Greenwood Recreation Centre in Petrolia. Ella McCallum had both goals for the Lancers, one in the second off the stick of Meagan Munro and

John Wright/The Independent The LCCVI Lancers boys hockey season has come to an end after losing 5-2 to the L’Essor Eagles in the SWOSSAA ‘AA’ final in Tecumseh on Tuesday afternoon. L’Essor scored the lone of the opening period 43 seconds into the frame to take the lead. The Eagles came out hot again in the second period, getting a