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Heather Wright/The Independent “Why would somebody give 6.2 million for a banana on the wall?” That’s what Forest’s Jose Van Haastert thought after seeing what a crypto billionaire paid for a piece of conceptual art with a banana on the wall. Her family talked about the massive price tag for the art over Christmas. But the idea got Van Haastert,

St. Pat’s and LCCVI are now both 2-3 on the season after the Irish beat the Lancers, 5-2 in Petrolia Wednesday. Dante Andali and Jack Saunders each scored twice for the Irish with the other goal going to Charlie Bulza. Ryan McLachlin and Nathan Reidhead replied for the Lancers. And Nolan McNaught scored twice and Evan Van Sickle had a

Three institutions are dealing with COVID-19 outbreaks. Lambton Public Health says Petrolia’s Bear Creek Terrace (formerly Fiddick’s) was declared in outbreak Jan. 3, just a day after Bluewater Health announced under 10 patients at the Cognitively Complex Continuing Care unit in Sarnia were confirmed COVID-19 positive. Visitors are still being permitted at the hospital but are asked to wear a

The U16A Forest Ringette team has struck gold. The team defeated Dorchester in the final of the Whitby Wild Annual tournament over the weekend. Forest had a 3-0-1 record after the round robin. The team beat Ottawa in the semis in overtime. In the final, the Xtreme scored the only goal of the game in the final minute of play

Forest’s Tyler McGregor has been chosen as one of eight members of a new Hockey Canada National Team Athlete Committee. “The committee, which will represent the voice of Hockey Canada’s high-performance athletes across men’s, women’s and para hockey, will meet quarterly at a minimum and be empowered to make recommendations to Hockey Canada on issues that impact their fellow national

Heather Wright/The Independent Lambton County is backing a call to improve rural roads to reduce the risk of accidents. Scott Butler, executive director of the Good Roads Association, says in 2023, there were 616 people killed in Ontario and over 36,000 injured. That number is up 20 per cent in the last 10 years. Of the people who were killed

The North Lambton senior girls’ basketball club reached the final four in the consolation bracket at the OFSAA A tournament 18-team event in Breslau, near Kitchener. After losing its first two games and being eliminated from the championship bracket, the Eagles beat Woodstock Collegiate, 32-27 on Friday setting up a consolation semi-final . Trailing 9-6 to Trinity College, the Eagles

Heather Wright/The Independent Coach Adam Willemse finds it hard to put into words what he’s feeling for his team. “It’s hard to believe so proud isn’t the word,” Willemse said in the wake of the North Lambton Eagles first SWOSSAA title in Senior Girls Basketball which gave the team a berth in the provincial championship tournament. North Lambton qualified by

Forest’s North Lambton Eagles has qualified for the OFSAA girls’ basketball tournament for the first time in school history. The Eagles led from wire-to-wire in beating Lajeunese, 40-25 in Windsor for the SWOSSA A championship Tuesday. North Lambton led 14-7 after a quarter and took a 25-10 advantage into the intermission. The Eagles extended their lead to 41-15 after three

Across Canada and in Lambton County, people paused to Remember. At the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, ceremonies are held to honour those who have served our country in wars. In Petrolia, school children mingled with adults at the cenotaph in Victoria Park, listening to the last post and watching as wreaths of Remembrance were

North Lambton has captured the Lambton-Kent Senior A Girls basketball championship. The Eagles defeated Lambton-Kent Composite School 40-30 in the Nov. 7 tilt in Forest. Alexis Wice had 14 points, Lily Heynsbergen tallied nine and Delaney Appeldoorn had eight in the game for the winners. LK kept pace with the Eagles in the first three quarters but North Lambton came

North Lambton has moved on to the Lambton Kent senior girls’ A basketball final with a 45-24 win over Tilbury on Monday in Forest.   Delaney Appeldoorn led the Eagles with 12 points.  Alexis Wice and Ally Rops had 10 and eight points respectively for the winners. North Lambton, who has won eight straight games, will now play Dresden’s Lambton