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Barry Wright/The Independent Goaltender Eric McDonald made an immediate impact with the Petrolia Flyers earning a 36-shot shutout in a 2-0 win over the Irish in Lucan in the league opener for both teams last Saturday night. Although there was some discussion online about the validity of the shot totals, officially the Irish outshot Petrolia, 36-34. A couple of veteran

The Independent Walpole Island Police and Lambton OPP are looking for witnesses after a pedestrian was struck and killed on the island. Saturday night, around 11:20 pm, police were called to Chiefs Road between Tecumseh and Austin road for a collision involving an SUV and a person. A 48-year-old Walpole Island resident was pronounced dead at the scene. Police are

Blake Ellis/The Independent Enniskillen Mayor Kevin Marriott may not have a municipal election contest this year, but he did face some of his political colleagues at the Lambton County Plowing Match. And Marriott, who is also Lambton’s Warden, handily handled the competition. Marriott won the annual plowing contest between politicians over St. Clair Township Mayor Jeff Agar, Plympton-Wyoming Mayor, Gary

Blake Ellis/The Independent “It is an incredible feeling,” said Doug Potter, a Canadian military veteran who was presented with a service dog at the Battle Buddies Canine fundraiser. The fundraiser, held Saturday in Lambton Shores, is now in its sixth year. Every year, it has raised $20,000 to give a new service dog to a veteran. Potter, who lives in

Enbridge says it has an agreement for the tunnel Heather Wright/The Independent Another blow to Enbridge in its bid to replace Line 5 which runs through the Straits of Mackinac. Enbridge has been trying to find a way to improve the international pipeline which brings hydrocarbons to Sarnia through Michigan for a decade. The company won a major victory when

The donation is the largest single donation in Bluewater Health history The Independent Bluewater Health officials are calling it a legacy. The Gordon Foundation has donated $5 million to Bluewater Health. It is the largest single donation in the hospital’s history. Of the $5-million donation, $2 million will support the development of future Cardiac Care services at Bluewater Health, while

Stark, like several others, suggested that rural county politicians who are responsible for social services in both urban and rural Sarnia-Lambton, don’t recognize how serious homelessness is in Sarnia because they don’t see it. Cathy Dobson/The Independent Lambton County council and staff were heavily criticized at an all-candidates forum Thursday for their slow response to the Rainbow Park encampment crisis

The Independent Over 1,000 speeding charges in southern Ontario during the Labour Day weekend. West Region OPP say officers targetted “The Big Four” bad driving behaviours; aggressive driving, failure to wear a seatbelt, distracted driving and impaired driving which are the leading contributing factors to death and injury on Ontario’s highways. From Sept. 4 to 7, 1,004 speeding charges were

The Independent The Sarnia Football Club is paying tribute to one of its members who drown over the Labour Day weekend. Monday, Sarnia Fire Rescue’s Marine Unit was called to The Cove near Canatara Park around 3 pm for a possible drowning. People on ski-doos, boats and sail boats aided Sarnia Fire, Point Edward Fire, fire and police departments from

Barry Wright/The Independent Watford’s Evan Van Gorp drew a pair of assists in London’s 5-3 preseason win against the Royals in Victoria, BC last weekend during the preseason Clash of the Kingdoms. The WHL team prevailed 7-1 in the opener of the two-game series on the west coast. The Knights and Sting close out the exhibition season with home-and-home contests

Cathy Dobson/The Independent Twenty-five local workers will be offered jobs, and 125 families will soon have daycare for their little ones thanks to two new Lambton Rural Child Care centres opening this fall. “It’s a win-win in terms of new employment and childcare spaces,” says Lori Veroude, Lambton Rural Child Care’s (LRCC) executive director. A $6.9 million LRCC childcare centre

Heather Wright/The Independent There are calls for better water safety training after three people died in the waters of Lake Huron in Lambton County over the Labour Day weekend. Two of the deaths – including a young mother who saved her son from drowning at Mike Weir Park – were in Sarnia at beaches without lifeguards. The deaths followed another