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It was a mixed bag for LCCVI’s girls hockey team at the OFSAA A/AA Hockey Championships on Tuesday.  The Holy Cross Raiders from St. Catharines beat LCCVI 6-1 in the opening game for both teams. It didn’t take long for the second-seeded Raiders to take the lead, scoring in the first three minutes. Penalties cost LCCVI in the second with

Tobias Iantorno’s 13th playoff goal midway through the second period was the game-winner as the Petrolia Flyers beat the Bulldogs, 3-2 in Mt. Brydges on Tuesday night. Petrolia wins the Yeck Division semi-final in six games and will now play Exeter in the divisional finals. Dylan Campbell gave the Flyers a 1-0 lead at the first intermission and Petrolia increased

Gage Brandon made his OHL debut on Tuesday suiting up for the Flint Firebirds at home against the Guelph Storm. The Petrolia native was on the fourth line with Max Anderson and Jeremy Martin. Guelph won the contest, 2-1. The 16-year-old was a third-round draft choice by the Firebirds in the OHL Priority Selection last April and signed with Flint

Heather Wright/The Independent St. Clair Township is formally backing a bid by the province to redevelop the Ontario Power Generation site in Courtright – possibly with small nuclear power units. Ontario’s Minister of Energy and Electrification came to Sarnia just before the provincial election to gauge opinion on a potential new power facility. The province is already building Ontario’s first

Heather Wright/The Independent © York1 Environmental Waste Solutions has sold its stake in the former Dresden dump. But, there is still a connection to the new owners of the derelict landfill which was slated to reopen as a recycling centre and landfill for Toronto construction waste. Almost a year to the day the plan by the Mississauga construction giant came

The Independent The president of the Mt. Brydges Bulldogs is praising the people who came to help one of his injured players during Sunday’s playoff game in Petrolia. Mt. Brydges President Andy Friyia was at the Greenwood Recreation Centre Sunday during game five between the Flyers and Bulldogs in the PJHL Yeck Division semi final. It was a day he

Lambton OPP are looking for a woman in her 40s after a Petrolia resident fell victim to an emergency scam. Sunday, police heard from a Petrolia resident who had been lost $6,000 to scammers. The victim said around 1:30 pm Friday, they had a phone call from someone who they thought was their son. The person needed bail money after

Seven people were injured in a weekend accident in St. Clair Township. Around 5:15 pm Sunday, St. Clair Township Fire, Lambton OPP, and paramedics from both Lambton and Chatham-Kent were called to a head-on collision north of Bentpath Line on Highway 40. Seven people were taken to hospital with what police say were non-life-threatening injuries. Highway 40 was closed four

Heather Wright/The Independent The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is dealing with an avian flu outbreak in the Petrolia area. The Lambton Public Health announced Friday an investigation into Avian influenza in a poultry flock in Lambton County. The Ontario Ministry of Health and Agriculture as well as the Canadian Food Inspection Agency is investigating the outbreak in a commercial flock.

Heather Wright/The Independent Lambton OPP say they have seized over $6.5 million worth of classic cars in a theft case which rocked the collector world. Four people face up to 13 charges each after over 200 classic cars were stolen and sold to unwitting car enthusiasts starting in 2020. In late 2023, Larry Grogan of Grogan Classics alerted Lambton OPP

The Petrolia Flyers will head to Mt. Brydges on Tuesday night with a chance to stamp its ticket to the PJHL’s Yeck Division championship series. The Flyers lead the best-of-seven semi-final series, three games to two after a 3-2 home ice win before 482 fans on Sunday afternoon. Austin Harper scored the game-winner goal with just over seven minutes left

Blake Ellis/The Independent The cost of building a decontamination room at the Oil Springs fire hall has sparked the idea of erecting an entire new building which would house not just the fire service but the local library as well. The idea of building a new fire hall for the Oil Springs and South Enniskillen Fire Department was floated at