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The Independent With Halloween fast approaching, several events were taking place throughout Lambton County. Four-year-old Audrey Byers of Oil Springs was enjoying the Oil Springs’ Children’s Halloween Party on Saturday at the youth centre. She was one of many who had some popcorn, chocolate bars and participated in games.  Four-year-old Ainsley Hall and six-year-old Lucy Hall decked out in their

The Independent After giving the number-one ranked Brantford Bulldogs all they could handle, the Sarnia Sting fell to the London Knights 3-0 Sunday at home. Watford’s Evan Van Gorp had two assists for the Knights who have now won nine straight in regulation time.  The Sting dropped to 4-6-2 after the weekend losses to the Knights and the 3-1 defeat

Blake Ellis/The Independent The Village of Oil Springs wants to do more to protect its volunteer firefighters. The village has submitted an application to the provincial fire protection grant to allow for an air exchanger to be purchased for the Oil Springs and South Enniskillen Fire Department. Oil Springs Clerk Martha Gawley informed council at its Oct. 7 meeting. The

Barry Wright/The Independent The Knights and Sting are now preparing for a pair of games against Kitchener and Windsor this comingweekend as part of Rivalry Week in the OHL. The Spitfires visit Sarnia on Friday while the teams meet a night later in Windsor. London is at Kitchener Friday night and will entertain the Rangers on Sunday afternoon. Oct. 11,

The Independent Not unexpectedly, Forest’s Tyler McGregor has been named to the Canadian roster for the International Para Hockey Cup in Czechia next week. Team Canada opens the tournament against Team USA Monday. The Americans beat Canada in the final last year. ••• Petrolia’s Adam Broad had two assistsfor the Strathroy Rockets in a 4-2 home ice loss to St. Marys in Greater

Heather Wright/The Independent Ed Babcock, dressed as Santa, and Jolene Daley of Petrolia were among over 100 motorcyclists who were part of the Misfit Elves annual Poker Run. The event takes riders to five different communities which are served by Christmas For Everyone – the organization which gives out Christmas hampers in much of Lambton County. All the proceeds from

The Independent Alora Miller and Luxley Warwick tried their hands the fire extinguisher putting out the electronic flames during annual North Enniskillen/Oil Springs Fire Department’s Fire Prevention Week open house held Oct. 4.

Barry Wright/The Independent Evan Van Gorp recorded his first points of the young OHL season as the London Knights won back-to-back overtime games. The Watford native had an assist in London’s 5-4 home ice win over Flint last Friday and he added a goal and an assist on the OT winner as the Knights beat the Storm, 3-2 in Guelph

Blake Ellis/The Independent If at first you don’t succeed, try again. That’s just what a developer of a batery energy storage facility did after the company’s first project was rejected by Enniskillen Township council in February 2023. And it could mean up to $3 million in new revenue for the municipal government. This time the recycled project is being called

Author of book on Black History says settlements existed in Lambton as well Blake Ellis/The Independent “I want to point out where this is very much a history of Lambton County as well, “ said Author Marie Carter, as he talked about her book, In the Light of Dawn.  Carter gave a talk Saturday at the Oil Museum of Canada

Heather Wright/The Independent We’re learning more about a battery electricity storage system being proposed in Enniskillen. The so called Inwood Storage Project is being proposed by RES, touted to be the world’s largest independent renewable energy company. It’s full plans were contained in the Brooke-Alvinston council agenda recently since the project is close to Inwood. The 240 megawatt storage system

The Independent The Sting had a double-digit offensive output with a 7-4 win over the Flint Firebirds at Progressive Auto Sales Arena Sunday. Sarnia, now 2-2 on the season, having beaten Sudbury 6-1 Friday night. Jordan Bax, Ryder Simpson, Jacob Reese and Cameron Aucoin all recorded their first career OHL tallies for Sarnia and Patrick Quinlan stopped 27 of 28