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It’ll be Petrolia’s LCCVI and Dresden’s Lambton-Kent Composite for the LKSSAA boys’ A/A/A hockey title at Ken Houston Memorial Agricultural Centre Monday. The Lancers advanced with a 10-0 win over Wallaceburg Wednesday in one semi-final while the Lambton-Kent Composite beat North Lambton, 3-1 in the other semi-final Thursday in Dresden. Lambton Jr. Sting goaltender Kyler Van Esse was the winning

The Petrolia Flyers began the PJHL playoffs firing on all cylinders in a 7-0 win over Lucan in game one of their best-of-seven Yeck Division quarter final. The home team was credited with 72 shots in the victory at Greenwood Rec Centre Thursday. Tanner Hull’s goal in the opening minute of the game was all the Flyers needed to register

The Petrolia Squires will know tomorrow who their playoff foe will be for the first round of the Ontario Super Hockey League playoffs. Tillsonburg is scheduled to take on Stratford in the Festival city tomorrow (Saturday) with third place up for grabs to the winner. The game is a make up game from one postponed last weekend due to inclement

Heather Wright/The Independent Lambton County road crews have been working around the clock, trying to keep up with heavy snow and high winds. And, it’s lead county officials to take a second look at the 2025 snow budget. That’s according to Jason Cole, general manager of infrastructure and development services. There have been several major snowfalls in the last week,

From Feb. 23 to 28, the hospital has a shortage of general surgeon coverage The Independent Bluewater Health is warning people who may need urgent general surgery may be transferred to another hospital starting Saturday. In a news release, officials said the temporary closure is due to a general surgeon staffing shortage. It’s the second time this has happened –

Heather Wright/The Independent Lambton County property owners are looking at a 4.8 per cent tax increase to run their county government. Treasurer Larry Palarchio gave Lambton politicians the first look at the $312.3 million budget Wednesday. If it is approved with a 4.8 per cent tax increase, it will mean about $24 more for every $100,000 of assessment, pushing the

Sarnia men win Dream Home Heather Wright/The Independent Robert McLean hardly knew what to say when Kathy Alexander of the Bluewater Health Foundation called his cellphone. “Do you remember buying a dream home ticket?” she asked. “That was a long time ago,” he said. “We have a ticket number here with your name attached to it, as well as Samuel

Three LCCVI wrestlers are headed to OFSAA. Carson Toms, Abbi White, and Ellie Callister all placed second in their divisions at SWOSSAA Thursday at Lambton College to punch their ticket to the provincial championship. Toms placed second in the in Boys 47.5, seen here against Billy Hansor of Tecumseh, who won the event. Ellie Callister placed second in the Girls

Accident Wednesday took out a high pressure gas line Heather Wright/The Independent The intersection at Petrolia Line and Mandaumin Road has reopened. A two car accident led to a gas leak Wednesday morning that was only contained Thursday morning. Around 9 am Wednesday, two vehicles collided at the intersection and ended up in the ditch on top of a major

Cathy Dobson/The Independent A lack of affordable housing, a lack of jobs and the need for new investment took centre stage at a fast-paced political forum as six of nine candidates made their case for why they should be elected the next Sarnia-Lambton MPP. The meeting room at the Dante Club was packed with about 100 people Tuesday who came

Tariff threats holding companies back says SLEP leader Heather Wright/The Independent The head of Sarnia-Lambton Economic Partnership says there are nearly 50 organizations “actively considering” setting up shop here. But Matthew Slotwinski says the potential for massive tariffs from the US government is making companies nervous enough to put their plans on hold. Slotwinski provided his annual report to Lambton

Blake Ellis/The Independent Lambton Kent District School Board has a completely rewritten its travel expense rules in the wake of three educators trip to Hawaii for a conference. .Trustees passed the new regulation at the Feb. 11 school board meeting for approval of travel outside of Ontario.Three Indigenous educators travelled to Hawaii in January 2024 for a conference at a