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Heather Wright/The Independent Two candidates for public school trustees were surprised to hear concerns from the Lambton-Kent District School Board that they’d used the parking lot of a school to talk with parents. Chris White and Joselyn Young Cormier organized ameeting with parent’s from Zone Central School in late September, after hearing concerns about the reorganization of the classrooms at

Heather Wright/The Independent If Bill Dennis gets elected mayor of Sarnia, he may have a hard time making a new planning deal at Lambton County council. Oct. 19, Dennis raged against the planning process which forces Sarnia to go through county council to get approval for zoning amendments to the Official Plan. The relationship between Dennis and county councillors has

Barry Wright/The Independent Watford’s Kyle Brothers scored twice in Alvinston’s 5-4 win over Woodstock in Northern Premier Hockey League action last Saturday. The Killer Bees are now 2-0 heading for the home opener Saturday against Brant County at the Brooke-Alvinston-Inwood Community Complex. Game time is 6:45. Former Soo Greyhound, Jordan D’Intino who signed with the Bees late last week also

Heather Wright/The Independent It was a defensive battle with the Lancers coming out on top against Great Lakes in the Red and White Revival game Friday. Damian Weston’s touchdown in the second quarter was the only one of the game and Luke Shaw kicked the extra point after to give LCCVI the lead on the way to an 8-3 victory.

The Independent sent a questionnaire to each candidate for City of Sarnia Council. Below are the unedited responses from the candidates who responded to the survey:  MAYORAL CANDIDATES Work Experience: Licensed Realtor (license has never been used since becoming Mayor in 1988). Political experience: Executive Assistant to the Hon. Bud Cullen 1980-1984. Elected to Sarnia Council 1985 – 1988. Elected Mayor

The Independent LCCVI’s Carter Duff finished second in the novice boys’ race at the LKSSAA cross-country championship at Sarnia’s Canatara Park Thursday. His time of 15:03 was only two seconds off the championship time in the 4K race. Hayden Prangley of Dresden’s Lambton Kent Composite placed fifth while North Lambton teammates Charlie Perker and Darragh Lawlor were seventh and ninth

Barry Wright/The Independent Playing in his 50th career game with the Petrolia Squires, Jakob Knowles turned away 31 shots for his third career shutout to lead Petrolia to a 3-0 win over Seaforth in the Squires’ home opener last Friday night at Greenwood. Former Petrolia Flyer Noah Harse scored a power play goal early in the first period – his

The Independent A Chicago man’s travels were delayed after Canada Border Services stopped someone they thought was impaired. Oct. 19, just before 8 am, Lambton OPP went to the Blue Water Bridge. They arrested a 48-year-old Chicago man and charged him with impaired driving. The man was given a 90-day driver’s licence suspension and his vehicle was impounded for seven

The Independent LCCVI and North Lambton will meet in the Lambton-Kent Senior Boys’ baseball final. The Lancers defeated Northern 8-7 in the semi final Monday. The Eagles defeated the defending champions, Ursuline College from Chatham, 4-1 in the other semi in Forest Monday. The final will be Thursday at 3 pm at Morrison Field in Petrolia. LCCVI and North Lambton

Cathy Dobson/The Independent With less than a week until election day, 28 candidates vying for eight council seats, spent four hours Tuesday trying to stand out as the right choice for Sarnia voters. They gathered at The Imperial Theatre in front of an audience of 200, with another 500 streaming the marathon event online. Compared to Monday night’s mayoral debate,

Barry Wright/The Independent The Sting has fallen below .500 for the first time this season as a result of 7-4 setback to the Spirit in Saginaw. Jonas Gulbrandsen’s first OHL goal with less than seven minutes remaining pulled the Sting even at 4 on Oct. 17. before the Spirit scored three times, including twice in an empty net, in the

Barry Wright/The Independent North Lambton teammates Keegan Turner and AJ Wilson both finished in the top half of the field at the recent Ontario high school golf tournament in Windsor. Turner tied for seventh with rounds of 76 and 77. Wilson tied for 29th with rounds of 83 and 81. ••• It was a night to forget for the Sarnia