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Barry Wright/The Independent LCCVI is now 2-1 in high school girls’ rugby after beating the CKSS Golden Hawks, 37-nil. Mya Beaudoin led the winners with three tries. Emily White, Noelle Edgar, Miley Anderson and Kennedie Urquhart also crossed the goal line for the Lancers. Urquhart also added a convert. LCCVI ends the regular season against the St. Patrick’s Irish on

Cathy Dobson/Local Journalism Initiative Newly-minted Liberal MP Marilyn Gladu says she continues to serve her constituents despite death threats and police charges related to someone accused of criminal harassment against her. “It’s not an easy time,” said Gladu, formerly the Sarnia-Lambton-Bkejwanong Conservative MP who crossed the floor and joined the Liberal government April 8. “That said, I’m doing lots of

Heather Wright/The Independent A man charged after a body was hidden in Oil Springs over four years ago, has been released. Matthew Theriault plead guilty Monday to two charges related to the murders which took place in his Sarnia apartment. Theriault plead guilty before Superior Court Justice Russell Raikes to one count of accessory and one count of committing an

The Independent Anne McGugan who for decades worked alongside her politician husband, and was a force of nature in her own right, has passed away. McGugan died May 9 at the age of 85. She had been married to former Brooke-Alvinston Mayor Don McGugan 58 years. Anne was a teacher for decades, starting in a one-room school in Brigden at

Barry Wright/The Independent Hurdlers from LCCVI won a trio of races at Great Lakes Secondary School leading up to the LKSSAA track and field championship. Kole Chapman crossed the finish first in the senior boys’ 400-metre hurdles in a time of 57.3, nearly five seconds faster than his nearest competitor.  Xander Knapp won the junior boys 300-metre hurdles event in

The Independent Petrolia’s Heidi Soudant is one of five people recognized as Women of Excellence by the Sarnia Community Foundation this year. For the last 10 years, the foundation honours women making a mark in their communities. This year, Soudant, the owner of Heidi’s Independent, is being honoured for her support of local charities. “As the sole grocery store in

The Independent A Sarnia senior has won big at the world’s largest pickleball tournament. Joe DiBatista won three golds at the Franklin US Open Pickleball Championships in Naples, Florida in April. The tournament hosts over 3,750 amateur athletes from 53 countries. DiBatista won in gold in his age bracket for singles, men’s doubles, with Chi Fai Cho of New Jersey,

The Independent A Petrolia man has died in a motorcycle accident in Sarnia. Police were called to a collision on Plank Road east of the Kimball Side Road Sunday around 9:15 pm. Sarnia police say in a news release the motorcycle was travelling east on Plank Road when it collided with a car travelling west on the same road. The

Heather Wright/The Independent There are a lot of familiar faces, some in new places, as the first would-be politicians file their papers to run in the Oct. 26 municipal elections. The nomination period opened May 1. One of the first people to file was Joel Field. The long-time Petrolia councillor and now deputy mayor has thrown his hat into the

Heather Wright/The Independent The head of the Sarnia-Lambton Ontario Health team says more doctors and health professionals will be hired to make sure 5,600 people have health care, thanks to an additional $2.8 million from the province. Sarnia-Lambton MPP Bob Bailey announced the funding April 30 saying both the Rapids Family Health Team and the new E-nangaabe-jig Health Services have

Community fundraising effort will pay for the equipment, province to pay operating funds The Independent Bluewater Health will be getting another MRI. In a news release Friday, Bluewater Health officials said the hospital completes 12,000 MRI scans each year, with the demand for imaging growing in Lambton and across the province. The additional MRI will improve access to care, reduce

Barry Wright/The Independent The Ontario Hockey League final between the Barrie Colts and Kitchener Rangers will have a Petrolia flavour to it. Eamon Edgar and the Barrie Colts won the Eastern Conference championship with a 5-0 win over the Bulldogs in Brantford on Monday night. The win gave the Colts the conference title in seven games. Edgar, whose parents are