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The Independent Mitchell Stack scored less than three minutes into the game Saturday for the Mooretown Flags. It was all the home team could muster in a 3-1 loss to Wheatley. The Flags are now 6-6 on the campaign. Oct. 14, Mooretown rallied from a 4-1 deficit to beat Amherstburg, 5-4. Carson Crawford had the winner, his 10th of the

The Independent Alvinston’s Hayden Duncan came off the bench to stop 13 of 14 shots Saturday to lead the Newmarket Hurricanes to a 5-4 win over the Markham Royals in OJHL action. Duncan is now 2-0 with his new team. He was dealt to the Hurricanes last week from the Collingwood Blues. He was 7-2-1 with the Blues with a

The Independent There will be plenty of central and south Lambton players trying to turn silver into gold this weekend at the OCAA baseball tournament in Windsor. The Lions roster includes Jack Helps of Petrolia, Tyler Kerby of Wyoming, Luke Holmes of Brigden, Jacob Helps of Wilkesport and one-time Mooretown Flag Wes Brooks. Lambton is the number one seed heading

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

Jace Dupuis scored late in the third period and John Chartrand made a season-high 47 saves in Mooretown’s 2-1 loss to Essex on Saturday at the Moore Sports Complex. Oct. 9 at Walpole Island, Carson Crawford scored twice and Casey Schouten added a goal and three assists to lead the Flags to a 4-1 win over the Wild. Dupuis had

There is word of two more arrests following a child sexual exploitation investigation by the OPP. Lambton OPP helped the Child Sexual Exploitation Union and the Digital Forensics Unit execute a search warrant in Petrolia Oct. 7. Officers seized a number of electronic devices and charged Lorry Tigner, 77, of Petrolia with two counts of possession of child pornography. He

The Independent It was wall-to-wall people all weekend at the Brigden Fair as warm, clear weather drew people fromacross southern Ontario to the St. Clair Township community for the 175th year of the event.

Sydney Goodreau/The Independent It was a display of the raw power of horses. For the first time in nearly a decade, the Brigden Fair brought back the heavy horse pull contest. Horses lined up beside their owners, Oct. 10, before being hooked up to cinder blocks weighing upwards of 2,500 lbs. Each team of horses pulls two loads to determine

It is becoming a familiar business plan for Mark Steadman and Ross George; find an under-used community building, still in good condition, renovate and add a daycare. The Brigden duo started it in their hometown, repurposing the old Masonic Lodge in Brigden in 2023 and partnered with Kiddies Korner to operate the daycare. At the time, Steadman, a young father, said they wanted

The Independent The 1991 International Plowing Match Legacy lives on, even as another is being planned for 2027. During the Brigden Fair, the IPM Legacy Scholarships were presented. Receiving the award were Tyler McGrail of Plympton-Wyoming, who is taking justice and legal studies at the University of Guelph in the hopes of becoming an environment lawyer, Julia Drury of Petrolia

Moratorium protecting all Lambton post offices from closing lifted Heather Wright/The Independent The mail is moving again but what will happen to small town post offices, including a number in Lambton County, remains up in the air. Friday CUP-W said Canada Post workers across the country would move from a nation-wide strike to rotating strikes. “This will start mail and

Blake Ellis/The Independent “It’s a place where conversation can lead to actions and it is also a place where conversation can just lead to more conversation,” said Leslie Chekan, a member of the Climate Action Sarnia-Lambton, as she opened the group’s first ever Climate Café.  Nearly a dozen people attended the gathering at Great Lakes Refill in Sarnia Sunday.  Climate