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The Independent Dozens of farm tractors rumbled down Petrolia Line during LCCVI’s annual Tractor Day. Students drive their tractors to work and then head out on lunch break each year, forming an informal parade past St. Philip’s Catholic School and down the main street. The tractors made it all the way to Lambton Central Centennial School on Oil Heritage Road

Barry Wright/The Independent Dale Hunter’s London Knights took fourth place and home ice in round one of the postseason when Jack Nesbitt and the Windsor Spitfires beat the Greyhounds, 5-3 in the Soo on the final day of the regular season. Nesbitt, the Philadelphia Flyers first round pick last summer, with family ties to Petrolia and Alvinston, had a hat

John Wright/The Independent Relentless forechecking and strong goaltending from Chloe Reid helped LCCVI take down St. Charles College (Sudbury) 2-0 in the OFSAA A/AA girls’ hockey quarterfinals on Wednesday afternoon in Port Hope. Mya Thorne broke the seal with 2:40 remaining in the first period. She was first player to get a puck past St. Charles goalie Kloe Rienguette who

Barry Wright/The Independent Oil Springs’ Cash McKinnon and Team Ontario blanked Montreal, 2-0 in the championship contest to capture the Tier 1 title at the Silver Stick Sled Finals in Grand Rapids, Michigan last weekend. The win avenged a 1-0 loss to Montreal in the preliminary round. Ontario beat Pittsburgh and New York in pool play and went 3-1 overall.

Heather Wright/The Independent Warwick Township politicians are voicing concerns about a plan by Waste Management to dig up, rebuild and reuse the former Watford dump land. Wayne Jenkin, the landfill engineering manager, talked to council Monday about three construction projects planned at the Twin Creeks Landfill including the first of a three-year project to reuse the acreage which was the

Heather Wright/The Independent There may be an OHL Hockey Night in Watford to benefit the Alvinston arena. Warwick Township councillors have agreed to join with Brooke-Alvinston hosting an OHL exhibition game between the London Knights and the Erie Otters Aug. 29. Jill Joris, Brooke-Alvinston’s fundraising and marketing coordinator told Warwick council Monday her municipality was offered the opportunity as a

John Wright/The Independent The LCCVI Lancers girls hockey team will have a shot at making the quarterfinals after picking up a point on the first day of the OFSAA A/AA girls hockey championships in Cobourg. The Lancers rebounded from a tough start to tie Burlington Central High School 1-1 on Tuesday afternoon. Emma Canivet buried a breakaway chance 1:55 into

The Independent The LCCVI Girls Hockey team is still looking for the first win at OFSSA. The tournament began in Cobourg this morning with the Lancers taking on Holy Cross Catholic Secondary School out of St. Catharines. Caileigh Tiller had five of Holy Cross’ seven goals in the 7-2 win over LCCVI. Ella McCallum and Oliva Minten scored for the

Barry Wright/The Independent Shona Branton won a pair of bronze medals at the U Sports national university swimming championship last weekend in the GTA. She missed a silver medal by a blink of an eye. The veteran swimmer, representing Western, finished third in the 50-metre breaststroke in a time of 30.64 seconds only two/100th of a second behind the second

Barry Wright/The Independent Heading for the final weekend of the OHL regular season, the Soo Greyhounds are clinging to a one point lead over London for home ice advantage in the first round of the playoffs. The Greyhounds have 82 points to London’s 81 with both teams having three games left to play. The Knights take on the Storm in

Heather Wright/The Independent There was over $206.6 million in residential construction in Lambton County in 2025 – a 22.3 per cent increase in value over 2024. And that construction created 491 new housing units, 31.6 per cent more homes than were built in 2024. That’s from figures provided by Corrine Nauta, Lambton County’s Chief Building official for all the municipalities

The Independent The season has ended for the Petrolia Squires. The home team fell 4-3 in overtime to Elora at Greenwood Friday. After, Petrolia won the series opener, the Rocks reeled off four straight wins to take the Ontario Elite Hockey League semi-final in five games. Friday, after the visitors scored early in each of the first and second periods,