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Soybean quality deteriorates in heat Heather Wright/The Independent The soybean harvest is just about complete but the hot weather which led to a speedy harvest is also causing a few problems in Central Lambton. Lambton’s largest crop is soybeans with almost half of the county’s 550,000 acres planted with the beans. Harvesters have been running night and day to bring in

Perfect weather lead to big crowds at the annual event

Warwick Township native Meagan Aarts has been hailed as a “gritty Ontario farmer” who helped new standards for hockey at the University of Maine. Aarts, who grew up on a farm near Watford, was honoured by the UMaine Black Bears Women’s Hockey Team Sept. 26 as she was inducted into the university’s Sports Hall of Fame. Aarts played minor hockey

Blake Ellis/The Independent You may soon see concrete barriers in front of Lambton Kent District School Board child care centres. The board is taking actions in the name of safety after a directive was received from Ontario Minister of Education to block the use of parking spaces that are adjacent to childcare facilities.  A one-and-half year old boy was killed

During the Postal Strike, The Independent will be removing our paywall giving access to our E-Edition posted on our website to all. You can find the Oct. 2 edition here: https://petrolialambtonindependent.ca/e-edition/october-2-2025/ And you can read our Brigden Fair Special feature here: https://petrolialambtonindependent.ca/e-edition/oct-2-2025-brigden-fair-special-edition/

The Independent The Sting had a double-digit offensive output with a 7-4 win over the Flint Firebirds at Progressive Auto Sales Arena Sunday. Sarnia, now 2-2 on the season, having beaten Sudbury 6-1 Friday night. Jordan Bax, Ryder Simpson, Jacob Reese and Cameron Aucoin all recorded their first career OHL tallies for Sarnia and Patrick Quinlan stopped 27 of 28

Jack Nesbitt has been returned to the OHL’s Windsor Spitfires from the Philadelphia Flyers training camp. Nesbitt, the Lambton Jr. Sting grad, was the 12th overall pick by the Flyers at the NHL draft earlier this year. Nesbitt, who has family ties to Alvinston and Petrolia, is expected to make his season debut with the Spits on Thursday at home

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Heather Wright/The Independent Robert Bradshaw is a wanted man, again. The man at the center of a massive classic car theft case did not appear in court as ordered Sept. 18. Robert Bradshaw and five others face charges after 160 classic cars were never delivered to a Watford dealer. Larry Grogan reported them missing to Lambton OPP in 2023. According

Barry Wright/The Independent The thermometer may not agree, but OHL hockey is back. Both the Sarnia Sting and the defending Memorial Cup champion London Knights open the new campaign with home games on Friday. The Sting are home to the Windsor Spitfires on Friday, the same night London entertains Owen Sound. London plays at Windsor on Saturday and the Sting make the

Heather Wright/The Independent The man at the center of a massive classic car theft case is still on the lam and is facing new charges. That’s according to the Belleville Crown Attorney prosecuting Robert Bradshaw and five others over allegations 160 classic cars were never delivered to a Watford dealer. In 2023, Larry Grogan went to Lambton OPP saying he was missing

Barry Wright/The Independent The Sting came up empty in its two exhibition games in Midland.   Sarnia fell to 0-3-1 in the preseason bowing 7-2 and 5-3 to North Bay and Barrie respectively. Eamon Edgar, who has family connections to Petrolia, scored one of the goals for the Colts in the second victory. Sarnia closes out its exhibition schedule against