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John Wright/The Independent It was a historic moment for the LCCVI Girls’ Hockey team, but it was marred by frustration. “The girls made history today and we’re really proud of them,” said Coach Scott Watson after the Lancers lost 3-2 in a shootout to Crestwood Preparatory College from Toronto in the bronze medal game of the OFSAA A/AA girls hockey

The Independent If you’re one of those people who can’t miss a text, even when you’re driving, Lambton OPP is looking for you. Starting Friday, the detachment is part of the Stay Focused traffic enforcement campaign. Police say in 2024, in 114 collisions, 125 people died; 45 of those deaths were linked to inattentive driving. There were 22 deaths linked

The Independent Heartbreak in Cobourg as the LCCVI Lancers fall to Crestwood Preparatory College in the bronze medal game. It was 2-1 for LCCVI after 2 with goals from Rylan Hall and Heidi Shaw. Crestwood tied it up in the third. The overtime period was scoreless with Crestwood winning in a shootout. MORE TO COME…

The Lancers fell to Georgian Bay District 4-2 Thursday morning John Wright/The Independent LCCVI made a valiant comeback effort but fell just short, losing 4-2 to Georgian Bay District Secondary School from Midland in the semifinals of the OFSAA A/AA girls hockey championships Thursday morning in Cobourg. Georgian Bay jumped out a lead when Daelia Coutts buried a loose puck

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