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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

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,

The Independent Goals by Brandon Couto and James McEwan 28 seconds apart midway through the third period broke a 2-2 tie and led the Alvinston Killer Bees to a 5-2 home ice playoff victory Friday. The Bees scored four unanswered goals in the final frame. Alvinston now leads the best-of-seven Metropolitan Division final two games to one. Game four is

The St. Clair Region Conservation Authority says Environment and Climate Change Canada has issued a rainfall warning for the region, with 20 to 40 mm of rainfall from Tuesday night to Wednesday. Locally higher amounts of rain are possible in areas that receive thunderstorms. Heavy downpours may cause flash floods and water pooling on roads. Localized flooding in low-lying areas

Heather Wright/The Independent Twenty-five per cent of Lambton County households can’t afford the food on their table. That’s according to Lambton Public Health’s annual food affordability study. Over a week in May 2025, county officials collected food pricing data in grocery stores in Sarnia, Petrolia, Corunna and Forest for 61 items which should feed a family of four, according to

Heather Wright/The Independent Ontario is moving ahead with changes to conservation authorities, merging 36 agencies into nine in a bid to harmonize regulation and make it easier for developers to get housing projects approved. In Lambton, boundary change being met with guarded optimism with the head of the St. Clair Region Conservation Authority saying the new regions may be the

Heather Wright/The Independent The LCCVI Girls Hockey team is on the way to the provincial championship in Coburg. The team beat the L’Essor Eagles 2-0 to win the AA SWOSSAA Championship title Tuesday afternoon at the Greenwood Recreation Centre in Petrolia. Ella McCallum had both goals for the Lancers, one in the second off the stick of Meagan Munro and

John Wright/The Independent The LCCVI Lancers boys hockey season has come to an end after losing 5-2 to the L’Essor Eagles in the SWOSSAA ‘AA’ final in Tecumseh on Tuesday afternoon. L’Essor scored the lone of the opening period 43 seconds into the frame to take the lead. The Eagles came out hot again in the second period, getting a

The Independent Over 500 students may get a surprise when they head to school Tuesday. Lambton Public Health officials say as of late Monday, 513 elementary and secondary school students have incomplete immunization records and will be suspended Tuesday. Parents and guardians are required under the Immunization of School Pupils Act to report their child’s immunization or exemption status to

Blake Ellis/The Independent The Lambton Kent District School Board is using technology to teach Indigenous languages in the classroom.  Trustees heard at its meeting on Feb. 24, that the school board launched an app for Anishnaabemowin and Lenape languages to assist in the learning of the language. The school board offers Anishnaabemowin as a second language and Lenape as a