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Veterans move Mooretown to victory

February 27, 2023

Brody Genyn and Logan Gardner each had a goal and two assists and goaltender John Chartrand stopped 39 of 40 sent his way in a 5-1 win by the Mooretown Flags over Amherstburg Saturday.

Blake Howard had a goal and an assist for the Flags with Tristen Konrad and Ryan Vidler adding the others. Levi Plain had two assists.

Mooretown is now five points back of Blenheim for fourth place in the league’s Stobbs Division with the Flags and Blades playing Wednesday at the Moore Sports Complex. in all likelihood, the Flags and Blades will face each other in the first round of the playoffs next month.

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Premier promises to ban public use of drugs, allow police to remove encampments

December 5, 2024

Ontario Premier Doug Ford says there will be new rules to help address homeless encampments. A group of nine mayors recently wrote to the premier suggesting he use the Not Withstanding Clause of the Constitution to allow police to remove the tent cities across the province. The courts have banned the forced removal of the encampments. Lambton County and City

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Warwick mayor says WM will have to talk cash for expansion

December 5, 2024

Heather Wright/The Independent Waste Management may believe there isn’t a need to renegotiate the agreement it has with Warwick Township should its expansion project be approved, but the mayor begs to differ. WM held an open house Nov. 27 to give the community information about the project which will see the Twin Creeks Landfill’s life extended by 12 years. The

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Lambton politicians dismiss request to remove fluoride from water

December 5, 2024

Lambton won’t be removing fluoride from its water anytime soon. Former Sarnia City-County Councillor Margaret Bird sent a letter to county council asking for the move citing a decision in a US court in California. Sarnia City/County Councillor Bill Dennis took up her argument at the Nov. 27 council meeting asking for a report from staff. Dennis said Sarnia looked

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Helping rural women facing violence

December 5, 2024

Cathy Dobson/The Independent A leading expert in gender-based violence says distance and isolation in rural areas make confronting intimate partner violence more difficult. That from Pamela Cross, a lawyer who has advocated for victims of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) and frontline workers for more than three decades. Cross, who has an extensive knowledge about the challenges for women in rural

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