Feasey heading to the OHL as assistant coach in Owen Sound
Celebrating volunteers
April 18, 2023
The Watford Optimists celebrated 50 years of serving the community by thanking people who serve the community. George and Rhonda Noll were named the Optimists’ Citizens of the Year at their banquet over the Easter weekend which 400 people attended. The couple headed up the East Lambton Community Complex Fundraising campaign. The Optimists also recognized the founding members of the Optimist Club, Harley and Dorothy Wilcocks and Jerry and Joan Westgate.
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Feasey heading to the OHL as assistant coach in Owen Sound
October 17, 2026
The Independent The Alvinston Killer Bees is loosing one of their key players – but the team is excited the captain’s next big thing. Brennan Feasey will be an assistant coach with the Owen Sound Attack of the Ontario Hockey League. For the last four years, Feasey has been coaching while playing a key role with the Killer Bees. Last
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LAMBTON VOTES – AUDIO: Brooke-Alvinston Round Table Discussion
October 16, 2026
Roads should be priority one Heather Wright/The Independent Roads and bridges and how they’re going to get fixed in a time of shrinking grants from the recent Round Table with some of the candidates for Brooke-Alvinston Council. The Independent sat down with, mayoral candidate Jamie Armstrong, and council candidates Greg Hillyard, Frank Nemcek, Ian Lehrbass, and Diane Mac Dougall Sept.
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LAMBTON VOTES – AUDIO: Warwick Township Round Table discussion
October 16, 2026
Natural gas decision may come soon, but warwick has heard that before Heather Wright/The Independent In 2018, the Ford government sent the then Lambton-Kent-Middlesex MPP to Warwick with good news; natural gas was coming to the community. Eight years and dozens of meetings with the provincial government later, the community is still waiting. During a Round Table hosted by The
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NOVA fined $150K after 2024 benzene leak
October 16, 2026
The Independent NOVA Chemicals has been found guilty of failing to report a benzene spill at its Petrolia Line plant. On Jan. 20, 2024, there was a spill of about 1,475 litres of benzene. An investigation found the benzene leaked out of the gear box vent of a pump due to a failed seal within the pump. The benzene which
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