New transitional housing opens at former SCITS
Forest area students heading to Indigenous Games
May 1, 2023
A number of North Lambton Secondary students will be representing their communities in the North American Indigenous Games in Halifax in July.
Mariah Altiman, a Grade 11 student, will be part of the Team Ontario 19U volleyball squad at the Games.
She plays club volleyball with the White Sharks in London and is also a member of the Wyoming Wranglers U17 fastball team
Rogan Sands has been chosen as part the Team Ontario fastball team for the North American Indigenous Games in Halifax this summer.
Sands is also a student at North Lambton Secondary School in Forest.
And two wrestlers from North Lambton in Forest have been named to Team Ontario for the Games in Halifax this summer. Hayden Wilson of Thedford and Watford’s Devyn Manning received word via email this week.
The Games will be held July 15-23.
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New transitional housing opens at former SCITS
July 31, 2026
Cathy Dobson/The Independent A beloved historic building in Sarnia’s south end is slowly transitioning from a vacated high school into a sober haven for people displaced by life’s challenges. The latest tenant to lease a portion of the 104-year-old former SCITS building is The Anchor, a non-profit that offers 20 bedrooms and living facilities for people in transition, says CEO
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Investigation into suspended Sarnia police chief now a criminal matter
July 31, 2026
Heather Wright/The Independent The investigation of the actions of Sarnia Police Chief Derek Davis is now a criminal matter. That’s according to a letter from the Law Enforcement Complaints Agency sent to the owner of The Sarnia Journal. It was provided to The Independent by Nathan Colquhoun and verified by the LECA as authentic. Colquhoun filed the complaint to the
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One person arrested on roof of Harbour Road business
July 31, 2026
The Independent A man is facing charges after the K9 unit tracked him to a roof of a business on Harbour Road. Sarnia Police were called to the business on the waterfront around 1:30 pm July 30 after someone entered the building without authorization and was still inside. The officers called out for the person to leave, but didn’t receive
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Early morning crash in Alvinston claims one life
July 31, 2026
The Independent One person has died in a crash at the corner of Courtright Line and Nauvoo Road. Lambton OPP, Brooke Fire Rescue and Lambton paramedics were called to the scene just before 7:30 am this morning. Police say the only person in vehicle, a 21-year-old from Newbury, was pronounced dead at the scene. Lambton OPP and the OPP Traffic
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