Enniskillen’s Claire Jardine has been a teamster for 80 years Kathy Ehman/The Independent As Canada emerged from the trials of World War ll, Claire Jardine was just beginning a 79-year career as a teamster. He already had several years experience driving his grandfather’s team of draft horses. “I was a week off 13. I drove horses from the time I

The Petrolia Flyers jumped to a 3-0 lead after a period on minor hockey night and coasted to a 6-2 win over the Aylmer Spitfires at Greenwood Recreation Centre on Thursday. It was Petrolia’s fifth straight PJHL win and improved their Yeck division-leading record to 25-10-3. Austin Harper (below) and Parker Davidson both scored twice for the winners with the

The Independent A couple more candidates have joined the race to become the MPP for Sarnia-Lambton. Rachel Willsie will run for the Ontario Liberals in the Feb. 27th election. Willsie is a registered nurse with 15 years of experience. She recently went back to school to pursue a degree in psychology and political science. Ontario’s Liberal Leader, Bonnie Crombie, is

Heather Wright/The Independent Michele LaLonge-Davey has been kicked, scratched and head butted by the school children she was trying to help. It’s part of the increasing amount of violence members of CUPE working for both the public and Catholic boards in Lambton County are reporting. The educational assistant and president of Local 1238 of CUPE says lack of provincial funding