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Wyoming’s Myers sets new team record

September 1, 2023

Noah Myers is now a record holder with the Evansville Otters of the Independent League.

The Wyoming Wrangler grad scored his 84th run of the regular season last night and also drove in a run as the Otters clinched a playoff spot with a 6-0 victory. The previous mark of 83 runs scored by an Otter was set in 2017.

Evansville opens the playoffs with a wild card game next Tuesday.

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Feds say tariff support for business and agriculture will last as long as its needed

August 27, 2026

Blake Ellis/The Independent The recent trade proposal from the United States was “either fair nor economically sound, ” says Secretary of State for the Canadian Revenue Agency Wayne Long. He was describing the recent round of trade talks that fell through six days ago and led to 50 percent US tariffs being imposed on Canada. The secretary of state was

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OPP continues search for missing Scarborough man

August 27, 2026

Heather Wright/The Independent Lambton OPP have brought in boats, planes and the underwater recovery unit as the search for a missing swimmer in Lake Huron off Pinery Provincial Park continues. Around 1 pm Wednesday, OPP were called to the area after a 28 year-old Scarborough man had trouble in the water. Friends swimming with the man tried to rescue him,

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Swimmer missing in Lake Huron off Pinery Park

August 26, 2026

The Independent A man is missing in the waters off Piney Park. Eyewitnesses at the provincial park say early this afternoon a group of friends was swimming when one man disappeared. One of the man’s friends tried to rescue him, but later was himself taken from the water for medical treatment. Boats along the shoreline could be seen searching for

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2027 IPM finds its new home near Petrolia

August 26, 2026

Heather Wright/The Independent The Ontario Plowmens’ Association has found a new Lambton County home for the 2027 International Plowing Match. It will be at the farm of Clayton and Linda McLauchlin east of Petrolia. In a news release the OPA says, their farms provide an “open agricultural landscape” and is accessible for the show which is expected to draw upwards

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