Heather Wright/The Independent Jerry Burns had a simple question of the candidates for Dawn-Euphemia council – why don’t we use rumble strips on our roads? For Burns, the township’s first fire chief and the organizer of the Sept. 23 debate, it’s a very personal matter. “My father was killed in an automobile accident 50 years ago, at the intersection of

Blake Ellis/The Independent The provincial government won’t provide transportation funding for First Nation students attending public schools. That word from Education Minister Paul Calandra on September 22. Lambton Kent District School Board Chair Kelley Robertson sent a letter to Calandra asking for Indigenous students living on First Nations who are attending Lambton-Kent schools be deemed as pupils of the board

Barry Wright/The Independent The next point for Evan Van Gorp with the London Knights will be a significant one. The Watford product has 99 career regular season points in the OHL after a two-goal performance for the Knights in a 7-4 home ice win over Owen Sound Friday night. He also had a plus four rating in the victory. London,

Barry Wright/The Independent To say what happened in Ottawa was a rarity would be a massive understatement. The Sting’s 10-3 win Sunday in the capital was its first in Ottawa in nearly two decades. Sarnia’s last victory againstthe 67’s on the road was Nov. 2007. The vast majority of the current Sting roster wasn’t born when Matt Martin and Steven