LCCVI provides music at the market
US Border Control finds 266 pounds of cocaine heading to Canada
August 6, 2024
US Border Services has found 266 pounds of cocaine in the wall of a truck bound for Canada.
In a news release, officials say an x-ray scan and physical inspection of an outbound tractor trailer was conducted by officers and a K-9 team. They found 100 bricks of suspected narcotics concealed behind a false wall in the trailer. It was confirmed to be cocaine through subsequent testing.
The cocaine the truck and trailer were seized. The driver, a Canadian citizen, will face prosecution in St. Clair County. The driver’s name has not yet been released.
US Homeland Security is still investigating the incident.
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LCCVI provides music at the market
May 27, 2026
The Independent The sound of music drew a crowd a the Petrolia Farmers’ Market Wednesday as LCCVI held its annual Music Night. Family and friends pulled up lawn chair to listen to everything from the drum line to the Smash Band, students from different grades with different levels of musical experience who get together to jam.
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Suspended Sarnia police chief will have to pay legal bill for defamation suit
May 27, 2026
The Independent The head of the Sarnia Police Services board says taxpayers won’t be paying the legal bills Chief Derek Davis’ defamation suit. Davis, who is now suspended during a workplace harassment investigation, filed the $1.5-million suit against The Sarnia Journal and its publisher Nathan Colquhoun April 7 after a series of stories and columns critical of the chief. At the
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Ursuline defeats LCCVI in Lambton-Kent Rugby final
May 27, 2026
The Independent The powerhouse Ursuline College Girls’ Rugby team defeated LCCVI claiming the Lambton-Kent championship in Chatham Thursday. UCC Lancers have dominated play in the league’s short season, going 4-0 before the L-K final, including defeating the Petrolia Lancers in the first game of the season. In the Lambton-Kent final May 27, LCCVI came out strong in the first half,
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ROADS TO RECOVERY: Hope lives inside a 12-step meeting
May 27, 2026
EDITOR’S NOTE: Sarnia-Lambton is struggling with an unprecedented addiction crisis, generating plenty of news about overdoses and homelessness. But sometimes there is recovery. And it’s anticipated that new government investment in local services and facilities will bring additional relief. The award-winning team of journalist Cathy Dobson and photographer Glenn Ogilvie set out this past winter to find individuals who have
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