The Independent It was wall-to-wall people all weekend at the Brigden Fair as warm, clear weather drew people fromacross southern Ontario to the St. Clair Township community for the 175th year of the event.

Sydney Goodreau/The Independent It was a display of the raw power of horses. For the first time in nearly a decade, the Brigden Fair brought back the heavy horse pull contest. Horses lined up beside their owners, Oct. 10, before being hooked up to cinder blocks weighing upwards of 2,500 lbs. Each team of horses pulls two loads to determine

Heather Wright/The Independent Plympton-Wyoming is balking at new rules which force St. Clair Region Conservation Authority Board members to step away from some hearings. Sept. 23, the board of directors, which is mostly made up of municipal politicians, updated its rules for hearings. In rare circumstances, residents appeal a decision made by conservation staff on planning matters. In the last

Heather Wright/The Independent The Forest Curling Club will be getting $112,000 from Lambton Shores. But whether it gets a loan to help kick-start the renovation project at the arena has yet to be seen. The arena needs to replace its ice making plant. The plan is to build it on a fenced, concrete pad outside of the rink. The club