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Blake Ellis/The Independent The decommissioning of the sewage lagoon at Lambton Centennial Public School will cost $2.5 million.Work is continuing on the project which is well into its second phase. The school board discovered the school’s lagoon was at the end of its life during the 2023-24 school year and a plan was formulated for its decommissioning. The school was

Warwick Township is getting a $54,000 grant to upgrade Watford’s downtown. The township has received the funding from the My Main Street program from the federal government. Officials say the money will be used to install benches and bike racks, install a games table, landscape lighting and an information map at Bluebird Parkette, put up a new Old Fire Hall

The U16A Forest Ringette team has struck gold. The team defeated Dorchester in the final of the Whitby Wild Annual tournament over the weekend. Forest had a 3-0-1 record after the round robin. The team beat Ottawa in the semis in overtime. In the final, the Xtreme scored the only goal of the game in the final minute of play

Forest’s Tyler McGregor has been chosen as one of eight members of a new Hockey Canada National Team Athlete Committee. “The committee, which will represent the voice of Hockey Canada’s high-performance athletes across men’s, women’s and para hockey, will meet quarterly at a minimum and be empowered to make recommendations to Hockey Canada on issues that impact their fellow national

The Independent It will be easier for people in rural Lambton to get federal government services. Lambton County is partnering with Service Canada to provide clinics at libraries in Alvinston, Corunna, Forest, Thedford and Watford in the first week of January and February. The representatives will be able to help people with applications for benefits such as Employment Insurance, Social

Heather Wright/The Independent Warwick Township is still the lowest-taxed municipality in Lambton. That from figures provided by Treasurer Trevor Jarrett recently as he presented the draft 2025 budget. The municipality is expected to spend close to $12 million on capital projects, operating expenses and paying down its debt, particularly on the new East Lambton Community Complex in 2025. Jarrett says

The Lambton Attack are Silver Stick Champions. The U18 BB were undefeated in the Sarnia Girls’ Silver Stick and beat St. Thomas 2-1 in the final. Ironically, the team also beat St. Thomas in the first game of the tournament Thursday by the same 2-1 score. Friday, the Attack beat Owen Sound 3-1 and the London Devilettes 1-0 in round

Heather Wright/The Independent St Clair Township’s renovation of the Courtright Water Treatment plant will boost capital spending in 2025 to over $70 million. Township council recently reviewed and approved the capital budget, which will be finally approved when the township completes its operational budget in the New Year. There is $21,949,164 in capital spending planned for 2025 aside from the

The Independent Lambton OPP are once again warning seniors to be careful of callers claiming to be grandchildren in trouble. In early December, police heard from a Corunna resident who lost $8,500 to scammers. The victim told police they’d received a call from someone they thought was their grandchild. They had talked to the grandchild’s lawyer and arrangements were made.

Lambton OPP conducted about half the RIDE Checks over the 2024 Christmas season as they did in 2023. The OPP released RIDE statistics from across Western Ontario Friday. In all, OPP officers conducted 1,938 checks in 13 detachments laying 292 impaired driving charges and issuing 19 warnings. That’s down from 2023, when there were 2,446 checks and over 350 impaired

Lambton OPP hopes to find the owner of an urn. OPP received a call New Years’ Day about an urn recovered from the St. Clair River, near St. Clair Parkway, south of Moore Line. The urn is made of metal and is blue and silver in colour. The OPP is hoping to get the urn back to its rightful owner.

Cathy Dobson/The Independent Local labour analysts are choosing their words carefully as they describe a challenging employment picture for Sarnia-Lambton. “It’s not dismal. It could be worse,” said John Pilat, general manager of the Sarnia Construction Association. “We are doing considerably better than in (the) 2008 (recession), which was an extremely slow year.”  Sarnia-Lambton’s  latest unemployment rate is 8.3 per