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Heather Wright/The Independent Among the 143 pristine classic cars at the Oil Museum of Canada, Ron Atmore’s stands out. The 1935 Chevrolet’s story is told inside the vehicle. Atmore, from Brigden, bought the Chevy a decade ago. Unlike many of the classic cars at the Wells and Wheels event Saturday, the car has never been restored. And it is in

Heather Wright/The Independent There will be a walkway from a seniors’ housing development on Confederation Line into Wyoming. But just how it will be paid for is still up in the air. Plympton-Wyoming council agreed to a 1.5 meter multi-use path from the Gold Leaf Developments property into town. But Mayor Gary Atkinson says the details of who will pay

The Independent Lambton OPP are looking for three people after a break and enter at a Corunna variety store. OPP and the Walpole Island Police Service responded to a break and enter in progress at a convienence store south of St. Clair Boulevard on the St. Clair Parkway. Police say three people forced their way into the building and stole

The OPP say they’ll be out in force for the last long weekend of the summer. As of mid-August, 214 people have died on OPP patrolled roads this year. Police say speeding, alcohol or drug impairment, driver inattention or not wearing a seatbelt account for a significant number of the deaths. Police will be targeting drivers for those issues. They’ll

Heather Wright/The Independent Brooke-Alvinston’s municipal staff have been working with Victoria Playhouse Petrolia staff and officials from the Sarnia Community Foundation as it considers raising some cash to help fund a $2 million renovation of the Brooke-Alvinston-Inwood arena floor. The municipality has been staring down a $2 million bill to repair the ice making equipment in the arena floor. It

Heather Wright/The Independent The Ministry of the Environment says Chatham-Kent will have some say on what happens to the Dresden dump. York1 Environmental has plans to turn the derelict dump into a construction and soil waste recycling centre and rebuild the 20-acre landfill. Up to 700 trucks a day could be headed to Irish School Road site if the project

The Independent A new feature on iPhone is creating more calls for the St. Clair Township fire department. This morning around 4 am, crews were called to a vehicle accident on Bentpath Line. It was a false alarm. Chief Richard Boyes says this is the second time the department has been called to an accident because of a new crash

Heather Wright/The Independent Students arriving at Lambton College this year will have a lot more space to walk the halls. College officials say there will about 30 per cent fewer students at the Sarnia campus this year as the impacts of the changes to the International Student Visa programs take hold. In January 2024, the federal government admitted the program

Heather Wright/The Independent Two more people face charges in the theft of classic cars linked to a Watford dealer. One, the uncle of the first man charged in the case, is facing a charge of obstructing police. In 2023, Larry Grogan of Grogan Classics told Lambton OPP he was missing over 160 classic cars. May 14, the OPP searched a

Heather Wright/The Independent Plympton-Wyoming is hoping to secure a grant to improve businesses in Camlachie. Town council agreed Aug. 13 to apply for an Ontario Trillium Grant to extend the Community Improvement Program to the businesses in Camlachie. Right now, only Wyoming businesses apply and Plympton-Wyoming’s Chief Administrative Officer, Adam Sobanski says it has been successful. “Since the plan was

Heather Wright/The Independent Ted Hsu wants to know why Dresden is the answer to Ontario’s waste problems. The Liberal MPP from Kingston and the Islands has been asking some questions about why the Ford Government reneged on a planned Environmental Assessment for a project which will reactivate the former Dresden dump. He was in Dresden Friday night. In June, the

Blake Ellis/The Independent Enniskillen Township council presented Devon Gordon and Caroline St. Pierre, with $1,500 scholarships on Aug. 18. Gordon will be going to Lambton College where he will study in the instrumentation and control engineering technology program. St. Pierre’s aspiration is to become a pharmacist and will be studying to earn a pharmacology bachelor’s degree. Members of council’s scholarship