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Heather Wright/The Independent Outgoing Lambton Shores Mayor Doug Cook is hopeful the new council will keep moving the community forward. Cook, who has served Lambton Shores as a councillor, deputy mayor and mayor over 17 years, was defeated at the polls Oct. 26. Jeff Wilcox and the rest of the new council will be sworn in Nov. 17. Cook says

Heather Wright/The Independent Outgoing Brooke-Alvinston Mayor David Ferguson says he’s proud of the work done to secure funding for recreational projects in his time in office. Ferguson, who did not seek re-election, made the comment in an interview with The Independent at his last official meeting, Lambton County council Nov. 4. “The arena project is a big one,” he says.

The Independent Taner Degurse gets a hug from her dad, Mark, at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in Toronto. The Mooretown resident competed against the best of the best with her 4H heifer, CRG Miss Canada at is the largest indoor agricultural fair and international equestrian competition in the world. Degurse’s heifer was named Champion Junior yearling, and National Champion

The Independent WM officially opened its $200 million renewable natural gas plant and pipeline Thursday. The methane produced at Twin Creeks – one of the largest in Ontario – already powers a nearby greenhouse complex. But only 40 per cent of what is produced by the 1.4 million tonnes of waste hauled to the site yearly is used at the

The Independent A few tense moments at LCCVI this afternoon. Students were held at the school until after the normal end of their day after the Lambton-Kent District School Board had students and staff in a “hold and secure” state as a safety measure. LKDSB Public Relations Officer Caress Lee says the school was alerted to an incident at the

The Independent The Wyoming Lion and Lioness Clubs donated $93,000 to the renovations at Charlotte Eleanor Englehart Hospital and the expansion of St. Joseph’s Hospice at Lambton Meadowview Villa. Tuesday night, the clubs donated $43,203 to St. Joseph’s Hospice. Lions and Lioness Presidents Paul Hendrick and Vicki Ducharme, presented the cheque to Kelly Chartrand, executive director, and Tammy Witcher, special

Heather Wright/The Independent Students, staff, parents, siblings and members of the Alvinston Legion took time to remember with the students at Brooke Central School. Students created class wreaths to lay at the cross in gymnasium, sang in Flanders Field and observed a moment of silence with members of the Legion after the community’s ceremony at the cenotaph.

Blake Ellis/The Independent People in Warwick Township joined the rest of the nation at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month to remember those who served our nation in the military. Hundreds gathered in Watford for the Act of Remembrance led by the Watford Legion members.

The Independent Members of the community and students from the local schools gathered at Victoria Park in Petrolia for the Remembrance Day ceremony Wednesday morning.

The Independent For each of the 87 names on Petrolia’s cenotaph, there is the story of a young man who went to serve his country and never returned. Robert James Atkins was one of those men. There is little known about Atkins other than he was born Feb. 28, 1917 in Petrolia, the son of George and Roxie May (Tithecott)

Blake Ellis/The Independent “On Indigenous Veterans’ Day, we recognize the courage, sacrifice and service of our First Nations veterans who answered the call to serve our country,” said Chief Kim Bressette of the Chippewas of Kettle and Stony Point First Nation. She led the community in honouring those who served on Indigenous Veterans’ Sunday Nov. 8. “Many left their families,

Cathy Dobson/The Independent This Remembrance Day, local historian, Gord MacKenzie, wants Canadians to reflect on the sacrifices of two Canadian battalions in Hong Kong that he says are generally forgotten. “The Canadian government wanted to forget it. They just didn’t want to admit they sent untrained, unprepared troops to go fight in Hong Kong,” said MacKenzie. “And they listened to