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Blake Ellis/The Independent Lambton Kent District School Board has a completely rewritten is travel expense rule in the wake of thee educators trip to Hawaii for a conference. . Trustees passed new regulation at its Feb. 11 school board meeting approval of travel outside of Ontario. A three Indigenous educators travelled to Hawaii in January 2024 for a conference at

The Independent There are three more candidates in the race for the job of Sarnia-Lambton MPP. Elections Ontario says Mark Lamore, Pamela Reid and Tom Stoukas are now in the race. Stoukas, who is running for the Populist Ontario party, used to own Athena’s Restaurant in Petrolia. During the pandemic in 2021, Stoukas opposed the provincial COVID-19 mandate which required

Heather Wright/The Independent They’re back. Ten months after knocking on the doors of prospective voters in Lambton-Kent-Middlesex in a May by-election, the same four candidates are out on the streets again, vying for votes in the provincial election. And depending on which candidate you talk to it’s either vital or completely unnecessary. Doug Ford called the snap election for Feb.

Heather Wright/The Independent There could be a new $10.8 million paramedic headquarters in Lambton. The idea to consolidate the administration, which had been based at Lambton Meadowview, operations, logistics and storage, was part of an emergency medical services master plan brought to county council last year, said Stephen Turner, Manager, emergency medical services, in his report to council. It said

The Independent The Town of Petrolia is preparing to celebrate families. On the Family Day weekend, Feb. 15 to 17, the town has all kinds of events planned. The annual snow sculpture contest is already underway. The town and the Central Lambton-Petrolia Optimists are looking for snow creations of woodland creatures until Feb. 17 at 4 pm. Saturday, there will

Heather Wright/The Independent There are now six people on the ticket in the race to become the next MPP for Sarnia-Lambton. The president of the Libertarian Party of Canada, Jacques Boudreau, and former Sarnia City Councillor and current owner of an online news organization, Nathan Colquhoun, is running as an independent. They join incumbent Bob Bailey of the Ontario PCs,

The Independent It’s a question Plympton-Wyoming Councillor Bob Woolvett hears “every morning, all week” – when are the traffic lights at Broadway and Confederation coming. The town pushed Lambton County to help install the lights, going so far as to hire its own consultant to point out the increasing traffic which makes it difficult to make left hand turns near

Lambton Public Health is trying to track down a dog and its owner after a walker was bit. Officials say between 1:30 and 2pm Feb. 10, a person was bitten while at the Blackwell Trail in Sarnia. They’re looking for a medium sized dog with brown fur and resembling a boxer. It was being walked by a woman between 40

Heather Wright/The Independent “Why would somebody give 6.2 million for a banana on the wall?” That’s what Forest’s Jose Van Haastert thought after seeing what a crypto billionaire paid for a piece of conceptual art with a banana on the wall. Her family talked about the massive price tag for the art over Christmas. But the idea got Van Haastert,

Students in St. Clair Township and Sarnia will be able to apply for a new scholarship program, named in honour of an Ontario Court Justice from Sarnia. The Sarnia Community Foundation says the family of the late Anne McFadyen has set up an annual scholarship program, similar to LCCVI’s Nicol Scholarships. It will honour five graduating students from Great Lakes

“I find the new Chief of the Amjiwnaang (sic)remarks to be a threat against me for doing my job,” says Dennis Heather Wright/The Independent Aamjiwnaang’s chief has filed complaints to both the Lambton County and Sarnia Integrity Commissioner over comments made by Bill Dennis. Nov. 27, Lambton County Council received a letter from Chief Janelle Nahmabin about fines paid by

Plympton-Wyoming to set up donation fund for applications in 2026 Heather Wright/The Independent Plympton-Wyoming will honour its commitment to provide a $10,000 grant to both Petrolia and Forest.But the municipality plans to set up a grant program to decide what organizations and municipalities get Plympton-Wyoming’s cash. Councillors recently decided against entering an agreement with Petrolia to formalize a grant provided