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The Independent It will soon be easier to purchase hunting and fishing licenses. The Ontario government is launching FishHuntON an online and mobile app in 2027. It will provide about 1.5 million anglers and hunters with new ways to keep track of licences and tags including;

Heather Wright/The Independent The head of the Point Edward OPP Detachment Board wants the province to reconsider increasing the speed limit heading up to the Bluewater Bridge. The province announced June 26 it would be increasing speeds on most of the 400 series to 110 km/h. That includes the stretch on Highway 402 from Waterworks to 350m east of Colborne

The Independent A 66-year-old is facing six charges after a raid in Sarnia June 25, around 4:30 pm, officers from the Sarnia Police Drug Unit, Emergency Response Team and Canine Unit executed a search warrant on Russell St. South. Police seized about 205 grams of cocaine with an estimated value of $20,517 and over $740 in cash, and drug trafficking

The Independent June 29 is going to be a big day in Alvinston. That’s when the new concrete floor in the arena at the Brooke-Alvinston-Inwood Community Centre will be poured. Since April, construction crews have been working on the nearly $2 million project to replace the ice-making pipes and floor. Themunicipality received a provincial grant for about half of the

Blake Ellis/The Independent A new survey of Sarnia-Lambton voters shows they’re worried about the growing political divide in municipal politics and that disinformation is a barrier to casting a ballot. With the municipal and school board elections set for October, a local group wanted to figure out the barriers to voting and increase voter participation with Sarnia-Lambton. Healthy Democracy is

Heather Wright/The Independent A new exhibit celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Francophone Flag will highlight the history of the French in Sarnia-Lambton. The Centre communautaire francophone de Sarnia-Lambton was one of 17 groups to receive a grant to bring Ontario Francophone history to life in “Jasons Sarnia – Portraits of a Vibrant Francophonie.” Centre representative Lo-Anne Chan says they

Heather Wright/The Independent Lasalle Line residents may have a break from the dust being kicked up by traffic. But they shouldn’t expect the Brooke-Alvinston road to be paved anytime soon. Lasalle Line was turned back to gravel in 2024 when the cost of construction escalated. It’s remained gravel ever since. Twenty-three homeowners wrote to council concerned about the dust and

Heather Wright/The Independent Bluewater Health and the Ontario Health Team in Sarnia-Lambton will be in charge of recruiting new doctors in all of Lambton County. That’s according to Rosanne Orcutt, a long-time Petrolia health care advocate and the now former head of the Central Lambton Recruitment Committee. Bluewater Health had always recruited for specialists in the hospital. The Blue Coast

The Independent Bylaw enforcement officers in Petrolia now have rights of access enshrined in a municipal bylaw. A Right of Entry by-law is used to authorize municipal authority to enter private property for specific, legally permitted purposes, such as inspections. Director of Legal Services, Mandi Pearson, in a report to council Monday, said the entry must be “reasonable, for a

Cathy Dobson/The Independent Sarnia City/County Councillor Bill Dennis is the only member of Sarnia council against a new affordable housing project slated for a former church property on Cathcart Boulevard. “I have heard repeatedly from homeowners worried about the future of their neighbourhood and I understand why,” Dennis said at Tuesday’s council meeting. He doesn’t believe the county’s assurances that the

EF0 tornado touches down southeast of Alvinston Heather Wright/The Independent A major storm blew through Lambton Thursday dumping an estimated 15 to 75 mm of rain in the wake of its path. Around 4:20 pm Environment Canada issued a tornado warning saying a heavy band of storms would be passing through Marthaville, Wyoming and Petrolia. While there was rain, there

Cathy Dobson/The Independent Hail, thunderstorms and several tornado threats didn’t deter thousands from lining up to Catch the Ace Thursday at the Sarnia Legion Branch 62.  And they’ll all be back to do it again next Thursday. The Legion’s Catch the Ace progressive raffle lottery is moving to week 43, generating a record $3.6 million prize board and massive weekly