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Jeff Agar thinks St. Clair Township needs a change in leadership and he hoping voters will see him as the best choice for a new mayor. He’s currently wrapping up his third term as a Ward 1 council. “It was always my plan,” he explains, adding he’s served on a multitude of committees and knows how the process works. “Plus,”

Sixteen of Inwood’s 20 firefighters have resigned after a long-running dispute with Brooke-Alvinston Council and staff. Rob Howlett, who up until today was the chief of the Inwood department, says that spells an end to the department which would have celebrated its 70th anniversary this year. Howlett says the firefighters have long felt under appreciated and the issue came to

Watford’s downtown was filled with fire trucks Friday afternoon. Lambton OPP were called downtown to control traffic on Nauvoo Road around 4:30 pm. Police say the building was being renovated. There were no injuries.  

Petrolia’s Integrity Commissioner is urging council to dump the practice of questions from the public during council meetings. Nigel Bellchamber told council it can lead to councillors being “attacked” and “blindsided.” Bellchamber came to Petrolia’s council special meeting Monday saying through his work as the Integrity Commissioner – he’s currently investigating a complaint about Councillor Grant Purdy – he’s noticed

​The man who lead the union for local public elementary school teachers has died.      Ron Rivait was the president of the Lambton-Kent Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario for eight years and had been an elementary teacher since 1988. He spent much of his teaching career in Lambton County including in Sarnia, Forest, Mooretown and for a time at Lambton Centennial

  A Sarnia man is facing a charge of stunt driving after an incident in on Nauvoo Road in Brooke-Alvinston. OPP say they stopped a 2012 Chrysler was clocked doing 188 km/h – 98 km over the posted limit. A 36 year-old faces charges. And a 19 year-old St. Clair Township woman is facing stunt driving charges after OPP stopped

It appears there is more support to build a new community centre in Watford than there is to renovate Centennial Hall. Earlier this year, a consultant told Warwick Council the 50 year-old community hall is not up to code and suggested it should be closed instead of sinking hundreds of thousands of dollars into it. He suggested community events could

Lambton Public Health has found mosquitos carrying the West Nile Virus in Petrolia. Lori Lucas says one of the fixed mosquito traps in the town limits was found to have mosquitos carrying the disease July 25. It’s the first positive result of the 12 traps set out around Lambton this year. But Lucas says it isn’t really a surprise. West

When you are early for Tractor Day at LCCVI, why not head to Timmies first!

Petrolia officials are working to find a solution for Florence Avenue’s parking woes. The street, which is getting a major rebuild with the installation of water lines and sewers, will be permanently narrowed. When construction is completed, residents won’t have anywhere for their guests to park. Currently, people park on the road, but that won’t be possible when curbs and

They were born in the same place and now they’re celebrating their 100th birthday together. David Gall and Thelma Jacques were both born about 100 years ago in Edys Mills, south of Oil Springs. They went to a one-room school together for a while, but then lost track of each other. It wasn’t until they both moved into Park Street