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Heather Wright/The Independent Chatham-Kent’s mayor says allowing the York1 Environmental project to move ahead without an Environmental Assessment sets a dangerous precedent. But the Energy Minister and Ministry of Environment staffers continue to say the derelict Dresden dump is an existing landfill and is the quickest option to ease Ontario’s landfill worries in the face of US tariffs. Chatham-Kent Mayor

Heather Wright/The Independent The Lancers claimed the AA title at the SWOSSAA Track and Field Championships. Nine LCCVI athletes competing in 14 events have advanced to the West Region finals at Western University May 29 – 30. Meagan Munro, Kole Chapman, Xander Knapp, Campbelle Brown, James Grant, Hunter Campbell, Darius Landon, Jayden Davis-Lumley, and Jamison Helps will represent the Lancers

Lambton OPP have charged the passenger of a vehicle which crashed near Sombra, killing a young Walpole Island First Nation boy. April 29, just before 7 pm, a vehicle crashed at the intersection of St. Clair Parkway and West Smith Line in Sombra. A six year old died in the crash. Two others were seriously injured but OPP say they

Heather Wright/The Independent There is more than a little tension around the Lambton County council table recently. It stems from an in camera incident which led to shouting loud enough to be heard in the council chambers. It stems, sources tell The Independent, from the investigation by the Integrity Commissioner into the conduct of Sarnia City/County Councillor Bill Dennis. Nov.

Heather Wright/The Independent The Wyoming Lions and the local community foundation are gearing up to raise money to fix the Wyoming Pool. The pool in McKay Park was built in 1972 and has been a hub for the community for over 50 years with small children learning how to swim and some eventually returning for summer jobs as lifeguards. But

Another accident at the corner of Forest and London Line. Friday, just before 2 pm, OPP were called to the corner for an accident. One of the drivers was transport to hospital by paramedics with non-life threatening injuries. A 54-year-old of Petrolia was charged under the Highway Traffic Act with Starting from stopped position – not in safety After multiple

John Wright/The Independent The LCCVI Lancers senior girls soccer team beat Great Lakes seven-nil in the LKSSAA AA final on Wednesday afternoon to capture their second title in the last three seasons.  The Lancers took a commanding lead in the first half with Olivia Minten netting two goals. Myla Bell and Noelle Edgar scored to extend the lead to 4-0

Heather Wright/The Independent James Grant and Meagan Munro won big at SWOSSAA in Lasalle Wednesday. Grant won the Senior 1500m race with a time of 4:07.63, 0.62 better than the second place finisher Elliott Lester of Holy Names. He’ll head to the West Region Championships in London next week. Grant also placed eighth in the Senior 400m. Meantime, Munro won

Heather Wright/The Independent There is a plan to generate power again at the former Lambton Generation Station site in Courtright Atura Power, a subsidiary of Ontario Power Generation, wants to build a 500 megawatt natural gas power plant on the site. Chris Penny, senior manager of business development for Atura Power, told St. Clair Township councillors Monday the plan is

Cathy Dobson/The Independent Lambton’s homelessness outreach team recently cleared an encampment in St. Clair Township. Two weeks ago, an industry in St. Clair Township contacted the municipal office and reported someone living on their property along the St. Clair River. It turned out multiple people were located there on land that straddled a public park. “We called Ian (Hanney’s) team

Some are encouraged, others say numbers are ‘laughable‘ Cathy Dobson/The Independent Lambton County’s manager of homelessness prevention says fewer than 20 people currently live rough in Sarnia-Lambton, a remarkable decrease from the many dozens living on the street last year. And in the past six months, social services have helped more than 100 homeless find housing, says Ian Hanney, manager

Heather Wright/The Independent The child care crunch in Watford has been eased. Warwick Township and the Lambton-Kent District School Board say there will be before and after school day care in September provided by North Lambton Childcare Centre. In March, parents learned that Lambton Rural Child Care’s Best Start Program would end. The only other program at the local Catholic