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The Independent The United Way hopes to raise $1.49 million in Sarnia-Lambton this year. It’s the same amount the local charity has raised since 2022, when the charity tried to raise $1,650,000 to meet the needs of the community. “Achieving this goal will ensure continued support for 28 local programs delivered through 16 partner agencies, serving thousands of people across

Lambton OPP are investigating a break-in at a Port Lambton business. Police say just after 6 pm Aug. 17, police from Walpole Island and the OPP responded to West Holt Line in Port Lambton for an alarm at a business. Police say two people forced their way into a building on the grounds and a window on a second building

Two truck drivers, one from Kitchener, one from Brampton, are facing charges of driving “unnecessarily slow” on Highway 402. For months, transports have lined the westbound lanes leading into the US, clogging traffic. Wait times for transports can last hours and sometimes, passenger vehicles are also slowed by the congestion. Pt. Edward Mayor Bev Hand says part of the problem

The Wyoming Cattlebarons made it all the way to the finals of the Senior OBA championship but could not reclaim their title. The Beamsville Yellow Jackets defeated the Cattlebarons 5-0 Sunday in the Senior AA championship game. The Cattlebarons had defeated Beamsville 7-3 in the first game of the tournament.

Blake Ellis/The Independent Enniskillen Township council presented Devon Gordon and Caroline St. Pierre, with $1,500 scholarships on Aug. 18. Gordon will be going to Lambton College where he will study in the instrumentation and control engineering technology program. St. Pierre’s aspiration is to become a pharmacist and will be studying to earn a pharmacology bachelor’s degree. Members of council’s scholarship

The Independent For the third time in the past four years, Cheryl Mitchell has won the overall women’s title at the Ontario Indigenous golf championship.  The Bkejwanong (Walpole Island) golfer had rounds of 76, 77 and 75 to take first place by 11 shots at the event at Six Nations. Lucas Rogers of Kettle and Stony Point was third in

Blake Ellis/The Independent Brooklyn Brown, a recent graduate of Lambton Central Collegiate and Vocational Institute, was one of five recipients receiving $1,000 scholarships from Gallery in the Grove on Aug. 13. Brown will be studying for her Bachelor of Fine Arts and English at Western University beginning in September. She hopes to become an art teacher since her art teachers

Barry Wright/The Independent The six best senior AA baseball teams in Ontario will again be in our area this weekend vying for an OBA championship banner. All but one of the contests will be played at Canton Park in Wyoming. The host Cattlebarons will begin defense of its 2024 AA championship when they take on the Beamsville Yellow Jackets on

The Independent Brooke-Alvinston and Adelaide-Metcalfe have been working together to deal with the proposed Venfor Inc. wind proposal and have received cash from the wind developer to hire a lawyer. Minutes of an Adelaide-Metcalfe meeting show the two neighbours have been working together since January and hired the law firm Miller Thomson to gather information to make the decision about

Heather Wright/The Independent Members of the Plympton-Wyoming Special Events committee were hoping to attract a couple of dozen cars to their new event, Fins and Fenders at McKay Park. Instead, nearly 70 classic cars showed up Sunday to the delight of the people on hand.

Heather Wright/The Independent Twins Bernadine and Harvey Jenkins, 8, watch as Vanitia Campbell from the Petrolia Library starts a zucchini race at the Petrolia Farmers’ Market Saturday. It’s the second year the library hosted the event.

Heather Wright/The Independent Corunna firefighter Chris Logan was one of many people cleaning up for a cause Saturday morning at the St. Clair Township station. The firefighters association raises money through a car wash to support community events including kids sports and to provide help to people left in the cold after a fire.