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The Independent The sound of music drew a crowd a the Petrolia Farmers’ Market Wednesday as LCCVI held its annual Music Night. Family and friends pulled up lawn chair to listen to everything from the drum line to the Smash Band, students from different grades with different levels of musical experience who get together to jam.

The Independent The head of the Sarnia Police Services board says taxpayers won’t be paying the legal bills Chief Derek Davis’ defamation suit. Davis, who is now suspended during a workplace harassment investigation, filed the $1.5-million suit against The Sarnia Journal and its publisher Nathan Colquhoun April 7 after a series of stories and columns critical of the chief. At the

The Independent The powerhouse Ursuline College Girls’ Rugby team defeated LCCVI claiming the Lambton-Kent championship in Chatham Thursday. UCC Lancers have dominated play in the league’s short season, going 4-0 before the L-K final, including defeating the Petrolia Lancers in the first game of the season. In the Lambton-Kent final May 27, LCCVI came out strong in the first half,

EDITOR’S NOTE: Sarnia-Lambton is struggling with an unprecedented addiction crisis, generating plenty of news about overdoses and homelessness. But sometimes there is recovery. And it’s anticipated that new government investment in local services and facilities will bring additional relief. The award-winning team of journalist Cathy Dobson and photographer Glenn Ogilvie set out this past winter to find individuals who have

Heather Wright/The Independent The media landscape in Lambton County is changing again as PostMedia closed its weekly newspaper and Blackburn Media makes changes to iconic AM radio station. In the last 80 years, the call letters CHOK reigned in Sarnia-Lambton. But, you won’t actually hear those familiar letters anymore. Blackburn Media, which has owned the Sarnia AM station since 1998

Blake Ellis/Local Journalism Initiative “These guys have done a great job,” said Lambton Kent Trustee Greg Agar about custodial staff adding he didn’t believe there should be staffing cuts of the janitorial positions. Agar made his comments during the trustee questions of the May 12 school board meeting in Chatham as he voiced his opposition to the decision to cut

Heather Wright/The Independent Meghan Clarke has loved camels since she was a little girl. “We would go to the Toronto Zoo every year and they had camel rides at that time… I would beg my parents, literally, to go and go again and again and again. And one year, because they have sponsored the animals at the zoo down there…I

John Wright/The Independent LCCVI’s senior boys soccer team and North Lambton’s senior girls soccer team took home LKSSAA ‘AA’ titles on Monday afternoon in Forest. LCCVI kicked off the doubleheader by ending North Lambton’s undefeated season with a 4-2 win in the LKSSAA senior boys final. Liam Lahey led the way for the Lancers, scoring a hat trick. Gavin Carver

Heather Wright/The Independent Lambton Shores fire officials are still trying to pinpoint the cause of the $10 million fire at RONA Hardware in Grand Bend. Chief Sean Smith says crews were called to the scene around 2 pm Friday by staff. Smoke was coming from the building and trapped inside the roof of the former mini-mall, Smith says. “The construction

The Independent The 2025-26 hockey season for the Alvinston Killer Bees officially came to a close with their year-end banquet on Saturday night. James McEwan and Joseph Raaymakers were chosen as the most valuable players for the season. McEwan was given the trophy as the regular season MVP and the postseason honour went to goaltender Raaymakers. McEwan led the team in

EDITOR’S NOTE: Sarnia-Lambton is struggling with an unprecedented addiction crisis, generating plenty of news about overdoses and homelessness. But sometimes there is recovery. And it’s anticipated that new government investment in local services and facilities will bring additional relief. The award-winning team of journalist Cathy Dobson and photographer Glenn Ogilvie set out this past winter to find individuals who have

Heather Wright/The Independent Hydro One says it is ready to build the Longwood to Lakeshore transmission line but the Mayor of Dawn-Euphemia says he has yet to sit down with officials to work out a compensation agreement for the municipality. Tuesday, Hydro One applied to the Ontario Energy Board for a leave to construct decision on Longwood to Lakeshore Line.