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The Ministry of Labour is investigating after the death of a Watford teen. Lambton OPP were called to a farm on Churchill Line around 9:30 Thursday for a farm accident. Police say a 17 year-old from Watford received life-threatening injuries. The teen died at the scene. The OPP Traffic Incident Managment Enforcement team, the Forensic Identification Unit, the Crime Unit

The rain didn’t stop the annual tradition of Tractor Day at LCCVI. Dozens of tractors of every age and colour driven by students at the high school packed the parking lot Friday in the annual celebration of the student’s rural roots. Parents with toddlers came by to take a look at the giant machines before the students made their way

Heather Wright/The Independent The Bergsmas dream is finally reality. The Dawn-Euphemia family is accepting bookings in May for Three Oaks Cabin – a respite centre designed for farmers and first responders. Diane and her husband, Al, and their family have been working on the project since the death by suicide of their son, Dalles. The young farmer and volunteer firefighter

Blake Ellis/Local Journalism Initiative The Wanstead Co-op officially turns 100 April 7. It was on this date in 1924, the Wanstead Farmers’ Co-operative Company was established. But a group of farmers in the community had been working together to keep costs down long before that. The process to form the cooperative began on Jan. 24, 1924 when a meeting was

Blake Ellis/Local Journalism Initiative Enniskillen Mayor Kevin Marriott says 25 jobs have been created with a new cucumber operation. Marriott, who is also the warden of Lambton County, was one of the eight local mayors and three heads of First Nation communities which spoke to business leaders during the Sarnia-Lambton Chamber of Commerce annual State of Lambton Business Breakfast held

Rutherford will be buzzing with construction soon. Jackson Seed Service purchased the grain operation in the Dawn-Euphemia community last year. Feb.20 , Craig Jackson was at council asking for approval for his plan to revitalize the site. Jackson is building two new grain bins, a hydro transformer shed, a weigh scale and will connect to municipal water and sewer system.

Lasalle Agri wants to store its biosolid fertilizer across from Watford’s cemetery.The move came to light as the company filed a complaint against Warwick to the Normal Farm Practices Protection Board earlier this spring. It’s one of three appeals the company has filed. Both Brooke-Alvinston and Dawn-Euphemia, who have tried to stop the company from piling the often pungent fertilizer