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Heather Wright/The Independent The London Knights OHL exhibition game in Watford is a go. Word of the possible game in support of the Brooke-Alvinston-Inwood arena floor project came to light in March when Jill Joris, Brooke-Alvinston’s fundraising and marketing coordinator, went to Warwick Township council for help to get the fundraiser off the ground. The Knights offered to host a

Heather Wright/The Independent The federal riding which serves Lambton County will continue to be called Sarnia-Lambton-Bkejwanong. That’s after MP Marilyn Gladu wrote to the Procedure and House Affairs Committee removing her request to drop Bkejwanong from the riding name. Gladu says the issue dates back several years when Charles Sampson was Chief of Bkejwanong. When it was suggested the First

EDITORS’ NOTE: This article was editted May 20 to correct the name of the Conservative Co-Deputy Leader Melissa Lantsman. Blake Ellis/Local Journalism Initiative Lianne Rood says sitting Conservative MPs will give a voice to Sarnia-Lambton Conservatives abandoned by their MP. Hundreds of people from Sarnia and Lambton County and the surrounding region packed into the exhibition hall at the Plympton-Wyoming

Heather Wright/The Independent Six LCCVI alumni are among the first inductees to the Sarnia Bluewater Wrestling Hall of Fame. The club inducted Marty Leeson, Gary Brown, Pat Daley posthumously, Stephanie Szmiett, Katie Woodfinden and Kyle Bershatsky during a gala May 9. Leeson, who led LCCVI’s wrestling program for decades, was inducted in the builders category. He came home from Western

Blake Ellis/Local Journalism Initiative Lambton Kent District School Board will get about $3.5 million less funding in the next school year. That’s according to estimates provided to trustees by Associate Director of Corporate Services Brian McKay. Even though the amount to be received through core funding from the province has not been released yet, McKay is estimating there will be

Cathy Dobson/Local Journalism Initiative Newly-minted Liberal MP Marilyn Gladu says she continues to serve her constituents despite death threats and police charges related to someone accused of criminal harassment against her. “It’s not an easy time,” said Gladu, formerly the Sarnia-Lambton-Bkejwanong Conservative MP who crossed the floor and joined the Liberal government April 8. “That said, I’m doing lots of

The Independent Anne McGugan who for decades worked alongside her politician husband, and was a force of nature in her own right, has passed away. McGugan died May 9 at the age of 85. She had been married to former Brooke-Alvinston Mayor Don McGugan 58 years. Anne was a teacher for decades, starting in a one-room school in Brigden at

The Independent A couple of big road construction projects are getting the nod in Lambton County. In St. Clair Township, councillors approved a $1.52 million contract for GIP Paving to fix Lambton Line. Engineer Andrew Malpass says in his report to council Lambton Line between Pretty and Mandaumin Road is at the end of its life but that sections of

Heather Wright/The Independent There are a lot of familiar faces, some in new places, as the first would-be politicians file their papers to run in the Oct. 26 municipal elections. The nomination period opened May 1. One of the first people to file was Joel Field. The long-time Petrolia councillor and now deputy mayor has thrown his hat into the

Heather Wright/The Independent The head of the Sarnia-Lambton Ontario Health team says more doctors and health professionals will be hired to make sure 5,600 people have health care, thanks to an additional $2.8 million from the province. Sarnia-Lambton MPP Bob Bailey announced the funding April 30 saying both the Rapids Family Health Team and the new E-nangaabe-jig Health Services have

Barry Wright/The Independent The Ontario Hockey League final between the Barrie Colts and Kitchener Rangers will have a Petrolia flavour to it. Eamon Edgar and the Barrie Colts won the Eastern Conference championship with a 5-0 win over the Bulldogs in Brantford on Monday night. The win gave the Colts the conference title in seven games. Edgar, whose parents are

Barry Wright/The Independent Forest resident Brett Case is the new general manager of the PJHL’s Blenheim Blades. He was hired after a season as assistant general manager with the Chatham Maroons. Case, born and raised in Watford, serves as the general manager of the Alvinston Killer Bees and he will continue in that role. ••• Plympton-Wyoming’s Pat Verbeek and his