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Barry Wright/The Independent Sarnia Athletics Southwest Track and Field’s James Grant won silver and a bronze at an indoor event in Ypsilanti, Michigan. Grant, an LCCVI student in Petrolia, finished third in the 1000 metre race and teamed with Chase Capes, Alex Fortney and Tayvin Young to capture second place in the 4 x 800 relay race. Capes won the

The Independent A tip from a Lambton County driver has led to a Chatham teen being charged with impaired driving. Jan. 22 just after 7 pm, the OPP received a report of a possible impaired driver on Kimball Road in St. Clair Township. Police stopped the vehicle on Plank Road in Sarnia. A 19-year-old Chatham driver faces two impaired driving

The Independent Public school officials in Lambton and Kent are keeping a close eye on the weather which is threatening to throw secondary school exams off schedule. Lambton-Kent District School Board officials say if buses are cancelled Monday in any zone in the district, Monday’s exams will be postponed for all schools within the district. Monday’s exams, officials said, will

Barry Wright/The Independent The Mooretown Flags could not climb out of an early three-goal hole in Blenheim bowing to the hometown Blades 6-3 in Provincial Junior Hockey League action. Mooretown clawed back to cut the deficit to 4-3 in the third period Sunday before Blenheim scored twice in the final few minutes including an empty net tally. Dylan Dupuis had

Barry Wright/The Independent The Sarnia Sting came so close to a North American Silver Stick championship on home ice Sunday. Delhi scored three unanswered goals in the final period, including two in the final two minutes to beat the Sting, 4-2 in the Under-11 A final. Sarnia had won four straight preliminary round contests and blanked Woodstock, 1-0 in the

Chatham-Kent politician adds it seems the Dresden project is not an “if” but a “when” Heather Wright/The Independent Chatham-Kent politicians say the province has committed to keeping the community in the loop on the York1 Environmental project in Dresden. But one councillor says the Minister of the Environment made it clear “it’s not if this is going to happen, it

Blake Ellis/The Independent Enniskillen Township Councillor Tim Williams is worried Chatham-Kent’s crow problem is migrating into Lambton and that it could increase the spread Avian Flu. “The crows are getting really bad in Enniskillen now,” said Williams at the Jan. 12 Enniskillen Township meeting. He was citing a concern with avian flu, saying the crows likely migrated from the Chatham-Kent

Barry Wright/The Independent East Lambton has captured the North American Silver Stick U18B Tier 2 championship in Forest. Copper Aarts of the Eagles scored in overtime to beat the Campbellford Colts, 5-4 in the final Sunday. It was East Lambton’s fifth straight win at the weekend event. And the Mooretown Flags ran the table with five straight wins over the

The Independent Nathan Reidhead recorded his first career junior hat trick leading the Dresden Jr. Kings to a 7-3 win over Walpole Island in PJHL action in the north Chatham-Kent community Friday. The Wyoming product and graduate of the Petrolia minor hockey system now has six goals and nine points in 23 games this season in Dresden. East Lambton minor

Heather Wright/The Independent Mark Labadie wants hunters to be more aware of their surroundings after finding bullet holes in his garage. The Pantry School Road man, who lives on the edge of Lambton County, discovered a hole in the roof of his garage early in November. He thought he’d damaged it with some long boards he was carrying around and

Heather Wright/The Independent York1 Environment Services seems to have solidified its stand that its Dresden property is an existing landfill. And it had the help of the Ministry of the Environment to do it. York1 purchased the Irish School Road site in 2022. In February 2024, plans for a massive construction and soil waste recycling facility and new landfill were

Heather Wright/The Independent There are still more questions than answers as local conservation authorities try to figure out just how the province’s new regional structure will actually works and save money. Nov. 25, the province pushed through Bill 68 in the Ontario Legislature. It approved changes to the Conservation Authorities Act, creating the new Ontario Provincial Conservation Agency. It will