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John Wright/The Independent For the third consecutive year LCCVI has won the ‘AA’ team title at the SWOSSAA Track and Field Championships at Sandwich Secondary School in LaSalle. Kole Chapman (Senior Boys 110m Hurdles), Kallee Elliott (Novice Girls High Jump), Liam Hackett (Novice Boys 300m Hurdles), Rayah Minten (Novice Girls Shot Put), and Jonah Wagner (Novice Boys Long Jump) were

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

Blake Ellis/The Independent There will be a 4.26 per cent property tax increase in Oil Springs. The Oil Springs Council passed a balanced $984,000 budget at its May 5 meeting. That’s up $49,000 from last year when the tax increase was 4.9 per cent. Among some of the larger projects the village will be undertaking this year including replacing guardrails

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

Petrolia wins 10th consecutive track title Heather Wright/The Independent LCCVI’s Jaylen Helps was named the Novice Girls Individual Champion at the Lambton-Kent Track and Field Championships. Helps’ wins in the Novice discus and Javelin and second place in shot put helped the Lancers secure the ‘AA’ title for the 10th consecutive time. LCCVI had a number of big wins; Rayah

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

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

Blake Ellis/The Independent The Petrolia and North Enniskillen Fire Department had fewer fire calls in 2025 than it did in 2024.  In a presentation to Enniskillen Township Council on Monday, Fire Chief Rick Cousins said there was a total of 138 calls for service – a decrease from the 2024 numbers when the department responded to 168 calls.  Out of

The Independent People who can’t get to their local library can have the library come to them. The Lambton County Library have been offering some patrons a Library by Mail service since 2024. Now, all library card holders with an accessible membership. It allows people to borrow books in regular print, large print, multilingual and English as a Second Language

The Independent The hurdlers led the way for LCCVI at the Lancer Prep Invitational at the University of Windsor. Kole Chapman was first in the Senior Boys 100M with a time of 14.61 and 400M hurdles in 57.55 at Saturday’s event. Xander Knapp placed second in the Junior Boys 100M hurdles. Meagan Munro was third in the Senior Girls 100M

Heather Wright/The Independent Sarnia-Lambton-Bkejwanong MP Marilyn Gladu is praising the Liberal plan to put more money into tradestraining. The Carney government released its fiscal forecast Tuesday with officials say there will be a $66.9 billion budget deficit instead of the projected $78.3 billion. The reduction comes from higher than projected revenue and cost cutting on the government operations. Gladu notes