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Heather Wright/The Independent There was over $206.6 million in residential construction in Lambton County in 2025 – a 22.3 per cent increase in value over 2024. And that construction created 491 new housing units, 31.6 per cent more homes than were built in 2024. That’s from figures provided by Corrine Nauta, Lambton County’s Chief Building official for all the municipalities

The St. Clair Region Conservation Authority says Environment and Climate Change Canada has issued a rainfall warning for the region, with 20 to 40 mm of rainfall from Tuesday night to Wednesday. Locally higher amounts of rain are possible in areas that receive thunderstorms. Heavy downpours may cause flash floods and water pooling on roads. Localized flooding in low-lying areas

Heather Wright/The Independent Twenty-five per cent of Lambton County households can’t afford the food on their table. That’s according to Lambton Public Health’s annual food affordability study. Over a week in May 2025, county officials collected food pricing data in grocery stores in Sarnia, Petrolia, Corunna and Forest for 61 items which should feed a family of four, according to

Heather Wright/The Independent Ontario is moving ahead with changes to conservation authorities, merging 36 agencies into nine in a bid to harmonize regulation and make it easier for developers to get housing projects approved. In Lambton, boundary change being met with guarded optimism with the head of the St. Clair Region Conservation Authority saying the new regions may be the

The Independent Over 500 students may get a surprise when they head to school Tuesday. Lambton Public Health officials say as of late Monday, 513 elementary and secondary school students have incomplete immunization records and will be suspended Tuesday. Parents and guardians are required under the Immunization of School Pupils Act to report their child’s immunization or exemption status to

Blake Ellis/The Independent The Lambton Kent District School Board is using technology to teach Indigenous languages in the classroom.  Trustees heard at its meeting on Feb. 24, that the school board launched an app for Anishnaabemowin and Lenape languages to assist in the learning of the language. The school board offers Anishnaabemowin as a second language and Lenape as a

Blake Ellis/The Independent “Our education system is in crisis,” said Chandra Pasma, the NDP’s education critic at Queen’s Park, as well as the Ottawa West-Nepean MPP. Pasma was speaking Wednesday at the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation office in Sarnia during a town hall meeting. “The Ford government has taken more than $6.3 billion out of the education system since

The St. Clair Region Conservation Authority is keeping an eye on local streams and creeks as rain and warm weather are expected to cause water levels to rise. A weather system is expected to bring 10 to 25 mm of rain by Saturday and the temperatures are expected to be above zero throughout the time period rising to 18 C by

Cabin Fever received Creative County grant to record video Heather Wright/The Independent The printing press at Huron Web is usually a noisy place with dozens community newspapers rolling off the presses weekly. But Feb. 19, music filled the Wyoming plant as Cabin Fever worked on a video for the alternative folk/roots trio’s song No Back Page. It’s a song about

‘You’ve already got a really strong foundation’ says consultant Cathy Dobson/The Independent Amid all the angst about hundreds of homeless in Sarnia-Lambton, a consultant is praising the community for doing a lot of things right. “The shelters I visited are doing really good work.  The Hart Hub, the youth programs…there is so much that we’d often say should be your

Cathy Dobson/The Independent Human trafficking has escalated in Sarnia Lambton increasingly targeting young teens, say local counsellors and educators. It’s a very tough subject to discuss but it is a problem that won’t go away without a lot more community awareness, said Chantel Butterfield, executive director of The Centre, which hosted a symposium Monday warning that human trafficking is on

The Independent The Independent of Petrolia and Central Lambton has been nominated in six categories, including for best newspaper, in the Ontario Community Newspaper Association Better Newspaper Competition. The Independent has been nominated in the General Excellence category for best newspaper in the 1,500 to 8,000 circulation category with the Eganville Leader and the New Liskeard Temiskaming Speaker. Reporter Tara