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The Independent presents the second week of a six-part series by Reporter Cathy Dobson and Photographer Glenn Ogilvie focused on the alarming number of rural Lambton residents who increasingly cannot afford to feed themselves and their families.  Over the last nine months, we investigated how food insecurity is impacting our community and talked to the people who regularly access more

The Independent presents the second week of a six-part series by Reporter Cathy Dobson and Photographer Glenn Ogilvie focused on the alarming number of rural Lambton residents who increasingly cannot afford to feed themselves and their families.  Over the last nine months, we investigated how food insecurity is impacting our community and talked to the people who regularly access more

Lambton’s rural leaders say the county has no place to advise Sarnia on providing washrooms in a growing homelessness encampment at Rainbow Park. The city has been struggling to deal with the issue since the tents began popping up. Wednesday, Sarnia Mayor Mike Bradley asked councillors to allow county staff to comment on providing sanitation services at the encampment. While

A year after Sarnia offered a downtown parking lot as a spot for social housing, Lambton County says it wants to move forward and strike a deal for the land with the city. But the pace of developing the 267 unit supportive housing development is frustrating Sarnia’s mayor. In July 2023, Sarnia council offered the land to the county for

Emergency responders have been given two alerts in the last week after a number of overdoses in Lambton. Sarnia Mayor Mike Bradley raised the issue during Wednesday’s county council meeting, saying “there’s been a number of overdoses in the community in the last week or two, and we’ve been told there are a number of very bad drugs out there.

The Independent of Petrolia and Central Lambton has won four awards in the Ontario Community Newspaper Association’s provincial competition. The Independent placed first for Best Police/Court series for articles about a the Lambton County & LDN Active Club which started placing posters in residential neighbourhoods in Petrolia. The group has ties to white supremacists groups. The judge commented on the

Lambton County marked its 175th anniversary Wednesday by thanking 27 people and groups who have preserved the area’s heritage. Warden Kevin Marriott presided over the presentation of the Heritage Champion award winners announced in May. Bill Dokter Masonry, for their most recent project involving the restoration of ahistoric commercial building at 599 Broadway Street in Wyoming. Charlie Fairbank and Pat

The Independent presents a six-part series by Reporter Cathy Dobson and Photographer Glenn Ogilvie focused on the alarming number of rural Lambton residents who increasingly cannot afford to feed themselves and their families.  Over the last nine months, we investigated how food insecurity is impacting our community and talked to the people who regularly access more than a dozen area

The Independent presents a six-part series by Reporter Cathy Dobson and Photographer Glenn Ogilvie focused on the alarming number of rural Lambton residents who increasingly cannot afford to feed themselves and their families.  Over the last nine months, we investigated how food insecurity is impacting our community and talked to the people who regularly access more than a dozen area

Twenty-seven Lambton residents will be recognized for their commitment to preserving our history June 5. This list includes Charlie Fairbank, who has preserved his family’s historic oil field in Oil Springs and championed the idea of the Oil Heritage District becoming a UNESCO World Heritage Site. His spouse, Pat McGee, who authored a number of books about local history and

A crossing at the Bluewater Bridge lead to an impaired driving charge. Lambton OPP were called to the bridge in Point Edward Saturday around 9 pm for a suspected drunk driver. A Canadian returning from the US was suspected of drinking by Border Service Officers. OPP did a road side screening test and arrested a 43 year old from Camlachie.

A Sarna man is facing stunt driving charges after Lambton OPP clocked a vehicle going down Highway 402 in Warwick at 178km per hour. The officers were conducting radar enforcement on the highway at 9:30 Saturday morning. The 26 year-old from Sarnia was charged with stunt driving and was issued a 30 Drivers Licence Suspension. His vehicle was impounded for