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John Wright/The Independent Rayah Mnten has given LCCVI its first medal at the OFSAA Track and Field Championships winning silver in Novice Girls shot put Thursday afternoon in St. Catharines. Minten’s first throw of 10.44 meters was her best during the qualification round. That put her seventh and narrowly put her into the final, which consisted of the top eight

The Independent A Thedford man is facing five charges after a crash. Sunday, Lambton OPP were called to a collision on Egremont Road near Digby Street up the road from the Warwick Conservation Area when a vehicle left the road. The driver fled. Police later arrested a 46-year old from Thedford and charged him with two counts of impaired driving,

Heather Wright/The Independent Lambton County needs 1,096 affordable and specialized housing units in the next 10 years. That from Org Code Consulting which presented a 10-year Housing Plan for the county at Wednesday’s county council meeting. “Affordability concerns are now affecting more people, with rents rising between 38 and 42 per cent since 2020 and deeply affordable housing is also

Heather Wright/The Independent Sarnia Police have charged a 41-year-old London man after a rock telling ‘floor crossers’ to resign was thrown at MP Marilyn Gladu’s Sarnia constituency office. Police say a man wearing a ski mask went to her office May 28 and threw the rock at the window. The glass didn’t break, but a few scratches were left behind.

The Independent If you’re heading across the Bluewater Bridge Thursday and you see a lot of emergency vehicles, don’t be alarmed. Bluewater Association for Safety, Environment, and Sustainability, also known as BASES, is holding a training exercise between 9 and 11:30 am Thursday in Point Edward. Officials say the training exercise will involve Sarnia-Lambton mutual aid partners, industry response teams,

Cathy Dobson/The Independent Six new doctors with connections to Lambton County are receiving a combined $43,000 from the Norma and Don Moore Scholarship Fund this year. In 2017, the Oil Springs farmer set up the $1 million fund with the Sarnia Community Foundation in his late wife’s name. Moore passed away in 2022 but the interest from the fund continues to

John Wright/The Independent Kole Chapman will be LCCVI’s lone OFSAA returnee but he won’t be the only Lancer heading to the provincial track and field championships after an impressive meet from their newcomers. Chapman will be joined by Rayah Minten, Kallee Elliott, Jaylen Helps, and Liam Hackett at the OFSAA Track and Field Championships in St. Catharines that run from

John Wright/The Independent Three LCCVI athletes hit the podium during the first day of the OFSAA West Regional track and field championships. Rayah Minten, Kole Chapman and Kallee Elliott are among seven Lambton athletes advancing to the provincial championship. Minten topped a field of 16 competitors with a throw of 11.56m, just one centimetre more than her throw best throw

Heather Wright/The Independent Tricar says it is working with Cargill Grains hoping to ease concerns about the company’s 14-storey, 105 unit apartment near the Sarnia Harbour. In late 2025, Cargill asked Ontario’s minister of municipal affairs to use a Ministerial Zoning Order to override plans for housing developments in the area, including the Tricar tower. Cargill’s letter to the minister

Barry Wright/The Independent What has been anticipated for weeks is now a reality. Jack Nesbitt has announced his commitment to the University of Michigan for the 2026-27 NCAA hockey campaign. The 19-year-old left-shot power forward averaged a point per game last season with the Windsor Spitfires. The Sarnia native, with family ties to Petrolia and Alvinston, had 32 goals and

EDITOR’S NOTE: Sarnia-Lambton is struggling with an unprecedented addiction crisis, generating plenty of news about overdoses and homelessness. But sometimes there is recovery. And it’s anticipated that new government investment in local services and facilities will bring additional relief. The award-winning team of journalist Cathy Dobson and photographer Glenn Ogilvie set out this past winter to find individuals who have

Heather Wright/The Independent The media landscape in Lambton County is changing again as PostMedia closed its weekly newspaper and Blackburn Media makes changes to iconic AM radio station. In the last 80 years, the call letters CHOK reigned in Sarnia-Lambton. But, you won’t actually hear those familiar letters anymore. Blackburn Media, which has owned the Sarnia AM station since 1998