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Aamjiwnaang residents treated at the hospital after being exposed to high benzene levels Bob Rogers started to feel sick to his stomach around 11 am Tuesday. The 67 year-old Aamjiwnaang public works employee had been out Monday and Tuesday on the riding lawn mower cutting grass on the band’s property across the road from INEOS Styrolution on Tashmoo Ave. He

The leadership of the Aamjiwnaang First Nation says the federal, provincial and municipal governments to immediately shutdown the INEOS after what one resident called an “environmental assault.” That after the band sent its employees home with headaches, nausea and dizziness Tuesday. They checked environmental monitors and found the levels of benzene was extremely high. “The cause of these symptoms is

For the first time ever, two LCCVI students are heading to the Skills Ontario provincial competition. Tye Burr, a Grade 12 student won first place in the welding competition. Carson Cummings, also in Grade 12, placed third. At the regional competition at Fanshawe College in London, Burr and Cummings receive a blueprint with drawings and welding symbols. They are to

Heather Wright/The Independent Cash-strapped Mooretown Minor Hockey is asking St. Clair Township council to help keep hockey affordable for kids. The request came Monday, just a week after the group told parents registration fees would need to climb 25 per cent to help cover rising costs. “It’s about $1,000 per family to play hockey right now,” Marty Passmore, interim president

Heather Wright/The Independent Don’t be surprised if you get a parking ticket on your car over the next little while. The Town of Petrolia has begun proactive bylaw enforcement and this month, they’ll be on the lookout for derelict cars or people parking in the wrong spot. For years in Petrolia, bylaws were normally enforced when the town would receive

The Mooretown Lady Flags put a bow on the 2023-24 season with an OWHA provincial championship. The team ran the table in the U11 B division on the weekend winning six straight games while not allowing a single goal against. The Lady Flags beat Cambridge, Cold Creek and Sault Ste. Marie, all by shutout, in the preliminary round. They blanked

Six of the seven people in the running to replace Monte McNaughton as Lambton-Kent-Middlesex representative squared off in Alvinston to talk to the agriculture community about everything from the carbon tax, helping young people get a start in farming and education. About 200 members of the Lambton, Kent and Middlesex Federations of Agriculture filled the Brooke-Alvinston-Inwood Community Centre Thursday to

Brennan Feasey scored five goals to lead the Alvinston Killer Bees to a 2-0 lead in the WOSHL Finals over Tillsonburg. The Killer Bees were down 2-0 heading into the second when Feasey scored two quick goals to tie the game up. Carson Perry added a third. The action stopped for a couple of minutes after Feasey scored his third

Water Wells First founder questions York1’s non-porous clay findings Heather Wright/The Independent A man who has been on the forefront of the fight for clean water wells is worried about York1 Environmental Waste Solution’s plan for an old dump in Dresden. Kevin Jakubec – who founded Water Wells First concerned the wind industry would cause harm to local water wells

The Independent Sarnia-Lambton MPP Bob Bailey has a new job. Bailey, a three-term MPP, has been named the parliamentary assistant to the Minister of Legislative Affairs. The ministry is the lead in the restoration of Ontario’s Legislative Building. In 2023, the province announced the building which houses Ontario’s government would be undergoing renovations. Legislative Building first opened its doors on

Heather Wright/The Independent There are over 1,400 Lambton County public servants on the so-called Sunshine List of public employees who make more than $100,000 a year. The province released this year’s Public Salary Disclosure Act list the day before the Easter Long weekend. This year, every Lambton County municipal government had at least one staff member on the list –

The rain didn’t stop the annual tradition of Tractor Day at LCCVI. Dozens of tractors of every age and colour driven by students at the high school packed the parking lot Friday in the annual celebration of the student’s rural roots. Parents with toddlers came by to take a look at the giant machines before the students made their way