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The names of five LCCVI seniors are being added to the Nicol Legacy Wall. Abigail Ginn, Colin Haskins, Tyler McGrail, Nolan Patchett and Rianna van Stempvoort were named Nicol Scholars during a ceremony at the Petrolia high school Thursday morning, just hours before they were to cross the stage for their graduation. The Nicol Scholarship is awarded to the top

Aamjiwaang residents express relief and concern with announcement Company president says the current problems with benzene emissions is not the reason Heather Wright/The Independent After nearly two months of scrutiny, INEOS Styrolutions says its closing the Sarnia Plant. Online, members of the Aamjiwnaang First Nation are both pleased and wary of what comes next. May 1 – 15 days after

Ryan Beattie won the Super Sonic School Pro-Am on the weekend at Grand Bend Speedway. It was the second leg of the Bridgestone Canadian Superbike Championship. The third round is in Alberta in two weeks. (June 21-23). Beattle, from Marthaville in Enniskillen Township, was the top amateur and second overall at the season-opening event in eastern Ontario last month.

Meagan Munro, Jack Helps and James Grant all finished in the top 10 for their events at the OFSSA Track and Field Championship in London. Saturday, Munro placed fourth in the Novice Women’s 300m hurdle event with a time of 47.42s – faster than her time at the West Region Championships a week ago but two thirds of a second

LCCVI’s Jack Helps placed fourth in the Senior Men’s Javelin at OFSSA. Helps best throw was 53.65m at the provincial meet held at Western University in London. That was about two meters less than his throw at West Region and the bronze medalist at OFSSA. Also Saturday morning; Meagan Munro placed second in her heats of the Novice Women’s 300m

James Grant had the best performance of LCCVI athletes at the second day of OFSSA. Grant placed sixth in the Junior Men’s 1500m Friday at the provincial track and field meet at Western University in London. Grant was at the back of the pack for a number of laps but pushed to sixth and a time of 4:01.49 – almost

Burns wins Silver at OFSSA Maggie Mullens knew Rachel Burns has what it takes to be competitive in shot put even before she picked up a four kg ball. The Grade 10 St. Pat’s student from Petrolia proved her right Friday, exploding for a personal best 12.55 m to win Silver in the Junior Women’s Shot Put at OFSSA in

Petrolia’s Rachel Burns has captured Silver at the provincial track and field championship. The Grade 10 St. Pat’s student started competing in shot put this season throwing around nine meters. Friday, at OFSSA at Western University, Burns exploded with her final throw, tossing the shot put 12.55m, nearly a half meter further than her personal best of 12.09s. More to

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

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