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Barry Wright/The Independent Forest resident Brett Case is the new general manager of the PJHL’s Blenheim Blades. He was hired after a season as assistant general manager with the Chatham Maroons. Case, born and raised in Watford, serves as the general manager of the Alvinston Killer Bees and he will continue in that role. ••• Plympton-Wyoming’s Pat Verbeek and his

The Independent People who can’t get to their local library can have the library come to them. The Lambton County Library have been offering some patrons a Library by Mail service since 2024. Now, all library card holders with an accessible membership. It allows people to borrow books in regular print, large print, multilingual and English as a Second Language

Heather Wright/The Independent There is a very large gap between what first-time homebuyers think they should pay for a home and the amount they’ll have to pay to get that house. That’s according to a new study done for the County of Lambton as it prepares a new homelessness and housing strategy. Frazier Fathers, Senior Housing Policy Consultant of TWC

Heather Wright/The Independent “How much longer?” That’s the question Warwick Township Mayor Todd Case raised during the annual meeting of the corporation which runs the Sarnia-Lambton Western Research Park. Lambton County councillors got a good look at the books of the corporation and the plan of the research park’s board to turn around the organization’s financial problems May 6. The

EDITOR’S NOTE: The original article misspelled Ryan Lefebre’s name. It was corrected on May 6, 2026 Cathy Dobson/The Independent It’s “shortsighted” to think Sarnia’s Cargill grain elevators would remain open if residential development is built nearby, says manager Ryan Lefebre. Condo construction in Sarnia within 300 metres of Ontario’s largest Cargill operation and a Point Edward development with hundreds of

The Independent The Sarnia Legionnaires have a new GM and Head Coach and a formal affiliation with the OHL’s Sarnia Sting. In a news release Sunday, President Theo Bet said Tate Philips will be the new general manager and director of hockey operations while Ryan Foster will be head coach. Foster most recently has been the coach of the U16

Barry Wright/The Independent The Alvinston Killer Bees third period rally was not enough as the Bees came up just short in the Outlaw Cup final bowing to the host Smiths Falls Rideaus, 4-3 in the eastern Ontario community on Saturday afternoon. Jack Nevins, who played with the Sarnia Sting in the 2010s, scored twice for the winners and Dallas Slack

The Independent The hurdlers led the way for LCCVI at the Lancer Prep Invitational at the University of Windsor. Kole Chapman was first in the Senior Boys 100M with a time of 14.61 and 400M hurdles in 57.55 at Saturday’s event. Xander Knapp placed second in the Junior Boys 100M hurdles. Meagan Munro was third in the Senior Girls 100M

Kole Chapman won the senior boys’ 110-metre hurdles race at a high school track and field event at St. Patrick’s this week.  The LCCVI sprinter broke the tape in 14.82 seconds, nearly three seconds ahead of his nearest competitor. Meantime, Arie Roelands of North Lambton and Mooretown’s Camryn Leitch won field events. Roelands captured the novice boys high jump with

The Independent May 1 marks the first day would-be municipal politicians can file their nomination papers to become candidates. In Petrolia, three people have already filed their papers. Joel Field gave notice of his intention to run for mayor of Petrolia. Field is a long-time councillor and the current deputy mayor. Incumbent Bill Clark will seek a second term on

Heather Wright/The Independent Sarnia-Lambton-Bkejwanong MP Marilyn Gladu is praising the Liberal plan to put more money into tradestraining. The Carney government released its fiscal forecast Tuesday with officials say there will be a $66.9 billion budget deficit instead of the projected $78.3 billion. The reduction comes from higher than projected revenue and cost cutting on the government operations. Gladu notes

Blake Ellis/Local Journalism Initiative Sarnia Police Services will be expanding its footprint adding two location. The police services board approved a five -year lease agreement for both locations at a combined cost of $70,000 in the first year. The police services board also approved taking money out of reserves to purchase equipment, signage and set up the leased spaces at