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EDITORS’ NOTE: This article was editted May 20 to correct the name of the Conservative Co-Deputy Leader Melissa Lantsman. Blake Ellis/Local Journalism Initiative Lianne Rood says sitting Conservative MPs will give a voice to Sarnia-Lambton Conservatives abandoned by their MP. Hundreds of people from Sarnia and Lambton County and the surrounding region packed into the exhibition hall at the Plympton-Wyoming

Heather Wright/The Independent Ryan Beattie is getting ready to compete against the best student welders in Canada. The LCCVI student was recently the Gold medal winner at the Skills Ontario welding competition in Toronto, opening the door to the Canadian championships in Toronto May 28. His welding teacher, Johnny Dawson, says Beattie and his LCCVI teammates Gauri Patel and Brayden

The Independent Lambton OPP are reminding people that golf carts are not allowed on roadways. Const. Tyler Campbell says there have been several complaints about the carts in Lambton Shores and St. Clair Township recently. Police say if you’re driving a golf cart on a highway, you could be charged with operating motor vehicle without insurance or a permit. 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

Cathy Dobson/The Independent There’s encouraging signs that the health of Lake Huron coastline is improving but more volunteers are needed for monitoring, says the co-ordinator of the Lake Huron Coastal Centre. Meredith Watson runs the centre’s Coast Watchers stewardship program and says more observers are being recruited to record everything from wildlife sightings and organic debris to plastic refuse and

Blake Ellis/Local Journalism Initiative Lambton Kent District School Board will get about $3.5 million less funding in the next school year. That’s according to estimates provided to trustees by Associate Director of Corporate Services Brian McKay. Even though the amount to be received through core funding from the province has not been released yet, McKay is estimating there will be

Barry Wright/The Independent LCCVI is now 2-1 in high school girls’ rugby after beating the CKSS Golden Hawks, 37-nil. Mya Beaudoin led the winners with three tries. Emily White, Noelle Edgar, Miley Anderson and Kennedie Urquhart also crossed the goal line for the Lancers. Urquhart also added a convert. LCCVI ends the regular season against the St. Patrick’s Irish on

Cathy Dobson/Local Journalism Initiative Newly-minted Liberal MP Marilyn Gladu says she continues to serve her constituents despite death threats and police charges related to someone accused of criminal harassment against her. “It’s not an easy time,” said Gladu, formerly the Sarnia-Lambton-Bkejwanong Conservative MP who crossed the floor and joined the Liberal government April 8. “That said, I’m doing lots of

The Independent Anne McGugan who for decades worked alongside her politician husband, and was a force of nature in her own right, has passed away. McGugan died May 9 at the age of 85. She had been married to former Brooke-Alvinston Mayor Don McGugan 58 years. Anne was a teacher for decades, starting in a one-room school in Brigden at

Heather Wright/The Independent St. Clair Township hopes to bring in some extra advertising dollars. Sue Knight, coordinator of parks and recreation, in a report to council outlined an agreement with the Mooretown Flags to share revenue from arena advertising had not been renewed since 2017. Council agreed to resign the agreement, giving the Flags, minor hockey and the Lady Flags

Barry Wright/The Independent Hurdlers from LCCVI won a trio of races at Great Lakes Secondary School leading up to the LKSSAA track and field championship. Kole Chapman crossed the finish first in the senior boys’ 400-metre hurdles in a time of 57.3, nearly five seconds faster than his nearest competitor.  Xander Knapp won the junior boys 300-metre hurdles event in

The Independent A couple of big road construction projects are getting the nod in Lambton County. In St. Clair Township, councillors approved a $1.52 million contract for GIP Paving to fix Lambton Line. Engineer Andrew Malpass says in his report to council Lambton Line between Pretty and Mandaumin Road is at the end of its life but that sections of