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Heather Wright/The Independent Jeff Agar will return as St Clair Township Mayor. He defeated newcomer Bruce Gibson with a margin of 3,625 to 1,114 votes. “It’s mind-boggling,” Agar said of the wait to find out if he won. “Even if you think you’re gonna win, it’s still is because you never know.” Agar says it was a very long campaign,

The Independent A number of Lambton OPP cruisers are in the Cameron St. and Albert Blvd area this morning in what appears to be a standoff. OPP say they were called to the area for a disturbance. Video on social media shows cruisers around a row of town houses with lights illuminating one of the units. The incident started about

The Independent 9:07 pm, Oct. 26, 2026 Jeff Agar will return as St Clair Township Mayor. He defeated newcomer Bruce Gibson with a margin of 3625 to 1114 votes. There will be two new Ward 1 councillors. Tracy Kingston and Alex Machan will join Holly Foster at the council table. Steve Arnold has been acclaimed as deputy mayor. And Brad

The Independent Lambton Centennial won both the girls and boys division this year at the LKESSA Cross Country meet that took place Oct. 14. Ecole Hillcrest claimed second place in both divisions. The top three in each race are: Grade 4 Girls – Jayla Robinson, Centennial, Kailyn Blanchette, QEII, Lily Phillips, Centennial. Grade 4 Boys, – Kane VanDamme, Brooke, Miller

Point Edward and Petrolia have highest voter turnout since online voting began Oct.16 The Independent It’s Election Day in Ontario. Across the province, residents of over 400 municipalities will be casting votes today for their next municipal council and school board trustees. In Lambton County, there are races in all the municipalities, except the Township of Enniskillen where the entire

Heather Wright/The Independent Two candidates for public school trustees were surprised to hear concerns from the Lambton-Kent District School Board that they’d used the parking lot of a school to talk with parents. Chris White and Joselyn Young Cormier organized ameeting with parent’s from Zone Central School in late September, after hearing concerns about the reorganization of the classrooms at

Barry Wright/The Independent The Mooretown Flags will be trying to snap their four-game skid when Amherstburg comes to town tonight (Sunday). Game time is 7:30. The Flags fell 6-2 to the Lakeshore Canadiens at the Moore Sports Complex last Saturday. Mooretown was down by one goal in the third period but Lakeshore put the game away by scoring three times

The Independent No one was injured in a house fire on Brigden Road. St Clair Township firefighters from Brigden, Courtright, Port Lambton, Wilkesport and Becher were called to the home around 8:20 pm Saturday. It was fully engulfed in flames. “The fire started on the porch and quickly spread to the upper floor,” said St Clair Fire Chief Richard Boyes

Heather Wright/The Independent If Bill Dennis gets elected mayor of Sarnia, he may have a hard time making a new planning deal at Lambton County council. Oct. 19, Dennis raged against the planning process which forces Sarnia to go through county council to get approval for zoning amendments to the Official Plan. The relationship between Dennis and county councillors has

The Independent sent a questionnaire to each candidate for St Clair Township Council. Below are the unedited responses from the candidates who responded to the survey:  MAYOR CANDIDATE Age: 64Work Experience: 43 years in various fabrication shopsPolitical experience: three term councillor one term as mayor Why do you want to serve on St. Clair Township council?This is an exciting yet challenging

Heather Wright/The Independent St. Clair Township Councillor Brad Langstaff wants to know what it cost for the fire department to help fight an ethanol plant fire in Chatham. Sept. 16, 15 firefighters, the township’s two tower trucks and its drone headed to Chatham to help battle a massive fire at Greenfield Global. St. Clair was called on because it has

Barry Wright/The Independent North Lambton teammates Keegan Turner and AJ Wilson both finished in the top half of the field at the recent Ontario high school golf tournament in Windsor. Turner tied for seventh with rounds of 76 and 77. Wilson tied for 29th with rounds of 83 and 81. ••• It was a night to forget for the Sarnia