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Heather Wright/The Independent There are a lot of familiar faces, some in new places, as the first would-be politicians file their papers to run in the Oct. 26 municipal elections. The nomination period opened May 1. One of the first people to file was Joel Field. The long-time Petrolia councillor and now deputy mayor has thrown his hat into the

Heather Wright/The Independent The head of the Sarnia-Lambton Ontario Health team says more doctors and health professionals will be hired to make sure 5,600 people have health care, thanks to an additional $2.8 million from the province. Sarnia-Lambton MPP Bob Bailey announced the funding April 30 saying both the Rapids Family Health Team and the new E-nangaabe-jig Health Services have

Barry Wright/The Independent The Ontario Hockey League final between the Barrie Colts and Kitchener Rangers will have a Petrolia flavour to it. Eamon Edgar and the Barrie Colts won the Eastern Conference championship with a 5-0 win over the Bulldogs in Brantford on Monday night. The win gave the Colts the conference title in seven games. Edgar, whose parents are

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

Heather Wright/The Independent Joanna Holmes and her Curran Ave neighbours see light at the end of the murky tunnel. The retiree says the water along the street has been murky and discoloured for months. It all started when the township disconnected Shell Canada from the water system. Without the flow of water going through the 1950’s cast-iron pipes to Shell,

Heather Wright/The Independent A St. Clair Township businessman is voicing his frustration after an offer to purchase the Mooretown campground and develop it into housing stalled. The township has been talking about the future of the site beside the municipally-owned golf course since May 2023. The township’s director of community services, Kendall Lindsay, brought up the issue again in April

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 There are some familiar faces running in Lambton municipalities in the October elections. Todd Case is the first to file in Warwick Township for the position of mayor. Jamie Armstrong is seeking the mayor’s seat in Brooke-Alvinston. He ran in the 2022 election which David Ferguson became mayor. So far, he’s the only one in the municipality

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

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

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