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The Independent Lambton OPP say a motorcyclist who crashed on the St. Clair Parkway near Port Lambton has died. Aug. 8, around 8:30 pm, the OPP, St. Clair firefighters and paramedics were calls to the St. Clair Parkway for a serious motorcycle crash. No other vehicles were involved in the accident. A 57-year-old man was airlifted from the scene by

Heather Wright/The Independent Lambton OPP are looking for $1 million worth of copper wire stolen from Hydro One. Police were called to Oil Springs Line between St. Clair Parkway and Greenfield Road in St. Clair Township early Monday morning. Ontario Power Generation and Hydro One are the two companies with property along that stretch of Oil Springs Line. OPG officials

The Enniskillen Express girls’ PWSA team won the under-13 Tier 2 “C” bronze medals at Provincial Grands inWindsor. The Express went 5-1 with its only loss to the eventual champions from Waterdown, near Hamilton. Enniskillen won a trio of one-sided games in round robin play to secure the number one seed for the playoffs. Theybeat Cobourg 19-1, Burlington 11-0 and

Barry Wright/The Independent After an opening night one-run loss to the host Wyoming Cattlebarons, the Corunna Giants rattled off three straight wins to capture the Western Counties Senior baseball championship tournament for the 2026 season. Corunna downed Port Lambton, 11-1 in the final at Canton Park on Sunday afternoon. Nolan Nicholson of the Giants was chosen as tournament MVP with

Heather Wright/The Independent There were hundreds of tubes, floaties, rafts and kayaks – and at least one giant pink flamingo – as hundreds of people took part in the 50th anniversary of the Port Huron Float Down Sunday. Floaters took off from Lighthouse Beach in Port Huron under cloudy skies, despite the threat of thunderstorms and warnings from both the

Heather Wright/The Independent Renovations at the Mooretown Sports Complex pool have hit a snag. The pool closed April 1 for a major renovation of the pool deck and change rooms. St. Clair Township, which owns the complex, has been upgrading the community hub for several years and has been planning work on the pool area for about two years. The

Barry Wright/The Independent As an addition to the Windsor Selects for the Canadian U22 baseball championships, Point Edward’s Will Greer definitely made an impact with his adopted team. He started the gold medal game against Manitoba and went 3.2 innings, scattering six hits, including two bunt singles, striking out five and only surrendering one walk leading the Selects to the

Heather Wright/The Independent With about eight days left before the nomination period closes for municipal elections, there are some familiar faces making their intentions known. In Petrolia current councillor Liz Welsh and former councillor Marty Souch have both filed papers to run for town council. There are now seven people running for six council seats in Petrolia. Joel Field is

The Independent The Canadian and US Coast Guard are once again warning thrill seekers the Port Huron Float Down is not safe. Sunday, hundreds of people will hop into the water at Lighthouse Beach in Port Huron and make their way down the fast-moving St. Clair River to Marysville. This is the 50th anniversary of the 12-km event. But Coast

Heather Wright/The Independent St. Clair Township is backing a proposed Liquid Air Energy Storage project which could hold up to 200 megawatts of electricity for 10 hours to support the province’s power needs. The Independent Electricity Supply Operator is looking for long-term, clean energy electricity storage projects and NRStor is working on a project which they hope to put on

Barry Wright/The Independent The Alvinston Killer Bees of the Northern Premier Hockey League has re-signed a half dozen of its veterans for the 2026-27 season. Fan favourite Alex Cunningham is returning for his sixth season with the franchise while Bayly Fryfogle is back for season number five.  Jacob Chantler and Jamie Schaafsma will suit up for their fourth and third

The Independent Lambton OPP say one man has life-threatening injuries after a crash on the St. Clair Parkway in Port Lambton. Saturday, around 8:30 pm, OPP, firefighters and paramedics were called to the St. Clair Parkway between West French Line and West Holt line for a motorcycle crash. Air Ornge was called in to take the 57-year-old man to Victoria