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Blake Ellis/The Independent Lambton Kent District School Board’s Associate Director Brian McKay says as of the end of February, the board has spend $1 million more than planned for supply teachers. McKay presented a financial update to trustees at its April 14 meeting. Expenditures during the second quarter, a period between Dec. 1 and Feb. 28, and $2.2 million was

Barry Wright/The Independent Lambton Jr. Sting alumni Cameron Reid and the Kitchener Rangers will go up against ex-Jr. Sting players Jack Nesbitt and John McLaughlin of the Windsor Spitfires in the OHL Western Conference final beginning Friday night in Kitchener. Reid drew an assist in Rangers’ 5-1 win over the Soo Greyhounds Friday to give Kitchener a 4-1 series winagainst

The Independent Petrolia’s Gracie Harse and Wyoming’s Kylee Shortt were among Lambton College athletics award winners announced online this week. Harse was named the Lions’ women’s softball hitter of the year and Shortt was defensive player of the year. Meantime, Wyoming’s Julia Boelens of the women’s softball team won the top academic award for femaleathletes. She had the highest GPA

Heather Wright/The Independent The Mooretown campground will stay open until at least 2027. That’s the result of a St. Clair Township council decision to have experts look at the operation of the campground to see if it is worth upgrading hydro and sewage systems at the campground near the St. Clair River. In 2023, township staff began suggesting the Mooretown

Testing in St. Clair, Sarnia to begin this summer Heather Wright/The Independent Federal environmental researchers are starting a five-year study of air quality near refineries and petrochemical plants and Sarnia-Lambton will be the first region under the microscope. Researchers from the Earth System Research and Integration Division of the Ministry of Environment and Climate change explained the project in a

Heather Wright/The Independent Jane Bryce is still optimistic people can make a difference in a child’s life by becoming a public school trustee. Bryce, who has been a public school trustee in Lambton County for over 30 years, says she won’t be running in the next municipal election. It’s a move she’s been planning for some time. She revealed her

The Independent Sarnia police officers were in London this weekend, letting the neighbours of a man wanted for the murder of Dane Nisbet about a $25,000 reward for tips leading to the London man’s arrest. Nisbet, 20, of Sarnia died in the shooting on the patio of the Lambton College bar, The Lion’s Den, April 10. Two of his friends

Tara Jeffrey/The Independent Sydney Nisbet’s love for baseball and her belief in where it could take her has paid off with a scholarship and the opportunity of a lifetime. The Corunna teen has committed to Kentucky State University, where she’ll join the Thorobreds women’s softball team this fall as a second baseman and catcher. “I’m really excited about this —

Barry Wright/The Independent Lambton Jr. Sting grads Jack Nesbitt and John McLaughlin and the Windsor Spitfires are riding a seven game winning streak going into game four of their OHL Western Conference semi-final in Flint Thursday. Sarnia’s Nesbitt, who has family connections to Petrolia and Alvinston, scored twice including the game- winner as the Spits opened the best-of-seven series with

Heather Wright/The Independent A Canada-wide warrant has now been issued for the man wanted in the murder of Dane Nisbet. April 10, around 1 am, Nisbet and his two of friends from the Mooretown Flags were shot while they were at the Lions’ Den Pub at Lambton College for country night. The three friends left the pub to go outside

Nisbet’s family pays tribute Heather Wright/The Independent The family of Dane Nisbet says he loved his family and protected his friends fiercely. The 20-year-old Sarnia man died in the shooting on the patio of the Lambton College bar, The Lion’s Den April 10 which also injured two of his friends. It was an act that devastated his family, according to

Sarnia Police lay out events leading up to fatal Lambton College shooting Blake Ellis/Local Journalism Initiative It seems the man wanted for murder in Sarnia was looking to stir up trouble the night Dane Nisbet was murdered. That’s according to Sarnia Police, who talked to the media April 13 about some of the circumstances around the death of the 20-year-old