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Heather Wright/The Independent Sunday, Newell Hasting’s service to King and Country over a century ago was remembered in a peaceful church cemetery near Watford. Hasting was born in Petrolia and his family moved to Watford around the turn of the century. He signed up to serve in the miltia with Watford’s 149th Battalion before being called up for service. He

Blake Ellis/The Independent The Lambton OPP is a seeing a resurgence of impaired driving.  “We are seeing a lot of impaired drivers,” Lambton OPP Inspector Chris Avery told both Enniskillen Township council and Oil Springs council last week. “We are seeing a lot of high readings.”  This increase is in despite of the education that is available to the public

The Independent About 200 pros are headed to Alvinston this weekend for the sixth annual Alvinston Pro Rodeo. The Brooke-Alvinston-Watford Fair Board started the event in 2019 after local rodeo pros Tyler Foster and Rod Weese were tearing up the world rodeo championships. Foster had won the International Professional Rodeo Association World Champion Steer Wrestler and Weese won the International

Heather Wright/The Independent James Grant and Meagan Munro won big at SWOSSAA in Lasalle Wednesday. Grant won the Senior 1500m race with a time of 4:07.63, 0.62 better than the second place finisher Elliott Lester of Holy Names. He’ll head to the West Region Championships in London next week. Grant also placed eighth in the Senior 400m. Meantime, Munro won

Kole Chapman, Xander Knapp and Megan Munro all won two events each at therecent CK Relays in Chatham. Chapman won the junior boys’ 100 metre and 300 metre finals setting a record inthe longer of the events. His time of 44.14 seconds was almost two seconds fasterthan the previous meet record set a decade ago. Munro crossed the finish line

Blake Ellis/The Independent In what People’s Party Candidate Brian Everaert called “a two party horse race,” there was little room for the smaller parties. Locally, the Liberals and Conservatives nabbed over 97 per cent of the vote. With the NDP taking 5.6 per cent locally, that left a little more than three per cent of the vote going to four

Tara Jeffrey/The Independent George Vandenberg was all smiles Monday night surrounded by friends and family at the Best Western for his election night celebration. You wouldn’t have known he’d lost his bid to become Sarnia-Lambton-Bkejwanong’s next MP. “It’s been a great ride,” said the 71-year-old Sarnia City Councillor who swiftly threw his hat into the ring after Mark Carney called

“I think the Conservative Party needs to reflect on this election and what was not a resonating message.” Cathy Dobson/The Independent Winning CPC incumbent MP Marilyn Gladu was met with cheers and hugs from a roomful of party faithful at her election watch party Monday night. There was a lot of congratulatory handshaking as Gladu’s weary team celebrated her fourth

Marilyn Gladu will serve as Sarnia-Lambton-Bkejwanong’s MP, but not in government. While the ballots are still being counted, the Liberals will form the next government. At 1 am, April 29, the party is leading or elected in 169 seats while the Conservatives are elected or leading in 149 seats. The NDP is leading or elected in eight seats. The party’s

Gladu projected winner in Sarnia-Lambton-Bkejwanong Cathy Dobson/Tara Jeffrey/Blake Ellis/Heather Wright/The Independent The Liberals will form government again but it is not clear yet whether it will be a majority or minority government. In Sarnia-Lambton-Bkejwanong, Incumbent Marilyn Gladu of the Conservatives is leading with 53 per cent of the vote with 37 polls reporting. We’ll be updating the race in Sarnia-Lambton-Bkejwanong

Blake Ellis/The Independent During the 2025 federal election, candidates have used social media to their advantage to connect with voters. But, it can also reveal what they really believe in short time span of the campaign. The Independent took a dive into the social media accounts of the seven candidates vying for to be MP of Sarnia-Lambton-Bkejwanong.  Incumbent Marilyn Gladu

Tara Jeffrey/The Independent It’s a damp and dreary Thursday morning in Petrolia, where George Vandenberg has joined a group of men who meet regularly at the Coffee Lodge. “George and I go way back, like 50 years,” says John McCharles, the town’s former mayor who invited Vandenberg to talk with farmers, seniors, some new, and old familiar faces ahead of