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Township also honours long time Captain for his volunteerism Heather Wright/The Independent For over 50 years, when Watford firefighters called back to the hall, Terry Smith answered. But that’s changed as Smith, the radio operator for the department, retired after 57 years of service. He and Capt. Don Hart, who joined the Watford department around the same time, were honoured

Today’s rain is likely to cause some flooding according to the St. Clair Region Conservation Authority. Officials expect ponding to occur in low-lying areas as the soil become saturated. Here’s the authority’s bulletin. Message: Rain-on-Snow event •             10 mm to 35 mm in precipitation (snow-water equivalent) over the past week •             5 mm to 15 mm of rain forecast for

With the giant snowstorm in cottage country top of mind, the OPP is issuing its annual warning to be prepared for anything when you head out on the roads this winter. OPP say drivers should expect and prepare for the unexpected. Police suggest: More winter driving safety tips can be found at :http://www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/safety/winterdrive/winterdrive.shtml).

Heather Wright/The Independent Lambton County is backing a call to improve rural roads to reduce the risk of accidents. Scott Butler, executive director of the Good Roads Association, says in 2023, there were 616 people killed in Ontario and over 36,000 injured. That number is up 20 per cent in the last 10 years. Of the people who were killed

Lambton OPP are looking for three people, two dressed in white painters coveralls, after over $14,000 in tools were taken from a Watford industry. OPP say on Nov. 12, around 4:20 am, officers were called to Industrial Drive in Watford for a break and enter. Police say three people drove into the business 10 minutes before they arrived in a

John Wright/The Independent Evan Van Gorp knows a thing or two about being overlooked. He went undrafted in the 2022 OHL Priority Selection and the 2023 OHL U18 Priority Selection. He doesn’t seem to mind proving the doubters wrong. “There’s so many mistakes in drafts, so (I) just try to keep my head up and try to prove everyone wrong.”

The Independent A Watford man charged after a break in at the local Legion has plead guilty to some of the charges.In April, when members of Branch 172 arrived at the Nauvoo Road building, they called police reporting a break-in. Police found someone kicked in a window and entered the building early that morning. He took four cash boxes with

Heather Wright/The Independent Officials from the ministry overseeing ServiceOntario says it has “rigorous” auditing processes, but won’t say if an internal investigation is underway to figure out how ownerships of classic cars were changed. Four people now face charges after Watford car dealer Larry Grogan went to police saying over 200 classic cars had been stolen. Police allege four people

Heather Wright/The Independent The charges are piling up in case of the theft of over 200 classic cars from a Watford dealer which caused shockwaves in the collector community. Court documents show four people face up to 13 charges each after classic cars were stolen and sold to unwitting car enthusiasts starting in 2020. In late 2023, Larry Grogan of

Watford’s Evan Van Gorp had a career high five points for the London Knights in an 8-7 win at Guelph on Sunday afternoon. Van Gorp had a goal and four assists and is now averaging a point per game this season with 8 goals and 16 points in 16 games Ex-Sting Max Namestnikov scored four times for the Storm. London

Province orders investigation into $32K conference in Hawaii Bryce says ‘bigotry’ the reason for criticism of Indigenous educators trip Heather Wright/The Independent A trustee of the Lambton-Kent District School Board says she sees “nothing wrong” with a $32,000 conference for three Indigenous educators in Hawaii. CBC News reports documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act show three educators travelled

The Lambton OPP search for a missing 71 year-old man in the Watford area is over. A social media post states the man is deceased. Police received a call Nov. 3, that the man was missing and he’d been last seen on Highway 402 near the Nauvoo Road exit around 5 am. Police closed the road in the area for