All Warwick News

Heather Wright/The Independent Warwick Township is still the lowest-taxed municipality in Lambton. That from figures provided by Treasurer Trevor Jarrett recently as he presented the draft 2025 budget. The municipality is expected to spend close to $12 million on capital projects, operating expenses and paying down its debt, particularly on the new East Lambton Community Complex in 2025. Jarrett says

Cathy Dobson/The Independent Local labour analysts are choosing their words carefully as they describe a challenging employment picture for Sarnia-Lambton. “It’s not dismal. It could be worse,” said John Pilat, general manager of the Sarnia Construction Association. “We are doing considerably better than in (the) 2008 (recession), which was an extremely slow year.”  Sarnia-Lambton’s  latest unemployment rate is 8.3 per

Ministry of Education says the details of the Indigenous conference will be outlined in bi-annual audits all school boards must complete Heather Wright/The Independent A $32,000 conference in Hawaii by three educators from the Lambton-Kent District School will not be subject to a separate investigation. That from the Ministry of Education after announcing another trip by a Brantford-area school board

Heather Wright/The Independent Scott Dagg thinks Scouting is the best way to give back to his community. ‘Scouter Scott’ as he’s known to many, has been leading Scouts 30 years. Dec. 11, Warwick Mayor Todd Case honoured him for his work.  Scouting, he says, is “the way that I think I can best enjoy to give back to the community.

The East Lambton Eagles are Silver Stick champions after beating the Wallaceburg Lakers in a nail-biting 5-4 overtime win. The Eagles drew first blood in the U18 Tier 2 championship game Monday in Petrolia as Sam Hayter scored on a power play at 10:37 of the first period. Max Gaspar and Ryan Minten assisted. Four minutes later Owen Hurley passed

Heather Wright/The Independent There is a way to ease flooding during major storms in Watford. But it may not help during extreme rainfalls and it is going to cost some cash. That from Mike DeVos, an engineer from Spriet Associates tasked at finding was to improve drainage in the village. In the last two years, homes in the McGregor St.,

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.”