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Timms, who has ties to Watford and Sarnia, has been missing three years Heather Wright/The Independent The OPP say the Deana Timms is a victim of foul play. And the province is now offering a $50,000 reward – a “renewed plea” say police to find information about the woman who has now been missing for three years.Timms, who grew up

Sydney Goodreau/The Independent The Watford Fire Department is marking 150 years of serving the community with a long-standing fire tradition. The volunteer firefighters in Watford will host a fire muster, a traditional event with a long history in the firefighting community. “This year, Saturday, is going to be the 150th anniversary of the Fire Department,” says Watford Deputy Chief Scott

The first winner of the Watford/Alvinston Road Race has passed away, just a couple of weeks before he was planning to run it again. Hylke VanderWall, whose name is synonymous with the race, died Friday. In 1958, six guys were playing poker at the Watford Armoury Lounge and started talking about their running skills. They decided the 10 mile trek,

The Ministry of Labour is investigating after the death of a Watford teen. Lambton OPP were called to a farm on Churchill Line around 9:30 Thursday for a farm accident. Police say a 17 year-old from Watford received life-threatening injuries. The teen died at the scene. The OPP Traffic Incident Managment Enforcement team, the Forensic Identification Unit, the Crime Unit

Lambton OPP are investigating a break-in at the Watford Legion. Police say when Legion members arrived at the Nauvoo Road building April 13, they called police reporting a break-in. Police have found someone kicked in a window and entered the building early that morning. He took four cash boxes with an undisclosed amount of money. Police describe the suspect as

The East Lambton Eagles U13 team wore their red hats during a traditional fire truck victory parade through Warwick after winning the OMHA Tier 2 championship Sunday. The Eagles scored three times in a little more than four minutes in the third period to erase a 1-0 deficit and beat the Wallaceburg Lakers, 3-2 in the title game in Halton

Work on the $50 million methane to natural gas plant at Watford’s Twin Creeks Landfill has started – eight smonths later than was originally hoped. WM Canada (Waste Management) began construction in February. The methane produced at Twin Creeks – one of the largest in Ontario – already powers a nearby greenhouse complex. But only 40 per cent of what

Warwick’s fire chief says it is unlikely the cause of an $8 million chicken barn fire will ever be found. Sunday afternoon, Warwick firefighters were called to the 8400 block of Egremont Road near Arkona Road after neighbours spotted thick black smoke coming from an large barn on the property. Chief Brad Goodhill says about 45 firefighters from Watford, Adelaide-Metcalfe

Lasalle Agri wants to store its biosolid fertilizer across from Watford’s cemetery.The move came to light as the company filed a complaint against Warwick to the Normal Farm Practices Protection Board earlier this spring. It’s one of three appeals the company has filed. Both Brooke-Alvinston and Dawn-Euphemia, who have tried to stop the company from piling the often pungent fertilizer