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The Independent Over 500 students may get a surprise when they head to school Tuesday. Lambton Public Health officials say as of late Monday, 513 elementary and secondary school students have incomplete immunization records and will be suspended Tuesday. Parents and guardians are required under the Immunization of School Pupils Act to report their child’s immunization or exemption status to

Blake Ellis/The Independent The Lambton Kent District School Board is using technology to teach Indigenous languages in the classroom.  Trustees heard at its meeting on Feb. 24, that the school board launched an app for Anishnaabemowin and Lenape languages to assist in the learning of the language. The school board offers Anishnaabemowin as a second language and Lenape as a

Heather Wright/The Independent Warwick Township will start construction on a solution to flooding in Watford this year, thanks to a cash infusion from the provincial government. In 2023 and 2024, massive rainstorms hit the area flooding homes and backing up water on Highway 402 at the Nauvoo Road exit. “It really crippled our community,” said Warwick Mayor Todd Case as

The Independent Lambton OPP are looking for a black Ford F-250 truck after a break in at MJ’s Variety in Watford early Sunday morning. It’s a strikingly similar description to a truck observed in Brigden just an hour and 15 minutes earlier when the Super Choice Gas Bar was broken into in Brigden. In a news release March 5, police

Blake Ellis/The Independent “Our education system is in crisis,” said Chandra Pasma, the NDP’s education critic at Queen’s Park, as well as the Ottawa West-Nepean MPP. Pasma was speaking Wednesday at the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation office in Sarnia during a town hall meeting. “The Ford government has taken more than $6.3 billion out of the education system since

The St. Clair Region Conservation Authority is keeping an eye on local streams and creeks as rain and warm weather are expected to cause water levels to rise. A weather system is expected to bring 10 to 25 mm of rain by Saturday and the temperatures are expected to be above zero throughout the time period rising to 18 C by

Cabin Fever received Creative County grant to record video Heather Wright/The Independent The printing press at Huron Web is usually a noisy place with dozens community newspapers rolling off the presses weekly. But Feb. 19, music filled the Wyoming plant as Cabin Fever worked on a video for the alternative folk/roots trio’s song No Back Page. It’s a song about

‘You’ve already got a really strong foundation’ says consultant Cathy Dobson/The Independent Amid all the angst about hundreds of homeless in Sarnia-Lambton, a consultant is praising the community for doing a lot of things right. “The shelters I visited are doing really good work.  The Hart Hub, the youth programs…there is so much that we’d often say should be your

Cathy Dobson/The Independent Human trafficking has escalated in Sarnia Lambton increasingly targeting young teens, say local counsellors and educators. It’s a very tough subject to discuss but it is a problem that won’t go away without a lot more community awareness, said Chantel Butterfield, executive director of The Centre, which hosted a symposium Monday warning that human trafficking is on

The Independent The Independent of Petrolia and Central Lambton has been nominated in six categories, including for best newspaper, in the Ontario Community Newspaper Association Better Newspaper Competition. The Independent has been nominated in the General Excellence category for best newspaper in the 1,500 to 8,000 circulation category with the Eganville Leader and the New Liskeard Temiskaming Speaker. Reporter Tara

Blake Ellis/The Independent Bertha Rose Park’s story as an educator will be just one of many recorded for history. Several of the women participating in Women and Family in Local History, part of the Petrolia Heritage Open House 2026, at Victoria Hall Saturday, were asked to have their stories made into voice recordings, Park is one of the women. The

Barry Wright/The Independent The runway is getting short for the Sarnia Sting as they try to chase down the final playoff spot in the OHL’s Western Conference. Sarnia remains six points from a postseason berth after a split of games last weekend. After a 6-3 loss at the Soo Feb. 20, Matthew Manza recorded his first career OHL hat trick