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‘We’re here because you don’t have a voice anymore’ Rood says

May 20, 2026

EDITORS’ NOTE: This article was editted May 20 to correct the name of the Conservative Co-Deputy Leader Melissa Lantsman. Blake Ellis/Local Journalism Initiative Lianne Rood says sitting Conservative MPs will give a voice to Sarnia-Lambton Conservatives abandoned by their MP. Hundreds of people from Sarnia and Lambton County and the surrounding region packed into the exhibition hall at the Plympton-Wyoming

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Lambton-Kent board expects less cash next school year as enrolment drops

May 14, 2026

Blake Ellis/Local Journalism Initiative Lambton Kent District School Board will get about $3.5 million less funding in the next school year. That’s according to estimates provided to trustees by Associate Director of Corporate Services Brian McKay. Even though the amount to be received through core funding from the province has not been released yet, McKay is estimating there will be

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Sports Briefs: Beaudoin has three tries as Lancers’ Girls’ rugby beat CKSS

May 13, 2026

Barry Wright/The Independent LCCVI is now 2-1 in high school girls’ rugby after beating the CKSS Golden Hawks, 37-nil. Mya Beaudoin led the winners with three tries. Emily White, Noelle Edgar, Miley Anderson and Kennedie Urquhart also crossed the goal line for the Lancers. Urquhart also added a convert. LCCVI ends the regular season against the St. Patrick’s Irish on

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MP says threats led to charges of criminal harassment

May 13, 2026

Cathy Dobson/Local Journalism Initiative Newly-minted Liberal MP Marilyn Gladu says she continues to serve her constituents despite death threats and police charges related to someone accused of criminal harassment against her. “It’s not an easy time,” said Gladu, formerly the Sarnia-Lambton-Bkejwanong Conservative MP who crossed the floor and joined the Liberal government April 8. “That said, I’m doing lots of

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$2.8M to connect 5,600 in Lambton to health care

May 8, 2026

Heather Wright/The Independent The head of the Sarnia-Lambton Ontario Health team says more doctors and health professionals will be hired to make sure 5,600 people have health care, thanks to an additional $2.8 million from the province. Sarnia-Lambton MPP Bob Bailey announced the funding April 30 saying both the Rapids Family Health Team and the new E-nangaabe-jig Health Services have

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Plympton-Wyoming has ‘natural’ tourism advantages says TSL head

May 8, 2026

Heather Wright/The Independent Plympton-Wyoming has some “natural” tourism advantages. That’s according to Adam Veen, the interim executive director of Tourism Sarnia-Lambton. He spoke to Plympton-Wyoming council April 29. “The Lake Huron access is one of the biggest assets that you have, I think. It’s an untapped asset,” he said adding TSL could “really showcase the best of that.” Veen says

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Lambton expands its Library by Mail service

May 7, 2026

The Independent People who can’t get to their local library can have the library come to them. The Lambton County Library have been offering some patrons a Library by Mail service since 2024. Now, all library card holders with an accessible membership. It allows people to borrow books in regular print, large print, multilingual and English as a Second Language

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Gladu praises Liberal plans for trades training

May 1, 2026

Heather Wright/The Independent Sarnia-Lambton-Bkejwanong MP Marilyn Gladu is praising the Liberal plan to put more money into tradestraining. The Carney government released its fiscal forecast Tuesday with officials say there will be a $66.9 billion budget deficit instead of the projected $78.3 billion. The reduction comes from higher than projected revenue and cost cutting on the government operations. Gladu notes

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Thief grinds off lock, steals equipment including a Bobcat

April 30, 2026

The Independent A brazen thief cut through a lock on a steel gate at a farm equipment dealer in Wyoming, taking off with a mini track loader and an auger unit. Advantage Farm Equipment says between 1:19 and 1:25 am, thieves broke into the Oil Heritage Line business, ground off the locks on the front gate, loaded up the two

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OPP look for two people after Wyoming break in

April 29, 2026

The Independent Lambton OPP are looking for two people after a Wyoming business was broken into. Police say two people entered the Front Street business between 4 and 5:30 am April 24. The owners are not sure yet if anything was taken. A security camera picked up the pair. Police are looking for a white man with dark hair and

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Gladu faces death threats, protected by armed guards, but at work

April 29, 2026

Heather Wright/The Independent Sarnia-Lambton-Bkejwanong MP Marilyn Gladu is keeping a lower profile after facing death threats and vandalism since becoming a member of the Liberal government. The long-time Conservative MP was welcomed into the Liberal fold April 8. While the Carney government had been wooing MPs, hoping to secure a majority government at the time, virtually no one expected Gladu,

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Lambton County records 50 per cent over run in snow budget

April 28, 2026

Heather Wright/The Independent Lambton County spent $1.14 million more than expected for winter maintenance in 2025. That’s 50 per cent more than officials budgeted. The cost over run was not a surprise. The county’s general manager of infrastructure and development said in February the $2.4 million snow budget was over by at least a million. Staff, in a report to

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