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. Pas ...

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 ...

LCCVI’s Mya Beaudoin hit the podium at the high school provincial wrestling championship. Beaudoin won a bronze medal at the championships in Peterborough this week. Sarnia-Lambton grapplers won a ...

Conservation authority officials say you should avoid watercourses and flooded areas due to dangerous conditions, slippery banks, unsafe ice cover and cold, swift-moving water. Children and pets ...

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 ...

Lambton OPP are looking for at least two people after a break-in at the Brigden gas bar. Around 12:30 am Sunday, police were called to the Super Choice Gas Bar at the corner of Brigden Road and ...

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 ...

Laurel and Andy Ysebaert's barn burned down Saturday morning on Courtright Line in St. Clair Township. Neighbours and friends are pitching in to help. The community has stepped up to help a St. Clair ...

Four years after construction started, the first resident of Maxwell Park Place are moving in. County of Lambton officials marked the opening of the modular 24-apartment addition to the Sarnia housing ...

The Bees advanced with a 7-5 win over the Bluebirds in Tilbury Saturday to take their first round series in six games.

The Bulldogs won the first round series in five games. Mt. Brydges had period leads of 1-0 and 4-0 and increased their advantage to 7-0 in the final period before Cameron Davidson connected on a power ...

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.