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MADD volunteers collect $12K for anti-drunk driving work
November 20, 2013
Emily Hinds and Amber Smith were part of contingent of Mothers Against Drunk Driving volunteers out in force in Lambton County this weekend. The pair were collecting a voluntary toll for the group at Coffee Lodge Saturday. Students from Lambton College’s Police Foundations program and the Fire Sciences helped to raise $12,200.
“We are extremely grateful for the overwhelming support displayed by local college students and the community,” said Chloe Dennis, president of MADD Sarnia/Lambton. “It shows the public is behind what we do.
“Every penny contributed locally to MADD Sarnia/Lambton stays within our community to further the fight against impaired driving and to help the victims of this preventable crime.”
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Feds say tariff support for business and agriculture will last as long as its needed
August 27, 2026
Blake Ellis/The Independent The recent trade proposal from the United States was “either fair nor economically sound, ” says Secretary of State for the Canadian Revenue Agency Wayne Long. He was describing the recent round of trade talks that fell through six days ago and led to 50 percent US tariffs being imposed on Canada. The secretary of state was
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OPP continues search for missing Scarborough man
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Heather Wright/The Independent Lambton OPP have brought in boats, planes and the underwater recovery unit as the search for a missing swimmer in Lake Huron off Pinery Provincial Park continues. Around 1 pm Wednesday, OPP were called to the area after a 28 year-old Scarborough man had trouble in the water. Friends swimming with the man tried to rescue him,
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Swimmer missing in Lake Huron off Pinery Park
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The Independent A man is missing in the waters off Piney Park. Eyewitnesses at the provincial park say early this afternoon a group of friends was swimming when one man disappeared. One of the man’s friends tried to rescue him, but later was himself taken from the water for medical treatment. Boats along the shoreline could be seen searching for
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2027 IPM finds its new home near Petrolia
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Heather Wright/The Independent The Ontario Plowmens’ Association has found a new Lambton County home for the 2027 International Plowing Match. It will be at the farm of Clayton and Linda McLauchlin east of Petrolia. In a news release the OPA says, their farms provide an “open agricultural landscape” and is accessible for the show which is expected to draw upwards
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