Cathy Dobson/The Independent Tony Gioiosa says he speaks for about 50 neighbours when he says the Inn of the Good Shepherd’s decision to scrap an affordable housing project at the corner of Exmouth Street and Melrose Avenue is welcome news. The neighbours don’t like the shelter operation currently there and they also don’t want it replaced by affordable housing, said

Heather Wright/The Independent St. Clair Township Mayor Jeff Agar wants to see local fire departments dispatched more often when there are long wait-times for paramedics. Agar brought the issue to Lambton County Council July 2 after talking to a Port Lambton resident. He had a visitor to his home who recently had an operation. The wound started bleeding. “They were

Heather Wright/The Independent A new study on development charges in Plympton-Wyoming suggests raising the fees to as much as $36,963. That’s more than three times the cost the municipality is now charging to builders of new single-family homes. Town councillors got their first look at the Development Charges background study June 29. It’s prepared every five years to update what

Cathy Dobson/The Independent Eighteen years after she took on the chairmanship for Petrolia’s annual Art in the Park, Carol Graham runs a well-oiled machine in the Hard Oil Town. “It’s become a coveted event for artists because it’s juried and is so well-attended,” Graham said as the crowds arrived Friday for the two-day event in Victoria Park.   This year, a