Michigan reviewing building permit for Line 5 replacement
Cold alert continues in Petrolia and Central Lambton
February 27, 2014
The Cold Alert continues in Petrolia and Central Lambton as temperatures plunge to -23 tonight.
Lambton Public Health officials suggest you dress in layers and spend short periods of time outdoors to avoid the negative affects of the cold.
A band of snow was passing through our area, cutting visibility to near nil. We’re only expected to get a few centimetres of snow today.
The snow has made driving conditions difficult with a number of cars crashing on the 402. The 402 between Mandaumin and Oil Heritage Road.
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Michigan reviewing building permit for Line 5 replacement
September 11, 2026
Enbridge says it has an agreement for the tunnel Heather Wright/The Independent Another blow to Enbridge in its bid to replace Line 5 which runs through the Straits of Mackinac. Enbridge has been trying to find a way to improve the international pipeline which brings hydrocarbons to Sarnia through Michigan for a decade. The company won a major victory when
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$5M donation from Gordon Foundation will improve cardiac care at Bluewater Health, meet future needs
September 11, 2026
The donation is the largest single donation in Bluewater Health history The Independent Bluewater Health officials are calling it a legacy. The Gordon Foundation has donated $5 million to Bluewater Health. It is the largest single donation in the hospital’s history. Of the $5-million donation, $2 million will support the development of future Cardiac Care services at Bluewater Health, while
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Lambton County lambasted for slow action on homelessness at Sarnia all-candidates forum
September 11, 2026
Stark, like several others, suggested that rural county politicians who are responsible for social services in both urban and rural Sarnia-Lambton, don’t recognize how serious homelessness is in Sarnia because they don’t see it. Cathy Dobson/The Independent Lambton County council and staff were heavily criticized at an all-candidates forum Thursday for its slow response to the Rainbow Park encampment crisis
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Davis goes to court to get back to work
September 10, 2026
Heather Wright/The Independent Sarnia’s suspended police chief wants an arbitrator to decide if he should return to work. And he wants the Police Services Board to express its “unqualified confidence” in him “as necessary to restore his authority.” May 5, Derek Davis was suspended after a workplace harassment investigation what the Police Services Board Chair said were “numerous complaints” was
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