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Vanni receives Canada’s highest volunteer honour
May 9, 2025
Cathy Dobson/The Independent The executive director of Sarnia/Lambton’s largest food bank, shelter and soup kitchen has received national recognition for the volunteering he does outside of work hours. Myles Vanni who operates The Inn of the Good Shepherd, accepted the Sovereign’s Medal for Volunteers from the Right Honourable Mary Simon, Governor General of Canada, at a recent ceremony at Rideau
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Scientist suspects virus in massive fish die-off from Lambton Shores to Bruce Pennisula
May 9, 2025
Heather Wright/The Independent Jim and Marlene MacGuire have never seen anything like it. The Ipperwash couple were among the two dozen volunteers at the Lambton Shores beach Friday morning, cleaning up thousands of dead fish, many of them Gizzard Shad. The dead fish started to wash up on the Ipperwash sand about two weeks ago, says Jim. “I walk every
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Ajax man arrested in Lambton drug investigation
May 9, 2025
Lambton OPP say two people – one from Thedford, the other from Ajax – have been charged after a drug investigation that started in March. OPP released details of the April 30 arrests Thursday. Police say around 9 pm, officers from the Lambton Street Crime Unit and uniformed officers stopped a vehicle on Deacon Street in Thedford as part of
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Two face drug charges after Walpole Island raid
May 9, 2025
Two Walpole Island man are facing drug trafficking charges after OPP officers from across southwest Ontario searched a home on Altiman Road. OPP released information Thursday about the arrests which took place May 2. Officers from Lambton, Elgin-Middlesex and Essex along with the OPP Tactics and Rescue Unit, the Emergency Response Team and the Walpole Island Police service went into
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