Two charged in Walpole Island fight with guns
Province OKs two local road projects
August 2, 2019
Two local infrastructure projects have cleared the first hurdle to getting funding.
Friday, Lambton-Kent-Middlesex MPP Monte McNaughton announced a number of project, including the Victoria Street reconstruction in Warwick and the Shiloh Line Rehabilitation in Brooke-Alvinston, have been give the green light for infrastructure funding.
The province will contribute $344,862 to extend sidewalks, curbs and update a bus-loading zone in Warwick. Brooke-Alvinston may receive just over $1 million from the province to rehabilitate Shiloh Line from AW Campbell Conservation Authority to Forest Road.
Steven Ikert, treasurer of Brooke-Alvinston, says with the provincial approval, the projects now go to the federal government for review which has to approve its share of the funding – 44 per cent of the cost.
The federal and provincial government have been at odds about the program. The feds saying the province isn’t submitting projects and the province says Ontario is not getting any funding.
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Two charged in Walpole Island fight with guns
December 20, 2024
Two people are facing charges after gunfire on Walpole Island. Around 5 pm, Dec. 19, members of the Walpole Island police and Lambton OPP responded to a report of gunfire and a fight at a home on River Road. No one was injured. Two people were taken into custody. Two Walpole Island residents have been charged with possession for the
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Search for new PW chief ends at home as Davidson appointment now permanent
December 20, 2024
Wyoming resident Will Davidson is the new Plympton-Wyoming fire chief. Davidson has been acting chief since August when Erik Campbell left the department. Davidson has been a firefighter in Wyoming for 22 years and was the fire chief in North Middlesex from 2015 to 2019. When he returned to the Plympton-Wyoming department he served as the training officer and became
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PC party gives sitting MPPs the green light to run in the next election
December 20, 2024
It’s official; Bob Bailey will be the PC Party’s candidate in Sarnia-Lambton in the next provincial election. Bailey, who told The Independent in June he would seek another term, was acclaimed Dec. 17. The Petrolia resident, retired from NOVA Chemical and was first elected to the provincial legislature in 2007. He in his fifth term in the job. In Lambton-Kent-Middlesex,
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Drumhead commemorating Afghan War donated to Plympton-Wyoming museum
December 19, 2024
A drumhead from the Sarnia Legion Pipe Band, which commemorates the 10th anniversary of the end of Canadian involvement in the War in Afghanistan, has been donated to the Plympton-Wyoming Museum. Every year drumheads are created to commemorate a different Act of Remembrance, said Bass Drummer Todd Monaghan. The drum heads are placed on the drums at the beginning of
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