Trustee candidate calls for the return of ‘true’ history
BREAKING Ontario schools to be closed until April 5 to deal with COVID 19
March 12, 2020
Education Minister Stephen Lecce is announcing Ontario schools will be closed three weeks to deal with concerns over COVID-19.
Students will be off for March Break next week. The government just introduced Ministerial Order to close the school for two weeks after the break.
Since the World Health Organization announced the flu-like virus was a pandemic, sport organizations like the NHL, NBA and major league baseball, have suspended their season. The music industry has cancelled the JUNOs. It’s all in a bid to reduce the spread of the fast-spreading virus which is particularly harmful to seniors. About 10 to 15 per cent of people over 80 die when they get COVID 19.
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Trustee candidate calls for the return of ‘true’ history
October 14, 2026
Audience member calls the messaging ‘quite alarming’ Heather Wright/The Independent A candidate for the Lambton-Kent public school board says she will “stand strong against the progressive heists of the Canadian education system” including returning to the “history we all grew up with” so students can be proud to be Canadian. Cynthia Workman’s words raised some eyebrows at the Brooke-Alvinston All-Candidates
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Lambton College to open more seats in health, STEM, trades
October 14, 2026
The Independent There will be space for about 300 more students in Lambton College next year. Lambton College is among the post secondary institutions which submitted a proposal for more classroom spots for in demand fields. Friday, the province announced 2,077 new spaces across southern Ontario, including 297 at Lambton College; 160 in Health programs, 90 in the STEM field
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Worker injured after falling through Sombra greenhouse roof
October 14, 2026
OPP, Ministry of Labour investigating The Independent A worker at a Sombra greenhouse was taken to hospital by air ambulance Wednesday morning after crashing through the roof. St. Clair Township fire officials say the department was called to the Envirofresh Produce greenhouses near CF Industries on the St. Clair Parkway just after 9 am. Chief Richard Boyes says a man
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Paving on rebuilt Grand Bend Bridge continues Thursday
October 14, 2026
The Independent Drivers heading to Grand Bend are going to face some traffic slowdowns starting Thursday. The project to widen the bridge has been going on for two years, with work taking place before and after the busy summer tourist season. So far, officials say the concrete work, bridge retaining walls, waterproofing the east half of the new deck and
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