OPP, Ontario Fire Marshal investigate Wyoming house fire
Calls to cut Lambton county spending
April 30, 2020
Sarnia Mayor Mike Bradley wants to reopen Lambton’s budget to find ways to cut spending.
In an email to Lambton Warden Mayor Bill Weber, Bradley says the budget should be reopened as local governments deal with the financial impact of COVID-19.
Summer employment should be cut, unless it is essential, he says, and that no vacant positions be filled in 2020 unless they are essential.
Bradley also wants staff report back on other ways to save dollars as Canadians face economic uncertainty..
Weber says there are savings already. Cultural services employees are laid off. And he says some of the measures
Bradley suggested, including a hiring freeze and filling only essential positions, are already in place.
Normally 34 students are hired, this year only 18 have been offered positions, he says.
“I agree. We need to tighten our belts. I don’t believe that we need to re-open the budget,” Weber wrote.
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OPP, Ontario Fire Marshal investigate Wyoming house fire
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Lambton OPP are investigating after a house fire in Wyoming. Wyoming firefighters, paramedics and the OPP were called to a home on Zone Street Saturday just after lunch. There were no injures because the homeowners were away at the time. No details were given about amount of damage done. Police say the fire is suspicious and the Crime Unit is
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Iced Out: Petrolia rec leagues say new ice times offside, could end league play
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Art for All at Petrolia’s Art in the Park
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Heather Wright/The Independent Victoria Park was a busy place as visitors came for the annual Art in the Park Friday and Saturday as people came from all around to take in the artists and artisans. Here’s some of what we saw:
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Crocheting senior of the year
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Heather Wright/The Independent When she was in her 30s, a neighbour offered to teach Ruth Anne Mater to crochet. It looked fun, so she picked up a hook. It seems to many as though her hands have not been idle since. Monday, Mater was honoured as Dawn-Euphemia’s Senior of the Year. Mayor Al Broad says Mater “has been a quiet
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