LCCVI’s Zelenchuk wins Stefanko award
Outbreak at Sarnia nursing home spreads
May 14, 2020
There are seven more people at Vision Nursing Home with COVID-19.
Figures released by Lambton Public Health show 12 residents and five staff members now have the virus. Three people have died at the nursing home where some workers have left their own homes to live at the facility during the lockdown.
COVID-19 was first detected in Lambton March 26 at Landmark Village in Sarnia. Forty people contract the virus there, with six residents dying.
Vision Nursing Home has been dealing with the virus since April 23.
To date 212 Lambton residents have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, 147 have recovered. There have been 17 deaths.
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LCCVI’s Zelenchuk wins Stefanko award
June 16, 2026
Blake Ellis/The Independent Another honour for LCCVI’s Yarko Zelenchuk. Just days after being named a Nicol Scholar at the Petrolia secondary school, Zelenchuk received the Stefanko Award for academic and athletic excellence. In 2007, former Sarnia Legionnaire and St. Pat’s alumnia Stephen Stefanko set up the award for graduating students in Sarnia-Lambton. It recognizes students who excel academically, in high
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The Independent Traffic is backed up on Highway 402 on the westbound lanes at Kerwood Road. Lambton OPP say just before 6:30am, the police, paramedics and Warwick firefighters were called to a crash involving two tractor trailers in the westbound lanes in Warwick Township. One of the drivers has been sent to hospital with what police say are non-life threatening
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Province sets aside $6M for abandoned wells, like last year
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Heather Wright/The Independent The Province of Ontario says it will spend another $6 million in 2026 to help cap abandoned and leaking historic oil wells. Natural Resources Minister Mike Harris made the announcement in Essex County last Tuesday, touting $10.8 million in spending; $6 million for capping wells, $3 million for municipalities to purchase equipment to deal with emergency situations
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Ag Hall of Fame to honour Lassaline, Helps and Birnam Orchards in July
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