Former Courtright haunt of Al Capone being demolished
Province offering online health and safety training courses
July 6, 2020
| Ontario has a new online tool to help teach all the health and safety procedures including some of the issues around COVID-19. Employment Ontario will be offering the free online workplace health and safety training. Officials say the online courses will make it easier for job seekers and workers to get essential qualifications, while practicing physical distancing and preventing the spread of COVID-19. There are 10 courses including infection control, conducting health and safety incident investigations, ladder safety, slips, trips and falls prevention, and preventing workplace violence and harassment. Officials hope it will help current health and safety committee members complete their training due to expire at the end of August. They have until November to finish the courses. “This is the first time this type of online safety training has been made available at no cost to people who have lost their jobs and I am confident it will be an effective way to prepare people to rejoin the workforce safely,” said Minister Monte McNaughton in a news release. “The training is free and accessible from anywhere, so people can learn from their own homes.” |
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Former Courtright haunt of Al Capone being demolished
July 24, 2026
The Independent The home of the first business in Courtright – said to be the former haunt of gangster Al Capone – is being torn down. Demolition of what once was the Cathcart General Store started July 21. Local historian Kip Cuthbert says the building dates back to around the 1850’s as a general store. “William Cathcart established his general
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Four charged with drug trafficking by Anishinabek Police after stop in Lambton Shores
July 24, 2026
The Independent Four people have been arrested after a drug trafficking investigation that started in May and ended with a traffic stop in Lambton Shores July 21. Anishinabek Police Service officers stopped a vehicle in Lambton Shores July 21. Police searched the vehicle and found seven grams of fentanyl and 51 hydromorphone tables. A 57-year-old man and 43 year-old woman,
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Bluewater Bridge border guards seized 1.1 tonnes of drugs in $139 million bust
July 24, 2026
Heather Wright/The Independent About 1.1 tonnes of the drugs seized in a $139 million drug investigation were seized at the Bluewater Bridge. And a Corunna man is one of 21 people charged in the massive drug ring which netted a total of 1.7 tonnes of cocaine, methamphetamine, opium and oxycodone. The investigation began in Windsor in January 2025. “At that
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Ashley Norton Caught the Ace
July 24, 2026
Imperial Oil employee takes home $4.5 million in Sarnia Legion Cathy Dobson & Heather Wright/The Independent After 45 weeks, hundreds of thousands of tickets sold, food banks restocked and a whole lot of fun, the Chase for the Ace is over. Thursday, Ashley Norton’s ticket was drawn at the Sarnia Legion. The 44-year-old Imperial Oil maintenance manager chose envelope number
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