Killer Bees’ Feasey to coach Maroons
St Clair Township says no to mandatory masks
August 17, 2020
St. Clair Township council has just turned down a mandatory mask bylaw for its community.
The vote was close 4-3 with Mayor Steve Arnold casting the deciding vote against forcing residents in the communities to wear a mask in indoor public spaces in an effort to stop the spread of COVID-19.
Arnold contends the County of Lambton should be deciding the matter.
Lambton County councillors may have a chance to look at the issue again in September. Mayor Mike Bradley, after failing to gain support for a county-wide mandatory mask bylaw in July, will ask his political colleagues to consider the idea during the Sept. 2 meeting.
So far, only Sarnia and Petrolia have passed mandatory mask bylaws. Both Plympton-Wyoming and St. Clair have turned down the concept.
More to come…
NEXT
Oil Springs first Lambton community West Nile virus is found
PREVIOUS
Over 6,000 trees to be planted at Fairbank Oil field
Front Page
Killer Bees’ Feasey to coach Maroons
July 12, 2025
Barry Wright/The Independent Alvinston Killer Bees star Brennan Feasey is the new head coach of the Sutherland Cup champion Chatham Maroons of the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League. The new job came about after Richard Santos left the Maroons this week to become the new head coach of the U16 boys prep team with Biosteel Sports Academy in Windsor and
Read More
Front Page
Still standing (with some help) after 200 years
July 12, 2025
Heather Wright/The Independent When Abraham Smith and his wife, Anna Hoy, arrived on the shores of the St. Clair River, there was nothing but trees which blocked out the sun. The couple landed around what we now know as the St. Clair Parkway and Smith Line in 1820, along with two children and another family, and settled in the area.
Read More
Front Page
Remembering Croton
July 12, 2025
Heather Wright/The Independent Harold Snary stands under a tree in the postal village of Croton. Those standing with him see a new, siding-clad school and church, a few homes and the traffic whizzing down Oakdale Road. At the corner of Oakdale and Croton Road, they might notice the building which used to be the general store. For most, this 39-person
Read More
Front Page
Lambton lands part of 30×30 project
July 11, 2025
Heather Wright/The Independent Almost 700 acres of land along the Sydenham River, including some in Petrolia and Wawrick, will be recognized as conservation lands in Ontario. It’s part of an international plan to protect 30 per cent of the earth’s land and sea by 2030. Tim Payne, manager of forests for the St. Clair Region Conservation Authority, was contacted by
Read More