Two charged in Walpole Island fight with guns
Just five new COVID-19 cases in Lambton on Ontario’s deadliest day so far of the pandemic
January 7, 2021
Lambton gets a reprieve for the second day in a row as the province records 89 deaths – the most in a single day since the pandemic began.
Statistics show just five new COVID-19 cases in Lambton Thursday. Officials report 231 people actively ill – down 58, and 63 more people recovered.
There are still seven long term care outbreaks, one at Village on the St. Clair in Sarnia with 1 resident case and 5 staff cases.
The province is reporting 3,519 new cases of COVID-19 Thursday with 65,800 tests being completed. Provincial statistics say 89 people died in Ontario of COVID-19.
Health Minister Christine Elliott added there have now been 72,630 vaccines administered in Ontario.
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Two charged in Walpole Island fight with guns
December 20, 2024
Two people are facing charges after gunfire on Walpole Island. Around 5 pm, Dec. 19, members of the Walpole Island police and Lambton OPP responded to a report of gunfire and a fight at a home on River Road. No one was injured. Two people were taken into custody. Two Walpole Island residents have been charged with possession for the
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Search for new PW chief ends at home as Davidson appointment now permanent
December 20, 2024
Wyoming resident Will Davidson is the new Plympton-Wyoming fire chief. Davidson has been acting chief since August when Erik Campbell left the department. Davidson has been a firefighter in Wyoming for 22 years and was the fire chief in North Middlesex from 2015 to 2019. When he returned to the Plympton-Wyoming department he served as the training officer and became
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PC party gives sitting MPPs the green light to run in the next election
December 20, 2024
It’s official; Bob Bailey will be the PC Party’s candidate in Sarnia-Lambton in the next provincial election. Bailey, who told The Independent in June he would seek another term, was acclaimed Dec. 17. The Petrolia resident, retired from NOVA Chemical and was first elected to the provincial legislature in 2007. He in his fifth term in the job. In Lambton-Kent-Middlesex,
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Drumhead commemorating Afghan War donated to Plympton-Wyoming museum
December 19, 2024
A drumhead from the Sarnia Legion Pipe Band, which commemorates the 10th anniversary of the end of Canadian involvement in the War in Afghanistan, has been donated to the Plympton-Wyoming Museum. Every year drumheads are created to commemorate a different Act of Remembrance, said Bass Drummer Todd Monaghan. The drum heads are placed on the drums at the beginning of
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