Body of missing swimmer recovered at Pinery Park
Another outbreak declared in Lambton
March 21, 2021
Lambton Public Health is reporting 21 more cases of COVID-19 Sunday and another outbreak.
Fairwinds Lodge is reporting a staff member who is ill with the virus. Long term care and retirement homes declare an outbreak when there is one case of COVID-19 in the home. It’s the third outbreak this weekend. The others were declared at Afton Park in Sarnia and St. Patrick’s High School.
There were 21 new cases recorded in Lambton Sunday – 29 more people have recovered. There are 229 people who are ill with the virus, up six from Saturday.
The province is recording another 1,791 new COVID-19 cases today, and 18 deaths, bringing the total to 7241.
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Body of missing swimmer recovered at Pinery Park
August 28, 2026
The Independent The body of a missing swimmer has been recovered in Pinery Provincial Park. Aug. 26, a 28-year-old Scarborough man was swimming with friends in Lake Huron when he went under the water. His friends tried to rescue him but were unable to bring him to shore. The OPP brought in patrol boats and the US Coast Guard joined
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Feds say tariff support for business and agriculture will last as long as its needed
August 27, 2026
Blake Ellis/The Independent The recent trade proposal from the United States was “either fair nor economically sound, ” says Secretary of State for the Canadian Revenue Agency Wayne Long. He was describing the recent round of trade talks that fell through six days ago and led to 50 percent US tariffs being imposed on Canada. The secretary of state was
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OPP continues search for missing Scarborough man
August 27, 2026
Heather Wright/The Independent Lambton OPP have brought in boats, planes and the underwater recovery unit as the search for a missing swimmer in Lake Huron off Pinery Provincial Park continues. Around 1 pm Wednesday, OPP were called to the area after a 28 year-old Scarborough man had trouble in the water. Friends swimming with the man tried to rescue him,
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Swimmer missing in Lake Huron off Pinery Park
August 26, 2026
The Independent A man is missing in the waters off Piney Park. Eyewitnesses at the provincial park say early this afternoon a group of friends was swimming when one man disappeared. One of the man’s friends tried to rescue him, but later was himself taken from the water for medical treatment. Boats along the shoreline could be seen searching for
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