Two charged in Walpole Island fight with guns
Ten now COVID-19 positive at Lambton College residence
April 27, 2021
Ten students at the Lambton College Residence have now tested positive for COVID-19.
It’s the largest outbreak in the county right now, as the number of active cases continues to ease.
Tuesday, Lambton Public Health reported there were eight people who tested positive for the virus, with 69 people ill right now. Since Friday, there have been 39 new cases in the community.
An outbreak was also declared at the North Lambton Childcare Centre-St Peter Canisius Site in Watford, where a staff and child tested positive.
Across the province, the number of people infected with COVID-19 has again dropped – today the province is reporting 3,265 people testing positive. Another 29 have died.
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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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