OPP continues search for missing Scarborough man
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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OPP continues search for missing Scarborough man
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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
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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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2027 IPM finds its new home near Petrolia
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Heather Wright/The Independent The Ontario Plowmens’ Association has found a new Lambton County home for the 2027 International Plowing Match. It will be at the farm of Clayton and Linda McLauchlin east of Petrolia. In a news release the OPA says, their farms provide an “open agricultural landscape” and is accessible for the show which is expected to draw upwards
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‘Amazing’ opportunity to showcase Sarnia-Lambton
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Heather Wright/The Independent Tourism officials are hoping Sarnia-Lambton’s 15 minutes of fame during a popular CTV reality show will turn into tourism dollars in the future. Tuesday, an episode of The Amazing Race Canada which was shot in Sarnia-Lambton May 7, aired. Tourism Sarnia-Lambton Interim Executive Director, Adam Veen, says opportunity came in late 2025. “They’re always scouting for new
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