Former Courtright haunt of Al Capone being demolished
Lambton’s daily COVID-19 cases climb into double digits again
May 13, 2021
Lambton Public Health is reporting 19 new cases of COVID-19 today.
The daily rate of COVID infections had slowed to the single digits recently however early this week, there have bee a number of double digit daily increases.
There are 90 people actively ill with the virus now including nine people at Afton Park Place Nursing Home, where two residents and seven staff are ill and Bluewater Health were four patients and three staff are sick.
The Independent has also learned there have been a significant number of cases of COVID-19 at Kettle and Stony Point First Nation. Health officials report there are 13 active COVID-19 cases in the community.
Across Ontario, there were 2,759 and 31 deaths.
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Former Courtright haunt of Al Capone being demolished
July 24, 2026
The Independent The home of the first business in Courtright – said to be the former haunt of gangster Al Capone – is being torn down. Demolition of what once was the Cathcart General Store started July 21. Local historian Kip Cuthbert says the building dates back to around the 1850’s as a general store. “William Cathcart established his general
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Four charged with drug trafficking by Anishinabek Police after stop in Lambton Shores
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The Independent Four people have been arrested after a drug trafficking investigation that started in May and ended with a traffic stop in Lambton Shores July 21. Anishinabek Police Service officers stopped a vehicle in Lambton Shores July 21. Police searched the vehicle and found seven grams of fentanyl and 51 hydromorphone tables. A 57-year-old man and 43 year-old woman,
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Bluewater Bridge border guards seized 1.1 tonnes of drugs in $139 million bust
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Ashley Norton Caught the Ace
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Imperial Oil employee takes home $4.5 million in Sarnia Legion Cathy Dobson & Heather Wright/The Independent After 45 weeks, hundreds of thousands of tickets sold, food banks restocked and a whole lot of fun, the Chase for the Ace is over. Thursday, Ashley Norton’s ticket was drawn at the Sarnia Legion. The 44-year-old Imperial Oil maintenance manager chose envelope number
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