ICYMI: Record-breaking crowd at Alvinston Rodeo
Lambton gearing up to jab 30k people in June
June 2, 2021
By the end of June, it is possible 100,000 people in Lambton will have at least their first COVID-19 vaccine.
Lambton Public Health reports 77,597 vaccines have been administered by June 1. That’s about 64 per cent of people over 18 and three per cent of people under 18.
Dr. Sudit Ranade, the medical officer of health, told Lambton County councillors Wednesday he’s expecting 30,000 doses to be shipped to the community in June to further the vaccination effort.
“From my personal perspective it is going really well,” says Ranade adding there are a lot of people in the community making the clinics possible.
He says more of those will be second doses since the province moved up the date for the second doses from 16 weeks. Ranade says people should not consider the second dose vaccine date which they received valid. Public health will email you with a new appointment date.
According to statistics released today, Lambton’s per capita daily COVID-19 cases has dropped dramatically from 43 per 100,000 people last week to 23 cases per 100,000. Statistics also show 1.3 per cent of all the tests in the last week came back positive.
There are no outbreaks in Lambton right now, however another person has died of COVID-19 in the last day bringing the number of deaths in Lambton to 61. The latest death was a person in their 50s who died at Bluewater Health.
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ICYMI: Record-breaking crowd at Alvinston Rodeo
June 20, 2025
Heather Wright/The Independent Like the movie says; if you build it, they will come. The Alvinston Pro Rodeo committee brought in larger stands hoping to accommodate visitors to the three-day event. Saturday night, those stands were filled and there were still people looking for seats according to Chairman Dan Cumming. Here’s just some of the action from the event:
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Lambton Public Health issues first heat warning of the summer
June 20, 2025
FROM LAMBTON PUBLIC HEALTH With the prediction of hot and humid weather expected to start on Saturday,June 21 and continue into next week, Environment and Climate Change Canada is issuing a HeatWarning for Lambton County. Heat warnings are issued when two or more consecutive days of daytime maximum temperatures areexpected to reach 31°C or warmer and nighttime minimum temperatures are
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Rural bus service starts making stops in Wyoming Monday
June 20, 2025
Heather Wright/The Independent Before there was money to bring a bus into Wyoming, Susan Mills was answering questions from residents about a new rural transit system. The Town of Plympton-Wyoming became a partner in the rural transit system called Huron Shores Area Transit earlier this spring. But service didn’t begin immediately. Lambton Shores, which runs the system, and its partners,
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Why spend $20K to study a bridge to nowhere: McEwen
June 20, 2025
Heather Wright/The Independent Plympton-Wyoming Deputy Mayor Netty McEwen says it doesn’t make sense to spend $20,000 to study a bridge that goes nowhere. Paul daSilva, Director of Public Works, in a report to council June 11, suggested spending $40,000 to do Municipal Environmental Assessments on two low-traffic bridges, one on O’Brien Road, the other on Elmsley Road. “I took a
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