Accessible art in Alvinston
Gladu fails to make Conservative Shadow Cabinet
November 9, 2021
The critics list was released after controversy over vaccine mandates
Sarnia-Lambton’s MP is no longer in the the Conservative Shadow Cabinet.
Leader Erin O’Toole unveiled his cabinet Tuesday and Marilyn Gladu was not among the 49 names. There are 121 members of the caucus.
Gladu has been silent since an interview with CTV’s Question Period where she talked about vaccine mandates and said the new Civil Liberties Cabinet where she compared the relative risk of COVID-19 to polio.
She’s since apologized for her remarks.
In September 2020, after the leadership race where she was a candidate, Gladu was named Shadow Minister for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario and critic of the President of the Queen’s Privy Council.
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Accessible art in Alvinston
August 31, 2025
Blake Ellis/The Independent Taking inspiration from the little free libraries that are situated throughout Lambton County, Liana Russwurm thought instead of books, the idea could apply to art. That is how a Free Little Art Gallery was born. Russwurm held an unveiling on Sunday in front of her home and art studio in Alvinston, a former Anglican Church. The Free
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Sting’s Edwards commits to Notre Dame, will play in Sarnia this season
August 29, 2025
Barry Wright/The Independent Beckham Edwards says when his playing career is over in the Ontario Hockey League; he’ll be heading to South Bend to play for the University of Notre Dame Fighting Irish. A pair of rookie teammates with the Sting, defenceman Cameron Aucoin and goaltender Patrick Quinlan are also committed to the Irish for the future. “Over the past
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Welland man airlifted to hospital after Highway 40 crash
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The Independent A 46-year-old Welland man was taken to hospital by air ambulance after a crash on Highway 40. Thursday, around 1:45 pm, the OPP, paramedics and the St. Clair Fire Department were called to a head-on collision on Highway 40 south of Oil Springs Line between a tractor trailer and a pickup truck. Air Ornge was called in to
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‘The story is worth more than the car’
August 29, 2025
Heather Wright/The Independent Among the 143 pristine classic cars at the Oil Museum of Canada, Ron Atmore’s stands out. The 1935 Chevrolet’s story is told inside the vehicle. Atmore, from Brigden, bought the Chevy a decade ago. Unlike many of the classic cars at the Wells and Wheels event Saturday, the car has never been restored. And it is in
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