Warwick Township inks $2.5M deal for municipal office
US Customs agents inspecting transports heading into the US discovered over 100 pounds of ecstasy at the Bluewater Bridge.
A US Customs and Border Protection news release says officers in Port Huron were inspecting inbound commercial cargo shipments when 113 pounds of vacuum-sealed packages were found among a shipment of legitimate goods July 25.
Testing found it was MDMA also known as ecstasy. It’s not clear how much the drugs would have been worth on the street.
The drugs were seized and the tuck was detained for further investigation by Homeland Security’s Border Enforcement Task Force in Port Huron.
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Warwick Township inks $2.5M deal for municipal office
July 17, 2026
Move to save $100K a year Heather Wright/The Independent Warwick Township now owns its municipal building. The township moved into its new office in Watford on Nauvoo Road in April 2022. The Watford Investment Group which removed a block of old buildings in the downtown and erected a new plaza and home for Libro Financial. Council approved the construction and work
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Royal Canadian Legion turns 100 today
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More cancellations, fire bans as wildfire smoke continues to blanket Lambton
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Black Gold Fest in Oil Springs among cancellations The Independent If you’re heading out to an event this weekend, you might want to check to see if it is still on. A number of events have been cancelled for the weekend because of poor air quality in Lambton from wildfire smoke. In Petrolia, town officials have cancelled the Saturday morning
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Sarnia firefighters rescue person from garbage truck
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The Independent Sarnia firefighters helped a person who ended up in a garbage truck. Around 6 am Friday, firefighters responded to a report of a person trapped in a garbage truck. The person had been sleeping in a dumpster when it was emptied into the truck. Officials say fell into the nearly empty hopper and hurt their lower back. Firefighters
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