Swimmer missing in Lake Huron off Pinery Park
Drugs, weapons found after Corunna traffic stop
August 31, 2023
A Scarborough man is behind bars after Lambton OPP’s Street Crimes Unit stopped a car in Corunna and found drugs and a loaded fire arm.
Lambton OPP say the Street Crimes Unit had been involved in a drug trafficking investigation and made the traffic stop on Cameron Street yesterday.
As the officers searched the vehicle they found a loaded prohibited firearm, fentanyl, cocaine and hydromorphone.
Elijah Francique, 22 of Scarborough is facing 13 charges including three counts of careless storage of a firearm, two counts of possession of drugs for the purpose of trafficking, and failing to comply with bail conditions. Police say the man was out on bail in another drug trafficking case.
Francique was in court today and was denied bail.
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Swimmer missing in Lake Huron off Pinery Park
August 26, 2026
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
August 26, 2026
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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Doubling down on potential power generation in St. Clair
August 26, 2026
Cathy Dobson/Local Journalism Initiative With the Canadian/US. tariff war ramping up, Ontario’s Energy Minister Stephen Lecce has announced $500,000 for St. Clair Township to move public consultation ahead for new power generation in Courtright. Standing on the banks of the St. Clair River Tuesday with the U.S. in view, Lecce said the Ford government takes public consultation seriously and has
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