Watford’s downtown ‘100 per cent populated’ this fall says mayor
Pinery part of plan to increase EV charging stations
July 3, 2024
The provincial government wants to put an electric vehicle charging station at Pinery Provincial Park in Lambton Shores.
It’s one of 15 underserviced and remote areas the province is planning to install the charging stations. Most are in the far north but some will be in provincial parks, like Pinery. “We’re increasing access to electric vehicle charging stations – particularly in rural and northern communities – so we can help more drivers go electric with confidence,” said Transportation Minister Prabmeet Sarkaria in a news release.
The province is accepting bids to build and operate publicly accessible charging stations on government-owned property with the first EV chargers expected to be ready for use in 2025.
The EV ChargeON program is investing $91 million to increase access EV chargers in small, rural and Indigenous communities. Currently, there are about 3,550 public EV charging stations with about 9,600 ports for vehicles to plug into.
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Watford’s downtown ‘100 per cent populated’ this fall says mayor
September 6, 2024
Warwick hosts business event The head of the Sarnia-Lambton Chamber of Commerce wants to make sure rural businesses don’t feel forgotten. The Chamber rolled into Watford Thursday evening for a mixer, hoping to bring Sarnia business people to the Warwick Township community to see what they have on offer. And Carrie McEachran hoped to attract new chamber members from Watford.
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Camlachie mini arena location questioned by politicians
September 6, 2024
Heather Wright/The Independent Plympton-Wyoming Deputy Mayor Netty McEwen says the proposed site of a mini-arena in Camlachie is “ridiculous.” She made the comments Aug. 28, during a discussion at Plympton-Wyoming council on the results of a survey of residents about the Huron Shores Optimists’ proposal. The Camlachie service club first floated the idea of an outdoor ice rink – at
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York1 plans four holding ponds to stop dump runoff at Molly’s Creek
September 6, 2024
Heather Wright/The Independent Before it became publicly known York1 Environmental Waste Solutions planned to repurpose the Dresden dump, it filed its plans for stormwater management at the site. The request to amend the Environmental Compliance Approval at the site was posted on the Environmental Registry of Ontario Nov. 30, 2023 and the chance for the public to comment closed two
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U17 World Hockey comes to Petrolia and Forest
September 5, 2024
Petrolia and Forest will host a game each when the U17 World Challenge comes to Lambton County in November. Teams from Czechia, Finland, Sweden, USA, and the Canada Red and White will be involved in the tournament Nov. 3 to 9. Petrolia’s Greenwood Recreation will play host to an exhibition game between Canada Red and Czechia Nov. 1. Laurissa Ellsworth,
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