LCCVI evacuated after alarm in tech wing sounds
Charge laid after Labour Day stabbing in Wyoming
September 9, 2024
A 25 year-old has been charged after a stabbing in Wyoming.
Lambton OPP were called to a home on Niagara Street in Wyoming Sept. 2 around 3 in the morning after getting reports of an assault.
When they arrived officers found a person had been assaulted with an edged weapon but had sustained minor injuries.
Cain Ryan, 25, of Plympton-Wyoming is facing one count of assault with a weapon. He’ll be in court in Sarnia Oct. 16.
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LCCVI evacuated after alarm in tech wing sounds
June 18, 2026
The Independent Morning classes were disrupted at LCCVI Thursday when the students and staff were evacuated. The fire alarm at LCCVI was activated after 9 am. The Petrolia/North Enniskillen fire department was searching through the tech wing for about 45 minutes. School officials say an alarm company was called in to return the system to normal operations. There was no
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Retirement, training deadlines leave Oil Springs without fire chief on July 1
June 17, 2026
Heather Wright/The Independent The retirement of the Oil Springs/South Enniskillen fire chief and new training regulations are creating a unique situation in Oil Springs. The Oil Springs/South Enniskillen Chief Mike Cumming is retiring on June 30. Monday, Oil Springs council appointed John Berdan as the new chief. But Berdan is in administrative limbo because of new training regulations and cannot
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Montanino, Jolicoeur among locals picked in OHL Draft
June 17, 2026
Barry Wright/The Independent Defenceman John Montanino led the local contingent drafted at the OHL Priority Selection in Kingston. The Brampton Steelheads selected him in the third round. The Sarnia native played with Detroit-Little Caesars this season. Windsor chose Sarnia’s Cameron Jolicoeur, a power forward from the London Jr. Knights, in the seventh round and the Knights took Grand Bend’s Liam
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Lambton plans more permanent shelter beds with Good Shepherd’s Lodge expansion
June 17, 2026
1,700 square-foot addition could hold 42 new beds Heather Wright/The Independent There could soon be more permanent shelter beds in Sarnia at the Good Shepherd’s Lodge. Lambton County is planning an expansion at the Confederation St. facility for up to 42 new permanent shelter beds. The County of Lambton set up a temporary shelter at the former Laurel Lea Church
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