Deputy chief, civilian also suspended in workplace harassment investigation at Sarnia Police
Florence library to open five days a week
June 6, 2025
Starting in September, Dawn-Euphemia residents will be able to go to the library five days a week.
Lambton County, which runs the library system, has finalized the new operating hours of the Florence Library as it prepares to close the Shetland Branch.
The library hours will double starting Sept. 1 with the branch open Monday, Wednesday and Thursday 3-8 pm, Tuesday 10-2 pm, and Saturday from 10-3 pm.
There will also be a new computer for children with literacy games, an added public computer workstation and a larger onsite collection.
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Deputy chief, civilian also suspended in workplace harassment investigation at Sarnia Police
June 8, 2026
Board chair says “multiple people” have come forward Heather Wright/The Independent The chair of Sarnia’s Police Services Board says “multiple people” have come forward in the workplace harassment investigation. That’s has led to more suspensions of the department’s top administrators. The board released a statement announcing Deputy Chief Ron Hansen and an unnamed civilian employee had been suspended Monday morning.
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Chief Jordan ‘over and out’
June 8, 2026
Blake Ellis/The Independent Plympton-Wyoming’s Camlachie District Fire Chief Scott Jordan gave his final ‘over and out’ as dispatch honoured him after 47 years of service with the Camlachie fire department. An open house was held last Saturday in honour of Jordan at the Camlachie Community Centre. Jordan started in 1979 as one of the first members of the Camlachie fire
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Preserving nature in Bradshaw
June 8, 2026
Heather Wright/The Independent Mary Laur has spent many happy hours camping with her family and friends on her 99-acre farm south of Brigden. “We’ve had camp outs where there’d be five or six tents and trailers in here,” she said, standing in the neatly trimmed grass amongthe hawthorns and a crowd of people gathered there Saturday. There have been “countless
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Reconstruction of Reece’s Corners to Wyoming trail to begin this summer
June 8, 2026
The Independent Part of the Reece’s Corners to Wyoming trail will be under construction this summer. The trail is more than a decade old and staff say it is beginning to show its age. They plan to reconstruct at least 500 metres this summer. Town council approved a $101,000 contract to begin widening the trail on the west side of
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