City is behind affordable housing proposal despite pushback from some neighbours
Lancer wins OFSSA bronze in wrestling
March 5, 2026
The Independent
LCCVI’s Mya Beaudoin hit the podium at the high school provincial wrestling championship.
Beaudoin won a bronze medal at the championships in Peterborough this week.
Sarnia-Lambton grapplers won a pair of gold medals, seven total medals and had 12 top-six finishes at the provincial high school wrestling meet this week in Peterborough.
Jaron Beauvais of Great Lakes and Kayla-Jean Malcolm of St. Patrick’s won first place honours in the boys’ 41-kg. and girls’ 115-kg. groups at the OFSAA event.
Katie Brooks and Kaelyn McArthur of the Wolfpack, JJ McCahill and Lexi Wilkinson of Northern also won bronze medals in their weight classes.
Meantime, Lisa MacLean, Ziya Craig, Taysia Morningstar and Jessie Janoska of Great Lakes all cracked the top six in their respective categories as did Wyatt Langford of Northern.
Great Lakes was third in the girls’ team standings and fourth overall.
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City is behind affordable housing proposal despite pushback from some neighbours
June 26, 2026
Cathy Dobson/The Independent Sarnia City/County Councillor Bill Dennis is the only member of Sarnia council against a new affordable housing project slated for a former church property on Cathcart Boulevard. “I have heard repeatedly from homeowners worried about the future of their neighbourhood and I understand why,” Dennis said at Tuesday’s council meeting. He doesn’t believe the county’s assurances that the
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Heavy rain in storm rolls through Lambton
June 26, 2026
EF0 tornado touches down southeast of Alvinston Heather Wright/The Independent A major storm blew through Lambton Thursday dumping an estimated 15 to 75 mm of rain in the wake of its path. Around 4:20 pm Environment Canada issued a tornado warning saying a heavy band of storms would be passing through Marthaville, Wyoming and Petrolia. While there was rain, there
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Animal shelter and rescues big winners at this week’s Catch the Ace
June 26, 2026
Cathy Dobson/The Independent Hail, thunderstorms and several tornado threats didn’t deter thousands from lining up to Catch the Ace Thursday at the Sarnia Legion Branch 62. And they’ll all be back to do it again next Thursday. The Legion’s Catch the Ace progressive raffle lottery is moving to week 43, generating a record $3.6 million prize board and massive weekly
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Grand Bend traffic will improve as bridge construction wraps up Thursday
June 25, 2026
The Independent The traffic in Grand Bend will be a lot better than anticipated over the Canada Day weekend. Earlier this week, the municipality said it would be July 3 before the work on the Ontario Street bridge at the corner of Main and Highway 21 would be open. But Thursday, Lambton Shores announced all traffic lanes on the bridge
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