Lambton councillors side with Cargill, turn down Sarnia high rise
Body of missing Pinery Park rafter recovered
June 3, 2026
The Independent
The body of the person who disappeared after a rafting accident in Pinery Park on the Victoria Day weekend has been recovered.
May 18 around 3 pm, the OPP, Lambton Shores Fire and EMS were called to the beach area after five people were thrown into the water when a raft capsided. Two people swam to shore, two others were rescued. But one of the rafters has been missing since then.
Friday, police and Lambton Shores Fire were called to Port Franks area for a report of a body in the waters near the shoreline. The emergency responders recovered the man, and with the help of the Coroner’s office and Ontario Forensic Pathology Service, were able to identify the person as a 22-year-old from Nepal.
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Lambton councillors side with Cargill, turn down Sarnia high rise
September 2, 2026
Cathy Dobson/The Independent Today Lambton county council threw its support behind Cargill’s campaign to stop Tricar from developing a 14-storey high rise near its Sarnia operation. Tricar, a London-based development company, with several residential buildings already on Sarnia’s waterfront, wants to build within 300 metres of the Cargill grain terminal, which has been operating at the end of Exmouth Street
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Wyoming business worry about housing plan
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Heather Wright/The Independent The owners of three major business in Wyoming are questioning why a housing development is going to be constructed in a light industrial area. Monday, Plympton-Wyoming heard an application from Norstead Properties and its principal, Roger Buurma, to build 19 seniors condominium units in a 2.4 acre field next to the new Home Hardware store and across
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Decision on development near Cargill expected Wednesday
September 1, 2026
Heather Wright/The Independent Lambton County planning officials are recommending county councillors turn down a high-rise development next to Cargill’s grain docks in Sarnia’s Harbour. Tricar Developments wants to build a 14-storey apartment on the former Stokes By the Bay property. Sarnia City council approved the plan in May but Cargill has been using every weapon in its arsenal to stop
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Nisbet’s former teams honour fallen hockey player
September 1, 2026
Heather Wright/The Independent Before the Mooretown Flags dropped the puck on the first game of the new PJHL season, they stopped to honour Dane Nisbet. The club opened its season with a game against the North Middlesex Stars where Nisbet had played last season before his death. Nisbet was murdered during a pub night at Lambton College April 10. Before
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