Lambton councillors side with Cargill, turn down Sarnia high rise
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Community to raise $5M for Grand Bend centre
June 22, 2026
The Independent
Lambton Shores council has given the okay to draw up building plans for the proposed Grand Bend Community Centre project.
The $15 million centre project was given the green light by council in May with a request for staff to come up with a way to fundraise for some of the cost.
Staff suggested, and council agreed, to form a community-led committee to raise $5 million. In the past, community members raised 23 per cent of the cost of The Shores Recreation Centre and 38 per cent of the Grand Bend Beach enhancement cost.
The municipality is looking for a $2.5 million grant and financing $5.7 million of the cost.
CAO Steve McAuley says this gives the community a clear indication council is moving forward on the project.
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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
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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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