Lambton councillors side with Cargill, turn down Sarnia high rise
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Enniskillen Express win bronze at Provincials
August 18, 2026
The Enniskillen Express girls’ PWSA team won the under-13 Tier 2 “C” bronze medals at Provincial Grands in
Windsor.
The Express went 5-1 with its only loss to the eventual champions from Waterdown, near Hamilton.
Enniskillen won a trio of one-sided games in round robin play to secure the number one seed for the playoffs. They
beat Cobourg 19-1, Burlington 11-0 and Saugeen Shores 18-4.
In the playoffs, the Express outscored Chatham, 12-8 before bowing 11-8 to Waterdown in the semi-finals. But, they rebounded from a tough loss to outscore Wilmot Thunder Blue 17-13 in the third place game.
Among the highlights was Lyla Boersma reaching 100 strikeouts for the season.
Meantime, the Corunna Lady Giants were in the tier one portion of the same tournament.
They lost three close games by a total of eight runs against much larger centres, including two games against teams from the GTA.
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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
September 2, 2026
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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