Lambton councillors side with Cargill, turn down Sarnia high rise
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Jackson off to hot start with Yankees affiliate
August 19, 2026
Barry Wright/The Independent
Core Jackson is making an immediate impact with his new team.
The LCCVI and John Knox Christian School grad from Wyoming was hitting .294 in five games with the Somerset Patriots after being promoted to AA baseball last week.
The middle infielder had five hits, five RBI, four runs scored and four stolen bases before he was put on the seven-day injured list Sunday with an undisclosed ailment.
He is eligible to return this weekend.
Rated as the Yankees 11th best prospect, Jackson was selected in the fifth round of the MLB draft by the pinstripes last summer.
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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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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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