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Heather Wright/The Independent Lambton Public Health officials want vape shop owners who sell to minors to face Automatic Prohibition, just like store owners who sell cigarettes. In a report to Lambton County Council, Jordan Banninga, manager of health promotion says a recent survey shows up to 30 per cent of teens from 15 to 19 have tried vaping at least

It’s that time of year again. Lambton OPP are urging drivers to be on the lookout for deer. OPP suggest watching for deer especially in rural and wooded areas, use your high beams to illuminate the eyes of a deer on or near the road. If you see a deer, the OPP suggests you slow down and blow your horn

The flag in front of the St. Clair Township Civic Centre, Mooretown Sports Complex and Emergency Services buildings have been lowered after the death of a long-time former councillor. Jim DeGurse, who was 86, passed away Monday. DeGurse was first elected councillor with St. Clair Township in 1998 until 2006. He was relected in 2010 and served until 2022. In

Wyoming firefighters and Lambton OPP are investigating two accidents on Churchill Line this morning. Just before nine this morning two vehicles collided at Churchill and Marthaville Road. One vehicle could be seen in the ditch. One person was taken to hospital with minor injures. OPP say it was one of two accidents on Churchill Line this morning. There was also

The Bluewater Health Dream Home Lottery has officially kicked off. Tickets for the $1.5 million home on Shoreside Road in Plympton-Wyoming go on sale today. Kathy Alexander, executive director of the Bluewater Health Foundation which runs the fundraiser, says in its 30th year, this is the biggest lottery yet. “The Dream Home Lottery greatly benefits Bluewater Health and the patients

Two Windsor seniors are dead after a crash at the corner of Inwood Road and Courtright Line. It’s the second time in two years an accident between a transport and a passenger vehicle claimed a life. Wednesday, around 1 pm, Brooke firefighters, Lambton paramedics and the OPP were called to the intersection in Inwood for a crash between a tractor

A 20 year-old London man has been charged with the murder of David Oliver in 2020.  Oliver was reported missing on July 31, 2020 and just two days later, his body was found a short distance away from his red Dodge Ram pick-up truck. His body was found Aug. 2, 2020 near the former army camp. The OPP and the

Heather Wright/The Independent Chatham-Kent Mayor Darrin Canniff is downplaying the meetings he had with consultants and executives from York 1 Environmental Waste Services as far back as 2019. That’s the company which purchased the former Dresden dump in 2022 and now hopes to build a construction waste recycling center and rebuild the landfill to use. As many as 700 trucks

One person was seriously injured in an accident in Warwick Township. Lambton and Middlesex OPP were called to Egremont Road on the edge of Lambton County around 1 pm Tuesday along with paramedics and Warwick Township firefighters after a two vehicle crash. Police say one person was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries. Egremont between Wisbeach and Sexton Road was

Heather Wright/The Independent Debb Pitel still thinks about what might have been had she trusted her gut. Pitel’s son, Tyler, died by suicide at the age of 15 in 2001. It devastated her family and drove her to write about suicide and to develop a booklet featuring local mental health services called No One Stands Alone. On World Suicide Awareness

A London woman is facing four charges after a number of people called Lambton OPP about an erratic driver on Egremont Road in Warwick Township. Lambton OPP received a number of calls Sept. 8, just before 10:30 am, about an driver on Egremont Road. Police stopped the car and arrested a 59 year-old London woman and issued a 90 day

Lambton OPP have laid a charge in a hit and run death on Walpole Island. On Aug. 25, around 3 am, Lambton OPP were called to an accident between a vehicle and pedestrian. Police said the vehicle left the scene. A 47 year-old Walpole Island First Nation was pronounced dead at the scene. On Aug. 30, police arrested a 27