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Heather Wright/The Independent It is a moment Amanda Pepping – and a lot of people at Town Hall in Petrolia – have been waiting for. Pepping is a senior project manager at CIMA+ in charge of the $16 million replacement of the water intake at Petrolia’s historic – and still active – water treatment plant in Bright’s Grove. The moment

Heather Wright/The Independent Warwick Township council is considering putting up netting in the East Lambton Community Complex arena after a spectator at a fundraising hockey game was hit with a puck. Ryan Chamney, manager of parks and recreation for the township, says during the warm ups for the OHL exhibitiongame between the London Knights and the Erie Otters – a

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

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

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

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

Heather Wright/The Independent A Plympton-Wyoming councillor says Lambton will have even less representation on the new regional conservation authorities than first thought. The province announced it would merge 36 local conservation authorities, including the St. Clair Region here, into seven. By May, the province changed that to nine and ordered local authorities to prepare a budget for 2027 immediately. St.

Heather Wright/The Independent Bkejwanong Chief Leela Thomas is hopeful a recent drug bust will make a dent in drug trafficking to Walpole Island. Three people have been arrested and almost $1.3 million in drugs, weapons and stolen vehicles have been seized in aninvestigation that started on Walpole Island. The OPP, Walpole Island Police and political leaders announced the arrests of

Supports under change rooms need to be replaced Mooretown Library above change rooms also will close until project is complete Heather Wright/The Independent It will likely be early 2027 before the pool at the Moore Sports Complex opens after contractors uncovered structural problems in the facility’s change rooms. The issue is also affecting library services at the Mooretown facility. The

From Lambton Public Health Environment and Climate Change Canada is issuing a Heat Warning for Lambton County with hot and humid weather forecast for Tuesday and Wednesday. Heat warnings are issued when two or more consecutive days of daytime maximumtemperatures are expected to reach 31°C or warmer and nighttime minimum temperaturesare expected to sit at 20°C or warmer or when

The Independent Flags are at half staffed in Warwick Township following the death of a long-time volunteer firefighter. Roger Sitlington has volunteered with the Warwick department for 42 years including as a captain and deputy chief. “His unwavering commitment, leadership, and service to the community will not be forgotten. We extend our deepest condolences to Roger’s family, friends, fellow firefighters,

Heather Wright/The Independent Sarnia-Lambton’s unemployment rate inched up to eight per cent in June. That from Statistics Canada’s region numbers reported by the Sarnia-Lambton Workplace Development Board. The unemployemnt rate is up from 7.7 per cent in May. Mikelle Bryson-Campbell, executive director of Sarnia-Lambton Workforce Development, says Sarnia-Lambton’s unemployment rate is similar to Windsor-Essex and Chatham-Kent. While Sarnia-Lambton’s unemployment rate