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The Independent The Board of The Inn of the Good Shepherd is launching an appeal after Sarnia City Council turned down a plan for a 62-unit affordable housing project. The original proposal has a 56-unit, six-storey apartment building and a six-unit townhouse complex on a 1.58-acre property, which consolidates four parcels of land including a former church now used as

Heather Wright/The Independent The Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks says about Suncor spilled about 5,000 litres of crude oil into the St. Clair River. And MECP field officers are on the scene of the spill again today to monitor the clean up. Just after 1:30 Thursday, Suncor officials notified the community about a spill into the river.  Emergency

Heather Wright/The Independent “It’s straight up, purposeful, disgusting vandalism. It’s disgusting. It’s disgusting and it’s heartbreaking,” said Richard Poore, the treasurer of the Petrolia Discovery Foundation after counting 96 broken panes of glass in virtually every building at the historic site. This attack at the hands of unknown vandals sometime in the night of March 25 or early morning of

The Independent Sarnia City Councillor George Vandenberg will carry the Liberal banner in the federal election. Sarnia-Lambton-Bkejwanong Liberal Association spokesperson Caroline DiCocco confirmed the former Sarnia police detective’s selection late Thursday. Vandenberg’s appointment to the position comes five days into the 36-day campaign. The 70 year-old Bright’s Grove man was elected to Sarnia Council in 2018 and was re-elected twice.

Watford Best Start to close in June Heather Wright/The Independent Families at East Lambton Central School in Watford will be losing their before and after school day care. And Warwick Mayor Todd Case says the township is working to change that. Case was told by a parent Friday that Lambton Rural Child Care’s Best Start Program in Watford will end

“I’m running basically to express my disdain with some of the policies and politics that are going on and how it’s dividing the country” says retired Lambton Centennial principal Heather Wright/The Independent Retired Lambton Centennial School principal Tony Mitchell says if you think politics is a joke and Parliament a circus, vote for the clown. But don’t let the red

A Brampton man has been charged in a fiery accident on Highway 402 Wednesday. Lambton OPP, paramedics and Sarnia firefighters were called to the westbound lanes of Highway 402 in Sarnia after two transports collided. One was fully engulfed in flames. Two people in that transport were taken to hospital with non-life threatening injures. The highway was closed between Indian

The Independent The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says the second outbreak of Avian flu this month in Lambton is in St. Clair Township. Lambton Public Health announced CFIA and the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food are investigating a second case Tuesday just days after an outbreak was detected on a commercial Enniskllen poultry farm March 13. While the Avian

The Independent Public health says people who were at Bethel Pentecostal Church in Sarnia Friday night may have been exposed to the measles virus. Lambton Public Health issued a news release notifying the community of a possible exposure after the third confirmed measles case in the county. This time, officials say people at the London Line church Friday between 7

An accident near the Bluewater Bridge and poor weather in Middlesex County is making driving on major highways difficult today. Lambton OPP closed the 402 between Indian Road and Christina Street after a collision in the westbound lanes between two transports around 3 am. Two people from one of the transports were taken to hospital with what police say are

Cathy Dobson/The Independent Local voters can expect a hotly contested race in the newly-created federal Sarnia-Lambton-Bkejwanong riding, say major party campaign officials. In the few days since Liberal Prime Minister Mark Carney called an election Sunday, local campaigns have swung into action, campaign offices have opened and the door knocking has commenced. All this, even though the local Liberal campaign

A Point Edward man is facing stunt driving charges after an incident in Dawn-Euphemia. Lambton OPP say around 4:30 pm Friday police saw a vehicle speeding. Officers clocked it going over 160 km/h in a 90 zone on Bentpath Line east of Oil Heritage Road. A 25 year-old was arrested and charged with stunt driving and three impaired driving charges.