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Heather Wright/The Independent Lambton County needs 1,096 affordable and specialized housing units in the next 10 years. That from Org Code Consulting which presented a 10-year Housing Plan for the county at Wednesday’s county council meeting. “Affordability concerns are now affecting more people, with rents rising between 38 and 42 per cent since 2020 and deeply affordable housing is also

FROM LAMBTON PUBLIC HEALTH With the prediction of hot and humid weather expected for Wednesday, June 10through Thursday, June 11, Environment and Climate Change Canada is issuing a Heat Warning forLambton County. Heat warnings are issued when two or more consecutive days of daytime maximum temperatures areexpected to reach 31°C or warmer and nighttime minimum temperatures are expected to sit

Heather Wright/The Independent Sarnia-Lambton-Bkejwanong MP Marilyn Gladu is calling out the OPP after failing to charge a man who released her home address online. Gladu has been subject to public ridicule and harassment online, attacks at her Sarnia constituency office and threats to her staff as well as personal death threat after the long-time Conservative MP decided to join the

FROM LAMBTON PUBLIC HEALTH AN AIR QUALITY WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA FOR SARNIA-LAMBTON. The Yellow Warning is issued when the Air Quality Health Index is forecast to reach the high risk category. This following a ‘Yellow Warning – Air Quality’ issued for Sarnia-Lambton by the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks and Environment and Climate Change

Heather Wright/The Independent Lambton County needs 1,096 affordable and specialized housing units in the next 10 years. That from Org Code Consulting which presented a 10-year Housing Plan for the county at Wednesday’s county council meeting. “Affordability concerns are now affecting more people, with rents rising between 38 and 42 per cent since 2020 and deeply affordable housing is also

Heather Wright/The Independent Sarnia Police have charged a 41-year-old London man after a rock telling ‘floor crossers’ to resign was thrown at MP Marilyn Gladu’s Sarnia constituency office. Police say a man wearing a ski mask went to her office May 28 and threw the rock at the window. The glass didn’t break, but a few scratches were left behind.

Heather Wright/The Independent The federal riding which serves Lambton County will continue to be called Sarnia-Lambton-Bkejwanong. That’s after MP Marilyn Gladu wrote to the Procedure and House Affairs Committee removing her request to drop Bkejwanong from the riding name. Gladu says the issue dates back several years when Charles Sampson was Chief of Bkejwanong. When it was suggested the First

EDITORS’ NOTE: This article was editted May 20 to correct the name of the Conservative Co-Deputy Leader Melissa Lantsman. Blake Ellis/Local Journalism Initiative Lianne Rood says sitting Conservative MPs will give a voice to Sarnia-Lambton Conservatives abandoned by their MP. Hundreds of people from Sarnia and Lambton County and the surrounding region packed into the exhibition hall at the Plympton-Wyoming

Blake Ellis/Local Journalism Initiative Lambton Kent District School Board will get about $3.5 million less funding in the next school year. That’s according to estimates provided to trustees by Associate Director of Corporate Services Brian McKay. Even though the amount to be received through core funding from the province has not been released yet, McKay is estimating there will be

Cathy Dobson/Local Journalism Initiative Newly-minted Liberal MP Marilyn Gladu says she continues to serve her constituents despite death threats and police charges related to someone accused of criminal harassment against her. “It’s not an easy time,” said Gladu, formerly the Sarnia-Lambton-Bkejwanong Conservative MP who crossed the floor and joined the Liberal government April 8. “That said, I’m doing lots of

Heather Wright/The Independent The head of the Sarnia-Lambton Ontario Health team says more doctors and health professionals will be hired to make sure 5,600 people have health care, thanks to an additional $2.8 million from the province. Sarnia-Lambton MPP Bob Bailey announced the funding April 30 saying both the Rapids Family Health Team and the new E-nangaabe-jig Health Services have

Heather Wright/The Independent Sarnia-Lambton-Bkejwanong MP Marilyn Gladu is praising the Liberal plan to put more money into tradestraining. The Carney government released its fiscal forecast Tuesday with officials say there will be a $66.9 billion budget deficit instead of the projected $78.3 billion. The reduction comes from higher than projected revenue and cost cutting on the government operations. Gladu notes