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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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Lambton may only get two reps on new conservation authority board

September 1, 2026

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.

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Heat warning issued for Lambton County

September 1, 2026

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

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Local unemployment rate at eight per cent

September 1, 2026

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

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Feds say tariff support for business and agriculture will last as long as its needed

August 27, 2026

Blake Ellis/The Independent The recent trade proposal from the United States was “either fair nor economically sound, ” says Secretary of State for the Canadian Revenue Agency Wayne Long. He was describing the recent round of trade talks that fell through six days ago and led to 50 percent US tariffs being imposed on Canada. The secretary of state was

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Looking for cash to fix Alvinston bridge

August 25, 2026

The Independent Brooke-Alvinston is going to look at a way to fund improvements to the Cameron Road Bridge. The bridge, according to engineers, is in need of between $1.25 million and $2 million in repairs. If the repairs could not be done, the engineers said it should be closed. Neighbours around the bridge pleaded with council July 23 to fix

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Seven seek councillor positions in Dawn-Euphemia

August 21, 2026

Heather Wright/The Indpendent Seven people, including three incumbents, hope to become the next councillors in Dawn-Euphemia. At the end of nomination day, Aug. 21, incumbents Jason Meyer, Paul LeBoeuf and Ann Gray had put their hat in the ring for the four positions up for grabs. The only incumbent not to seek re-election this year is Mark McGuire who served

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Agar faces a challenger in St. Clair election, McRoberts drops out of Sarnia mayor’s race

August 20, 2026

Heather Wright/The Independent The mayors races in the municipal elections are heating up with one Sarnia candidate withdrawing from the race for the top job and another person adding their name to the list to run in St. Clair Township. In St. Clair Township, there will be an election for the mayor’s chair. Incumbent Jeff Agar filed his nomination papers

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‘Absolutely ridiculous’ Lambton left in the dark by York1

August 19, 2026

Heather Wright/The Independent Dawn-Euphemia Mayor Al Broad says it is “absolutely ridiculous” that York1 Environmental Solutions isn’t communicating directly with Lambton County as it plans an expansion of the former Dresden dump. The township is one of the half dozen small communities in Lambton and Middlesex counties which will see garbage trucks rumbling through town as they head to York1’s

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OPP to set up shop in Rutherford

August 17, 2026

Blake Ellis/The Independent The OPP won’t be setting up shop in Oil Springs. The suggestion by the Village of Oil Springs council to use the Youth Centre has been turned down by the Lambton OPP. The OPP were looking for a location for a remote workspace within either Oil Springs or the townships of Enniskillen or Dawn-Euphemia. It approached each

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Over 1,800 traffic charges laid on long weekend in southwestern Ontario

August 7, 2026

The Independent West Region OPP officers laid 1,815 charges following 2,107 traffic stops across the region during the Civic Holiday long weekend traffic campaign. The campaign focused on speeding, failure to wear a seatbelt, distracted driving and impaired driving.  Police also enforced Ontario’s Move Over Law which gives emergency responders the space they need conduct other work on the roadside.

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Gladu has no regrets as federal funding starts to trickle into Sarnia-Lambton

August 4, 2026

Cathy Dobson/Local Journalism Initiative Former Conservative MP Marilyn Gladu says the death threats and harassment she received after crossing the floor and joining the Liberals in April are dissipating. And more federal dollars have started flowing to her Sarnia-Lambton-Bkejwanong riding, she said while speaking to reporters Tuesday. An estimated 75 per cent of people in contact with her are very

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