Charges laid after MPs office hit with rock
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Charges laid after MPs office hit with rock
June 2, 2026
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.
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Hydro One ready to build lines through Dawn-Euphemia
May 25, 2026
Heather Wright/The Independent Hydro One says it is ready to build the Longwood to Lakeshore transmission line but the Mayor of Dawn-Euphemia says he has yet to sit down with officials to work out a compensation agreement for the municipality. Tuesday, Hydro One applied to the Ontario Energy Board for a leave to construct decision on Longwood to Lakeshore Line.
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Bkejwanong to remain in Sarnia-Lambton riding name
May 23, 2026
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
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‘We’re here because you don’t have a voice anymore’ Rood says
May 20, 2026
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
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Changes to landfill rules worry Lambton politicians
May 14, 2026
Heather Wright/The Independent The province is planning more changes to the rules for landfills and it has some Lambton politicians worried. Landfill operators and the province estimate there is about six years of landfill capacity left in the province with few major projects in the works. It takes up to a decade to approve a new landfill right now.One solution
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Lambton-Kent board expects less cash next school year as enrolment drops
May 14, 2026
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
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Oil Springs administrators move to Dawn-Euphemia
May 10, 2026
Heather Wright/The Independent Dawn-Euphemia has hired a new clerk/administrator and deputy clerk and the move has left the Village of Oil Springs in a bit of a bind. Dawn-Euphemia’s top official announced her retirement earlier this year. The position of deputy clerk also opened up around the same time. Mayor Al Broad says two separate hiring committees were formed for
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More familiar faces declare for municipal election
May 9, 2026
Heather Wright/The Independent There are a lot of familiar faces, some in new places, as the first would-be politicians file their papers to run in the Oct. 26 municipal elections. The nomination period opened May 1. One of the first people to file was Joel Field. The long-time Petrolia councillor and now deputy mayor has thrown his hat into the
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$2.8M to connect 5,600 in Lambton to health care
May 8, 2026
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
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Lambton expands its Library by Mail service
May 7, 2026
The Independent People who can’t get to their local library can have the library come to them. The Lambton County Library have been offering some patrons a Library by Mail service since 2024. Now, all library card holders with an accessible membership. It allows people to borrow books in regular print, large print, multilingual and English as a Second Language
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Gladu praises Liberal plans for trades training
May 1, 2026
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
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Gladu faces death threats, protected by armed guards, but at work
April 29, 2026
Heather Wright/The Independent Sarnia-Lambton-Bkejwanong MP Marilyn Gladu is keeping a lower profile after facing death threats and vandalism since becoming a member of the Liberal government. The long-time Conservative MP was welcomed into the Liberal fold April 8. While the Carney government had been wooing MPs, hoping to secure a majority government at the time, virtually no one expected Gladu,
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