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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

Blake Ellis/The Independent Residential growth in Oil City is something Enniskillen Township Mayor Kevin Marriott expects will be a long-term goal for the township. Marriott is in the process of setting up a meeting this summer with Thornhill MPP Laura Smith to talk about the issues with Enniskillen’s lagoon system. She’s the parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Municipal Affairs

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

Barry Wright/The Independent Micah Kember of the  Sarnia Bluewater Wrestling Club is back home after delivering a “determined performance” at the Canadian Wrestling Championships in Montreal, according to his coach Henry Dickson. The Oil City wrestler competed in the 55-kilo competitors in the under-17 division and reached the final round of the consolation side of the bracket placing in the

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.

Blake Ellis/The Independent Enniskillen Township taxpayers are facing a 6.13 per cent tax increase and for the first time in recent memory, the township is taking on debt to help pay for capital projects. Enniskillen Township has passed its $5.8 million budget for 2026. That includes the biggest capital expense being the replacement of the Black Creek Bridge on Marthaville

Heather Wright/The Independent One month into the nomination period for municipal council, there are a few more people announcing their intentions to run for office. Most notably, Kevin Marriott is looking for a fourth term as the mayor of Enniskillen township. Marriott was elected as a councillor 1994. He held the position of deputy-mayor for seven years before becoming mayor

Heather Wright/The Independent Meghan Clarke has loved camels since she was a little girl. “We would go to the Toronto Zoo every year and they had camel rides at that time… I would beg my parents, literally, to go and go again and again and again. And one year, because they have sponsored the animals at the zoo down there…I

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