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Starting in June, a Lambton County paramedic and a substance abuse navigator from Bluewater Health will be heading out on the street, trying to help some of the most vulnerable people in the community. Wednesday, the province announced Lambton is receiving $2.5 million over three years to begin a mobile crisis response team. Stephen Turner, the manager of Lambton Emergency

Blake Ellis/The Independent “Somebody got stabbed in Sarnia and we don’t need that here,” says Oil Springs Mayor Ian Veen. At the May 7 Oil Springs council meeting, Veen asked Oil Springs Clerk Martha Gawley to draft a bylaw at the next the village’s next council meeting in June, which would forbid camping on municipal property, unless it is sanctioned.