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The Independent The search continues tonight for a lost boater. Saturday, OPP received a report of an overdue boater near Grand Bend. By 7:40 pm that evening, police said search crews were looking for a man who was last seen in a solid blue kayak. Police say he was wearing a yellow life jacket. OPP are actively searching for the

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.

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

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

The Independent Lambton OPP’s Underwater Recovery Unit has found the body of the third person to drown in Lambton Shores in the last four days. Around 3 pm Saturday, OPP were called to Pinery Provincial Park for a missing swimmer who was last seen in Lake Huron off the beach. Police say Lambton OPP Marine Unit and Underwater Search and

The Independent A Grand Bend man is facing nine charges after a wild incident in the beach town. Lambton OPP say around 5 pm Friday, officers were conducting a seatbelt check near Main Street and Kitchener Ave in Grand Bend when a motorist fled the stop, nearly striking several pedestrians. The vehicle headed to Oak St. where five OPP officers

The Independent Lambton OPP say the body of a swimmer missing on the Ausable River has been found. But another search has begun – the third in four days in Lambton Shores – for a missing swimmer at Pinery Provincial Park. Friday, just before 3 pm, Lambton OPP were called to Canal Street in Grand Bend after a 66 year-old

The Independent For the second time this week, Lambton OPP are searching for a missing swimmer. Around 3 pm Friday, the OPP received a call of a missing 66 year-old from London who was last seen at the dock on Canal Street in Grand Bend. A search is underway and police say residents will see an increased police presence in

The Independent The body of a missing swimmer has been recovered in Pinery Provincial Park. Aug. 26, a 28-year-old Scarborough man was swimming with friends in Lake Huron when he went under the water. His friends tried to rescue him but were unable to bring him to shore. The OPP brought in patrol boats and the US Coast Guard joined

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

Heather Wright/The Independent Lambton OPP have brought in boats, planes and the underwater recovery unit as the search for a missing swimmer in Lake Huron off Pinery Provincial Park continues. Around 1 pm Wednesday, OPP were called to the area after a 28 year-old Scarborough man had trouble in the water. Friends swimming with the man tried to rescue him,

The Independent A man is missing in the waters off Piney Park. Eyewitnesses at the provincial park say early this afternoon a group of friends was swimming when one man disappeared. One of the man’s friends tried to rescue him, but later was himself taken from the water for medical treatment. Boats along the shoreline could be seen searching for