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It’s not clear if delayed $245M St. Clair project could benefit The Independent Diageo and the Ontario government have reached a $23 million deal that invests in Ontario and returns Crown Royal to liquor store shelves. Last summer Diageo announced the closure of its Amherstburg bottling plant putting 200 people out of work. Premier Doug Ford lashed out, pouring Diageo’s

Heather Wright/The Independent The provincial government is stepping up to help pay for renovations to Wyoming’s outdoor pool. In July, Plympton-Wyoming’s Director of Public Works Paul da Silva told council the pool needed hundreds of thousands of dollars in repairs before opening in 2026. The town had been planning to upgrade the pool and had previously set aside $243,000 for

Heather Wright/The Independent Some St. Clair councillors are wondering if a new, larger regional conservation authority will be able to help in an emergency. The Minister of the Environment announced a plan to merge the existing 36 conservation authorities, which are based on watersheds, to seven regional bodies in October. The province believes it will streamline services and provide better

The Independent Minimum wage is going up in Ontario Wednesday. The hourly rate is going up 40 cents to $17.60 per hour. The provincial government says over 800,000 workers will get the raise which will add about $800 to the yearly full-time pay cheque. About 36 per cent of workers at or below the wage of $17.60 per hour are

Cathy Dobson/The Independent Jen Cooper has finally found a profession that fits her skill set and her personality. “It just feels right,” says Cooper who is among a group of eight local women who will soon be the first graduates of a new women’s automotive training program in Sarnia. After years of working part-time and searching for a career she

One person was seriously injured in an accident in Warwick Township. Lambton and Middlesex OPP were called to Egremont Road on the edge of Lambton County around 1 pm Tuesday along with paramedics and Warwick Township firefighters after a two vehicle crash. Police say one person was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries. Egremont between Wisbeach and Sexton Road was

A London woman is facing four charges after a number of people called Lambton OPP about an erratic driver on Egremont Road in Warwick Township. Lambton OPP received a number of calls Sept. 8, just before 10:30 am, about an driver on Egremont Road. Police stopped the car and arrested a 59 year-old London woman and issued a 90 day

Lambton OPP have laid a charge in a hit and run death on Walpole Island. On Aug. 25, around 3 am, Lambton OPP were called to an accident between a vehicle and pedestrian. Police said the vehicle left the scene. A 47 year-old Walpole Island First Nation was pronounced dead at the scene. On Aug. 30, police arrested a 27

Three people are facing drug trafficking charges after a traffic stop in Lambton Shores early Friday morning. Lambton OPP say members of the Street Crimes Unit and the Strategic Operations Intelligence Unit as well as the Anishinabek Police stopped a car on Arkona Road just after 1 am Friday. Three people were taken into custody and police seized fentanyl and

A 25 year-old has been charged after a stabbing in Wyoming. Lambton OPP were called to a home on Niagara Street in Wyoming Sept. 2 around 3 in the morning after getting reports of an assault. When they arrived officers found a person had been assaulted with an edged weapon but had sustained minor injuries. Cain Ryan, 25, of Plympton-Wyoming

A Toronto area lawyer is calling on the province to send homelessness funding directly to urban municipalities instead of county governments. And he’s citing some of the issues Sarnia is having with Lambton County Council as evidence county councils are ” standing in the way of efforts by Ontario’s urban municipalities to provide the ‘truly accessible’ accommodation which the courts

INEOS Styrolutions, the Aamjiwaang First Nation and the federal and provincial environment ministries have come to an agreement of how to meet the new federal benzene storage rules. May 1 – more than two weeks after high levels of benzene in the air sickened members of the the Aamjiwnaang First Nation – the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks,