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Petrolia man charged at Forest/London Line crash
May 22, 2025
Another accident at the corner of Forest and London Line. Friday, just before 2 pm, OPP were called to the corner for an accident. One of the drivers was transport to hospital by paramedics with non-life threatening injuries. A 54-year-old of Petrolia was charged under the Highway Traffic Act with Starting from stopped position – not in safety After multiple
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Lancers win at SWOSSAA
May 22, 2025
Heather Wright/The Independent James Grant and Meagan Munro won big at SWOSSAA in Lasalle Wednesday. Grant won the Senior 1500m race with a time of 4:07.63, 0.62 better than the second place finisher Elliott Lester of Holy Names. He’ll head to the West Region Championships in London next week. Grant also placed eighth in the Senior 400m. Meantime, Munro won
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Three Lancers post two wins at CK relays
May 1, 2025
Kole Chapman, Xander Knapp and Megan Munro all won two events each at therecent CK Relays in Chatham. Chapman won the junior boys’ 100 metre and 300 metre finals setting a record inthe longer of the events. His time of 44.14 seconds was almost two seconds fasterthan the previous meet record set a decade ago. Munro crossed the finish line
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The holders of the last three per cent in the Sarnia-Lambton-Bkejwanong election
May 1, 2025
Blake Ellis/The Independent In what People’s Party Candidate Brian Everaert called “a two party horse race,” there was little room for the smaller parties. Locally, the Liberals and Conservatives nabbed over 97 per cent of the vote. With the NDP taking 5.6 per cent locally, that left a little more than three per cent of the vote going to four
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“It’s been a great ride”
April 29, 2025
Tara Jeffrey/The Independent George Vandenberg was all smiles Monday night surrounded by friends and family at the Best Western for his election night celebration. You wouldn’t have known he’d lost his bid to become Sarnia-Lambton-Bkejwanong’s next MP. “It’s been a great ride,” said the 71-year-old Sarnia City Councillor who swiftly threw his hat into the ring after Mark Carney called
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Victorious Gladu critical of Poilievre
April 29, 2025
“I think the Conservative Party needs to reflect on this election and what was not a resonating message.” Cathy Dobson/The Independent Winning CPC incumbent MP Marilyn Gladu was met with cheers and hugs from a roomful of party faithful at her election watch party Monday night. There was a lot of congratulatory handshaking as Gladu’s weary team celebrated her fourth
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Gladu returns as MP, Liberals to form government
April 29, 2025
Marilyn Gladu will serve as Sarnia-Lambton-Bkejwanong’s MP, but not in government. While the ballots are still being counted, the Liberals will form the next government. At 1 am, April 29, the party is leading or elected in 169 seats while the Conservatives are elected or leading in 149 seats. The NDP is leading or elected in eight seats. The party’s
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Liberals projected to form government
April 28, 2025
Gladu projected winner in Sarnia-Lambton-Bkejwanong Cathy Dobson/Tara Jeffrey/Blake Ellis/Heather Wright/The Independent The Liberals will form government again but it is not clear yet whether it will be a majority or minority government. In Sarnia-Lambton-Bkejwanong, Incumbent Marilyn Gladu of the Conservatives is leading with 53 per cent of the vote with 37 polls reporting. We’ll be updating the race in Sarnia-Lambton-Bkejwanong
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From boring to conspiracies; candidates online
April 27, 2025
Blake Ellis/The Independent During the 2025 federal election, candidates have used social media to their advantage to connect with voters. But, it can also reveal what they really believe in short time span of the campaign. The Independent took a dive into the social media accounts of the seven candidates vying for to be MP of Sarnia-Lambton-Bkejwanong. Incumbent Marilyn Gladu
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Vandenberg’s interest in politics sparked by son’s run for MP
April 18, 2025
Tara Jeffrey/The Independent It’s a damp and dreary Thursday morning in Petrolia, where George Vandenberg has joined a group of men who meet regularly at the Coffee Lodge. “George and I go way back, like 50 years,” says John McCharles, the town’s former mayor who invited Vandenberg to talk with farmers, seniors, some new, and old familiar faces ahead of
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Forest Xtreme to represent Ontario
April 17, 2025
The Independent The Forest Xtreme will represent Ontario this week at the Eastern Canadian Ringette Championships in Quebec. They are in suburban Montreal panning for gold in the under-16 division involving teams from Ontario, Quebec and the Maritimes. Forest opens the round robin portion of the tournament with a game against the PEI Edge tonight. Games continue on Friday with
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Renewed Gladu looks for fourth term
April 17, 2025
Cathy Dobson/The Independent There was a period around 2020 when Marilyn Gladu was so disillusioned that she considered retiring from politics. At the time, she’d been Sarnia-Lambton’s MP for five years and was badly stung by a failed attempt to become leader of the Conservative Party of Canada (CPC). When Erin O’Toole won that race, Gladu says she did not
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