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Aamjiwnaang moves residents as benzene removal starts
October 2, 2024
Heather Wright/The Independent The Aamjiwnaang First Nation has closed buildings and moved some residents as INEOS Styrolutions begins moving benzene from its Sarnia plant. May 1 – 15 days after high levels of benzene in the air sickened members of the Aamjiwnaang First Nation – the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks, pulled the Environmental Compliance Approval for INEOS
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Province should give cities direct funding to ease homelessness; lawyer
September 9, 2024
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
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INEOS to remove benzene from Sarnia site by Oct. 16
September 9, 2024
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,
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Move to ‘ship’ Ontario’s homeless to vacant Ottawa offices fails
September 4, 2024
Heather Wright/The Independent A move to have homeless people in Ontario “shipped” to Ottawa to live in vacant office buildings has failed. St. Clair Township Mayor Jeff Agar made the motion at Wednesday’s Lambton County Council meeting. While politicians were discussing the latest housing report showing a 20 per cent increase in the number of people seeking affordable housing over
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Lambton politicians green light $1.7 million to complete stalled Sarnia seniors housing
September 4, 2024
Construction on Maxwell Park Place expected to start again this month Heather Wright/The Independent Lambton County will spend another $1.7 million to complete the long-delayed 24-unit seniors complex in Sarnia. County council approved the move after a seven minute in-camera meeting Wednesday. The 24-unit development at Maxwell Park Place was announced in March 2018, but has faced multiple construction delays.
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Warden hopeful provincial investment coming for supportive housing
August 28, 2024
Lambton County Warden Kevin Marriott is hopeful the provincial government will invest in affordable, supportive housing. Marriott and Deputy Warden Brian White, along with staff from the county, met with the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, Paul Calandra, at the Association of Municipalities conference recently. The meeting was the third time this year county officials met with the minister
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Meet Enbridge’s 250 fuzzy new employees
August 8, 2024
Pilot project uses sheep to keep the grass neat at Sarnia solar farm Heather Wright/The Independent Enbridge has some new workers at the Blackwell Sideroad Solar operation. About 250 sheep are happily munching around the rows of solar panels which produce 80 megawatts of electricity each day to power up to 16,000 homes. The idea came from Camlachie-area sheep farmers
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Traffic on Bluewater Bridge moving again after hour-long closure
August 8, 2024
The Bluewater Bridge has been reopened after what the Michigan Department of Transportation officials say is an emergent situation. Traffic was stopped crossing the span an hour ago and traffic heading into the United States was backed up past Christina Street. Lambton OPP say they won’t be releasing information about the incident but the Bluewater Bridge traffic is now moving
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St. Clair mayor fumes over communication on diesel spill
August 7, 2024
Heather Wright/The Independent St. Clair Township’s mayor wants some answers. Jeff Agar says the response to a diesel fuel which led to a sheen on the St. Clair River has been terrible and says there has to be an investigation into how Corunna residents were notified and what Lambton Public Health and the Ministry of the Environment have done to
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US Border Control finds 266 pounds of cocaine heading to Canada
August 6, 2024
US Border Services has found 266 pounds of cocaine in the wall of a truck bound for Canada. In a news release, officials say an x-ray scan and physical inspection of an outbound tractor trailer was conducted by officers and a K-9 team. They found 100 bricks of suspected narcotics concealed behind a false wall in the trailer. It was
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Pedestrian dies on Modeland Road off ramp
August 6, 2024
A pedestrian is dead after a crash at the Modeland Road off ramp to the 402. Aug. 1, Lambton OPP were called to the highway after a vehicle hit a person. The pedestrian was taken to hospital where they died. Police are still trying to identify the pedestrian. Police are asking anyone who may have been in the area around
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Family escapes Corunna home in Sunday morning fire
February 26, 2024
St Clair Township fire investigators are trying to determine what caused a blaze which heavily damaged a Corunna home. Chief Richard Boyes says the Corunna and Courtright fire departments were called to 679 Bentinck Drive just after 8 am Sunday. “The homeowner smelled smoke or smelled burning plastic and went to investigate in the garage and found the fire outside
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