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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

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

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

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

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

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