Agar faces a challenger in St. Clair election, McRoberts drops out of Sarnia mayor’s race
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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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Car rolls in St. Clair Township
August 6, 2024
A Chatham man has been charged with careless driving after an accident in St. Clair Township. Lambton OPP say around 12:30pm July 31, police were called to Kimball Road south of Petrolia Line for a single car accident. Police say the driver of the northbound vehicle lost control and rolled over, landing on private property. The driver wasn’t injured in
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Diesel fuel spill leads to drinking water ban in Corunna
August 6, 2024
Lambton Public Health is warning homeowners in Corunna with private drinking water systems to to use their tap water. In a news release Sunday, Lambton’s Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Karalyn Dueck, says private drinking water systems near Hill and Lyndock Streets may be contaminated with diesel fuel after an incident from local industry. Officials say only private drinking water
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‘Threatening images’ prompt OPP presence at Corunna school
May 31, 2024
Lambton OPP say a threatening image drawn on a wall prompted a police presence at Sir John Moore Community School. Tuesday, OPP were called to the Corunna school after an alleged threatening messaging. Police now say it was drawn on a school wall. OPP investigated and found there was no immediate threat to student or staff safety the Lambton-Kent District
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St. Clair road and bridge projects come in $1.3M under budget
May 24, 2024
Heather Wright/The Independent St. Clair Township seems to be getting a break on some of its construction projects. At Tuesday’s meeting, councillors accepted bids for three projects which all came in under budget. Combined, the road and bridge work will cost about $1.3 million less than anticipated. Henry Heyink Construction Ltd. won the contract to reconstruct Cameron Street over five
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Licence suspended, vehicle impounded after Sunday accident
May 14, 2024
A 21 year-old Petrolia man has been charged after a weekend accident at the corner of Mandaumin Road and Lasalle Line. Firefighters from St. Clair Township and Petrolia along with the OPP were called to the corner just after 5 pm Sunday for the two car crash. Both drivers were taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries, police say. One
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