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Heather Wright/The Independent The province is planning more changes to the rules for landfills and it has some Lambton politicians worried. Landfill operators and the province estimate there is about six years of landfill capacity left in the province with few major projects in the works. It takes up to a decade to approve a new landfill right now.One solution

Blake Ellis/Local Journalism Initiative Lambton Kent District School Board will get about $3.5 million less funding in the next school year. That’s according to estimates provided to trustees by Associate Director of Corporate Services Brian McKay. Even though the amount to be received through core funding from the province has not been released yet, McKay is estimating there will be

Cathy Dobson/Local Journalism Initiative Newly-minted Liberal MP Marilyn Gladu says she continues to serve her constituents despite death threats and police charges related to someone accused of criminal harassment against her. “It’s not an easy time,” said Gladu, formerly the Sarnia-Lambton-Bkejwanong Conservative MP who crossed the floor and joined the Liberal government April 8. “That said, I’m doing lots of

The Independent A couple of big road construction projects are getting the nod in Lambton County. In St. Clair Township, councillors approved a $1.52 million contract for GIP Paving to fix Lambton Line. Engineer Andrew Malpass says in his report to council Lambton Line between Pretty and Mandaumin Road is at the end of its life but that sections of

Heather Wright/The Independent There are a lot of familiar faces, some in new places, as the first would-be politicians file their papers to run in the Oct. 26 municipal elections. The nomination period opened May 1. One of the first people to file was Joel Field. The long-time Petrolia councillor and now deputy mayor has thrown his hat into the

Heather Wright/The Independent The head of the Sarnia-Lambton Ontario Health team says more doctors and health professionals will be hired to make sure 5,600 people have health care, thanks to an additional $2.8 million from the province. Sarnia-Lambton MPP Bob Bailey announced the funding April 30 saying both the Rapids Family Health Team and the new E-nangaabe-jig Health Services have

The Independent Warwick Township politicians are hoping OPP will stay a little longer in their community. May 4, CAO Trevor Jarrett said the Lambton detachment is looking space in Watford for patrol officers to use. “When they’re out on the east side on Petrolia, they’re looking for stop-in stations to work from 24-hour access and accessibility,” Jarrott said. “Basically, a

Barry Wright/The Independent Forest resident Brett Case is the new general manager of the PJHL’s Blenheim Blades. He was hired after a season as assistant general manager with the Chatham Maroons. Case, born and raised in Watford, serves as the general manager of the Alvinston Killer Bees and he will continue in that role. ••• Plympton-Wyoming’s Pat Verbeek and his

The Independent People who can’t get to their local library can have the library come to them. The Lambton County Library have been offering some patrons a Library by Mail service since 2024. Now, all library card holders with an accessible membership. It allows people to borrow books in regular print, large print, multilingual and English as a Second Language

Heather Wright/The Independent “How much longer?” That’s the question Warwick Township Mayor Todd Case raised during the annual meeting of the corporation which runs the Sarnia-Lambton Western Research Park. Lambton County councillors got a good look at the books of the corporation and the plan of the research park’s board to turn around the organization’s financial problems May 6. The

Heather Wright/The Independent There are some familiar faces running in Lambton municipalities in the October elections. Todd Case is the first to file in Warwick Township for the position of mayor. Jamie Armstrong is seeking the mayor’s seat in Brooke-Alvinston. He ran in the 2022 election which David Ferguson became mayor. So far, he’s the only one in the municipality

Blake Ellis/The Independent There will be no special treatment for a pot-hole filled section of Petrolia Line. Brooke-Alvinston will hire an engineer to assess all of the paved rural roads in the municipality to create a five-year capital plan. Councillor Craig Sanders first raised the issue saying some sections of Petrolia Line were dangerous. Council asked staff to give an