Archive for the ‘Lambton County’ Category

Chamber making it easier for foreign trained professionals to call area home

michelle smith

A program sponsored by the Sarnia-Lambton Chamber of Commerce is hoping to provide much-needed assistance to new residents who have valuable skills to offer. Michelle Smith coordinates the Sarnia-Lambton Global Experience @ Work initiative. The “Global Experience @ Work” program, which is funded by the government of Ontario in cooperation with the Ontario Chamber of [...]

Brigden Fair kicks off Friday

Brigdenfair

The annual Brigden Fall Fair opens today (Friday, October 7) and runs through Thanksgiving Monday (October 10) at the fairgrounds in the heart of town. The gates open each morning at 9, with the midway beginning each morning at 10.   The Opening Ceremonies are scheduled for this morning (October 7) at 11:30 am.   [...]

Sarnia man faces child porn charges

Sarnia Police Crest

A 41 year old Sarnia man is in custody and scheduled for a bail hearing today (Thurs. October 6) charged with numerous sex offences including Making Child Pornography. John Edward Middleton was arrested on Monday (October 3, 2011) at about noon at his residence in Sarnia.    He is charged with 7 counts of Sexual [...]

Kevin Marriott sworn in to County Council as representative for Enniskillen Township

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Kevin Marriott, who was previously mayor of Enniskillen Township and became mayor on the resignation of Jim Burns, was sworn in as a Lambton County councillor on Wednesday (Oct. 5, 2011). Marriott was deputy mayor of Enniskillen Township before Burns took a job as chief administrative officer of the Village of Point Edward. Burns had [...]

Financial Fitness teaches basics to wide variety of people in United Way funded program

By Alexandra L’Heureux Financial Fitness offers a variety of programs and functions throughout Sarnia Lambton and is designed to teach the basics of personal finance to a wide variety of people, including at risk groups. The Staff of Financial Fitness provide guidance for financial management and is available to every member of the community. Financial [...]

County trails committee gets $1k grant from Union Gas for ‘geocaching’

Lambton County Regional Trails Committee is "caching-in" thanks to a $1,000 grant from Union Gas to support the Lambton County Trail Awareness through Geocaching Program. "The Awareness through Geocaching Program is about exploring a trail or green space near you," said Kelley Elliott, Health Promoter with the County of Lambton Community Health Services Department. "Geocaching [...]

Medical community promoting free Pap Tests Oct. 23-29

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As part of the National Pap Test Campaign being held during National Cervical Cancer Awareness Week, October 23 to 29, Bluewater Health, working in conjunction with local physicians, the County of Lambton Community Health Services Department, Canadian Cancer Society, North Lambton Community Health Centre, and the Walpole Island Health Centre, is pleased to invite women [...]

County Council meeting to start early with swearing in of new Enniskillen mayor

With the resignation of Jim Burns, a former Warden of Lambton County and most recently mayor of Enniskillen Township, the municipality's deputy mayor will take his seat. Kevin Marriott, who has been appointed mayor by Ennniskillen Township's council, will be sworn in to his position as a county councillor tomorrow (Wednesday, Oct. 5). Burns recently [...]

Mayor invites asbestos businessman to visit Sarnia

mike bradley

Sarnia's mayor wants a Montreal man who plans to ramp up exports of asbestos from a mine in Quebec to come here to experience the stories of those most affected to the mineral. Citing a crowd of some 500 people who gathered in Centennial Park on a cold and windy day on Saturday to protest [...]

OPP lay drinking/driving charges after vehicle goes into ditch

Lambton OPP say they have charged a 43-year-old Walpole Island man with Impaired Driving and Being Over the Legal Limit after pollice responded to a call of a vehicle in the ditch on St. Clair Parkway in Corunna on Friday, Sept. 30. The driver was not injured in the incident, which occurred around 11:30 a.m., [...]