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Cold Weather Alert issued for Lambton County - January 2018

Point Edward, ON - Lambton’s Medical Officer of Health has issued a COLD WEATHER ALERT for Lambton County based on the latest forecast from Environment Canada predicting the temperature to meet the threshold of -15°C overnight.

The alert is expected to remain in effect until Saturday, January 6, 2018. The Medical Officer of Health will not issue a Cold Weather Alert termination.

Lambton Public Health advises local agencies that provide shelter and assistance to homeless people to prepare for an increase...

New Executive Director named at Western Sarnia-Lambton Research Park

Sarnia, ON – The County of Lambton Community Development Corporation (CLCDC) Board of Directors has named Dr. Katherine Albion the next Executive Director of the Western Sarnia-Lambton Research Park (the Park).

Dr. Albion, who has served with the Park in a number of capacities since 2008, has accepted the position effective today (January, 2, 2018) and replaces Tom Strifler, who will retire after a short transitional period.

Dr. Albion received her Ph.D. in Engineering Science from The University...

Circles has been a game changer on the ground

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Sarnia mayor frustrated with federal leaders for ignoring poverty, inequality

By Roderick Benns

One of Canada's longest serving mayors is getting frustrated with the three main federal party leaders who are persistently ignoring the issues of poverty and inequality.

Mayor Mike Bradley, of Sarnia, Ontario, says he is speaking out more lately for measures to deal with inequality - such as a basic income guarantee policy - "because others don't."

All three main political parties are constantly...

An Anti-poverty Workshop Is Coming To Sarnia.

The free information session, open to the public, will be held May 28 at Living Hope Christian Reformed Church at 1281 Exmouth St. from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.

It's being sponsored by the Poverty Reduction Network of Sarnia-Lambton.

A national plan called Dignity for All: A National Anti-Poverty Plan for Canada, has been by created by Citizens for Public Justice and Canada Without Poverty over the last five years, and its content will be presented at the two-hour session.

Leading the workshop are Janelle...

Squaring the Circle: Helping individuals break free of poverty

Marco Vigliotti

Renee Flynn knows all too well how difficult it can be to escape the vicious cycle of poverty.

Born into what she calls "generational poverty," Flynn was kicked out of her alcoholic mother's house at the age of 16 and fell in with a rough crowd, leading to drug experimentation and a string of abusive relationships.

But, she also knows there's a way out.

Flynn credits the local community support program Circles for helping turn her life around and fulfilling a dream this summer of...