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• Mayor wants Port Lambton firefighters helping at more medical 911 calls

  02-07-2026 20:31 via theobserver.ca
  
  St. Clair Township council would like to have Port Lambton firefighters respond to some non-urgent 911 ambulance calls so they can offer help until paramedics arrive.Township Mayor Jeff Agar raised the issue Thursday during a Lambton County council meeting, asking if the tiered response arrangement for his township can be adjusted to have firefighters called out during some non-urgent ambulance calls in the Port Lambton area.“This is not a criticism of our paramedics, or dispatch staff,&r
  
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• Bid to tap immigration initiative to help fill jobs backed by Lambton County council

  02-07-2026 18:03 via theobserver.ca
  
  A Sarnia-Lambton Economic Partnership application to again lead a community effort to take part in a provincial initiative helping employers fill hard to fill jobs with foreign workers was backed nearly unanimously Thursday by Lambton County council.Only Sarnia Coun. Bill Dennis voted against supporting the partnership’s bid to lead the community’s involvement in the 2026-2027 Regional Economic Development through Immigration initiative of Ontario’s Ministry of Labour, Immigra
  
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• Unsafe road conditions close westbound section of Highway 402 in Plympton-Wyoming

  02-07-2026 17:08 via theobserver.ca
  
  A westbound section of Highway 402 in Plympton-Wyoming was closed to traffic on Wednesday afternoon because of road conditions, says Lambton OPP.The section of the four-lane highway running from the Blue Water Bridge to London was closed between Oil Heritage Road and Mandaumin Road, the OPP said.The section of highway remained closed Thursday morning, according to Ontario’s 511 traveller information website.Westbound drivers are being told to use London Line as a detour around the closed
  
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